Rob Jackson
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And to make things slightly odder, although I have 2 different frame sizes within PPro, if I look at the files in the Finder, I have 1280×480, 720×480, and 872×480. My project only says 873×480 and 720×480.
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I am having a similar issue. My captured clips (same tape, captured 1 after the other) show up in my project as either 720×480 or 873×480. I didn’t change any settings between clips or exit the capture window. It just assigned the clips different properties. Weird.
PPro CS5 on a MacBook.
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My business partner and I tried this exact venture when we moved to Charleston, SC. We had the same thought you did. “I’d love to see a video, especially as a long distance relocator. Why isn’t anyone offering it?” We went into business (not just doing real estate) and found real estate to be the worst thing ever. Unless the home is selling for $500k or more, the agent isn’t making enough commission to justify a few hundred dollars for a video. Selling agents get about 7% of the sale which they have to split with the buying agent, their parent company, and has to cover all of their marketing. After all that, the rest is what they get as a salary.
We tried all sorts of offers/gimmicks/editing tricks. Customized websites (basic template with embedded video and photos https://www.123marketst.com), videos with the agent in them giving a guided tour, and using premade templates that we dropped clips into to cut down on editing time.
The only clients we had any success with were multi-million dollar developers trying to advertise new communities, not individual homes. And those were so few and far between it’s not even worth mentioning. We also had a few apartment complexes and condos that wanted an overall video that they could use for years.
We started during the housing boom, but were quickly thwarted by the bubble bursting. We had several agents say “Yeah! We’d love a video! But we can only pay you when the house sells.” If the house doesn’t sell, or they get fired by the home owners (happening a lot right now), they’re out the money for the video. Not your problem per se, but that’s their mentality.
Real estate is OK for a few dollars when you’re really slow or if it’s someone you know and want to help them sell their home. Other than that, don’t waste your time. Most agents have a relative or friend’s relative (read teenager willing to work for pocket change)who’ll shoot on their handycam and edit with some nice iMovie template.
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The video is being slowed down to extend the length. No extra black. It’s only extending the video. The music stays the same length, and fades out at the correct time (1:56), but clearly the original song file is longer, I just don’t know how long. Then it’s just silence over 50% speed video until the end (3:57). I’ll post back once I get the camera in hand and can see what other info I can pull.
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Sorry, let me clarify a bit. These videos are being shot by another department for them to use on their blog. I just happen to be doing them a favor by compressing the videos so they fit in the upload requirements. I’m not filming, editing, or anything else. I agree adding the music in post would be best, but there really isn’t any post. They’re trying to use the built in music addition because they don’t have an editor on staff or any way to edit at all. I just figured it’d only take a minute to drop it in AME, compress it to the right size, then hand it back to them.
The video doubles in length, but the audio stays the same. The output file size is 3:57 instead of 1:56. The only thought I’ve had is that if the original music file is longer than the video clip and perhaps AME can see the whole length of the music (embedded data?) and pulls it out, but the way the Flip camera encodes the original mp4 file it tells media players to ignore that data. Does that make any sense?
I’ll ask them to bring me the camera so I can see if there are different output settings. The files without music have no problem at all.
Thanks for trying to help me figure this out!
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The mp4 file from the camera is 1280×720, 30fps, total bitrate of 9192kbps for video, audio is stereo 44K, 256kbps and it’s 1:56 in length. It doesn’t matter what settings I choose in AME, it keeps telling me in the preview window (see pic) that it’s 3:57 in length, and after encoding, that’s how long the exported file is. Again, this is only with the file that has music added. The musicless file is fine.
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Here in Charleston, SC, you need a permit to film downtown in any public area, only if equipment is going to touch the ground. Handheld or shoulder mounted cameras don’t require a permit, but the second a tripod leg hits the ground, you need one. The permits are free, and can be received same day if needed, but they do require proof of insurance. However, I have filmed plenty of times downtown and never been asked to show it. I am also friends with a few police officers and they have all said they only care if someone files a complaint, for instance if you were to chase an unwilling participant down the street with a SteadiCam.
Events are a different story. From what I’ve gathered, if the event is in a closed off area then you need permission from the organizers to film the event. Insert appropriate disclaimer here, but my understanding is that if someone rents the public space, that space isn’t considered public anymore for the duration of the event. Again, just what I’ve gathered from local event organizers.
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I don’t have an answer for you, but a question for anyone who might know. What do news stations use to do the live weather reports when they’re standing in front of the green screen as a map? Would that do what Zvi is looking for? Or is that getting ridiculously high end? Our college news station had that and I know their budget was not very significant. Just a thought.
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I just fixed a problem that was similar, but perhaps not the same. I couldn’t export media from PP CS4 on my Vista machine. I would click on file > export > media, and it would just sit there and not do anything until I hit ESC, then PP would become active again.
I turned on view hidden files (Control Panel > folder options > view > check the box next to “show hidden files and folders”) I then went to C:\Users\{your user name here}\AppData\Roaming\Adobe and saw that I had 2 Premiere Pro folders, 1 labeled “Premiere Pro” and the other “PremierePro”. If you go in those folders there are sub-folders labeled “4.0”. The folder without the space, PremierePro, had an empty 4.0 folder, so I deleted it (the PremierePro folder, not just the 4.0 folder). That fixed my exporting problems. This was after reinstalling, rebooting, regretting, etc.
Hope that works for you.
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Thanks JC! That seems like a pretty useful site.