[Steve Brame]

[Jordan Woodworth] “Encode is still stalling right around the same spot everytime.”

“same spot” and “in a 40 sec window” are two very different things. I’m assuming that you mean “in the same 40 sec window”. Have you tried replacing the footage/graphics/titles in that 40 sec window with another clip or clips, preferably from clips that AME has shown that it doesn’t have a problem encoding?

I would also dupe the sequence, totally eliminate that 40 sec window, and see if it will encode past that point, indicating that it definitely is a problem with the media or plugins used in that window.

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[Steve Brame]

I suppose that in a mixed format sequence, whatever the majority codec is would be the better choice for a preview codec?

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[Steve Brame]

We’ve been having this happen as well. A good way to figure out if there is something like a plugin or transition that is causing the balk, start from Adobe Media Encoder, and load the PPro sequence as the source. Make sure you can see the preview window down at the bottom left corner. Watch that preview window, and see where the balk occurs. Try a coulple of times or more to determine if the balk is happening at the same location. This has been a good indication of not only THAT something on the timeline is causing the problem, but exactly WHERE the problem is located. Go back to Premiere, navigate to that spot, and try pulling an effect off of that spot. Once it was a simple ‘Film Dissolve’. We replaced it with a ‘Cross Dissolve’, and the encode would then go past that point. MBLooks was also giving us fits with balked encoding.

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[Steve Brame]

Paul, is this because DNxHD is an inherently faster writing codec, or is it just faster to stay within the same codec when encoding previews?

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[Steve Brame]

Vegas can only export to a Premiere project file that was valid for versions of Premiere that existed at the time that that particular version of Vegas was issued. Perhaps you’re trying to open a Vegas-exported Premiere project in a version of Premiere that is more advanced(chronologically), and some incompatibilities have been introduced.

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[Steve Brame]

Similar experience here. Thumbnails take a while to build, and pretty much nothing can be done until that finishes.

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[Steve Brame]

There’s no automated way in Premiere Pro to add subtitles, unless they’ve slipped one in in recent updates and haven’t publicized it well.

However, in After Effects there is – well, close.

After you have transcribed your audio, use a program like Subtitle Workshop, Subtitle Edit or Jubler to develop a subtitle file(SRT). There are many such programs out there, but I like Subtitle Workshop, plus it’s free.

Then use this most excellent After Effects plugin – ‘pt_ImportSubtitles’, which can be found easily by Googling. It’s only $25. ‘pt_ImportSubtitles’ will directly import the SRT file created by Subtitle Workshop, instantly giving you a timeline of the subtitles to then place directly over your video, either by rendering a separate video file, or via Dynamic Linking. In a couple of mouse clicks you can build all of your subtitles. Plus, it you need to edit them later, simply re-import the SRT file into the ‘pt_ImportSubtitles’ again, and they’ll all be rebuilt complete with the changes. The visual format(font, color, position, etc.) of the subtitles is set up in the ‘pt_ImportSubtitles’ plugin.

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[Steve Brame]

FilmImpact.net. Great set of transitions.

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[Steve Brame]

We use an Epson Artisan 837. Not necessarily because it prints on thick paper smoothly – it doesn’t – but it is one of the best printers suited to replace the ink cartridges with a CIS, which if you are printing a LOT, can save you a LOT of money.

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[Steve Brame]

Thanks Walter! That may explain some of the slowness. We’ve never used ProRes before, but one of my shooters bought a BlackMagic Pocket Cinema Camera.

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