[Thomas Hanser]

Having the same problems with Adobe Premiere Pro 2018 on either my Dell Precision (Win 10) or my Mac Pro.

You described it exactly right – a few frames forward, then a few frames backward.

If I uninstall 2018 and install 2017, will my 2018 project files open in 2017?

Thanks!

Thomas Hanser
Seattle, WA

[Thomas Hanser]

I’m having similar problems with Premiere Pro 2018 on a Dell Precision T3600, plenty of RAM and VRAM. I’ve changed some settings in Premiere based on some suggestions found all over the Internet, but playback performance hasn’t improved at all. I can’t work like this!

I’ve tried working with different clips from several different cameras – no change. They all play back jerky in the timeline. Even the audio is jerky.

All of these clips play back fine in QuickTime or VLC.

Source files on a separate, physical HD, not the OS drive.
Playback resolution is set to 1/2 or 1/4. No change.
Renderer is set to CUDA. No change.
Renderer is set to Software. No change.

What else?

Thomas Hanser
Seattle, WA

[Thomas Hanser]

Still trying to get an MP4 (h264/AAC) video file to play from a USB stick formatted using ExFAT.

Same with .mkv file format – a Samsung smart TV won’t recognize the files.

Every search result suggests I download some video conversion software utility – why??? What will this specific software do that my current video conversion tool won’t?

When I insert the USB stick the TV recognizes that “media” has been detected, then I select YES to access the Media Menu. Then, nothing else happens. The TV just can’t read the video files.

I don’t see when I have buy another media converter tool – I have plenty already. I can render an MP4 file from After Effects, Premiere, Media Encoder, Handbrake and FCP X.

Any suggestions?

Why is it so hard to get a simple video file to play on a Samsung smart TV, one year old?

Thanks again.

Thomas Hanser
Seattle, WA

[Thomas Hanser]

Hi, Jeff, and thanks for your reply.

>Honestly, I don’t even know what a “HD video DVD” is. You’ve created some sort of Frankenstein disc.

The HD DVD disk I burned was created in Roxio Toast 12. I selected “HD DVD (Blu Ray) from the options menu. The resulting disk played fine in a newer Sony Blu Ray DVD player, but resulted in jerky playback. This isn’t simply a video file burned (as data) to a DVD disk, it’s converted using Roxio Toast. The folder structure on the disk confirms this.

As for playing an .MP4 file on a USB stick, I just tried this using a Samsung 58” plasma TV, approximately 5 years old. Nothing! No supported device found, or something like that. When I first insert the USB drive it flashes momentarily, but after that, nothing.

I’d like to learn more about playing MP4 files on a TV. If there’s more than one file on the USB stick, how does the TV allow you to select which file to play?

Thanks again.

Thomas Hanser
Seattle, WA

[Thomas Hanser]

Thanks, Jeff.

Playing an .mp4 file from a thumbdrive sounds like the only answer! ?

Thanks again.

Thomas Hanser
Seattle, WA

[Thomas Hanser]

Yes, good to know. And thanks for that suggestion.

I can edit a plist but I wish it were simpler than this.

Thomas Hanser
Seattle, WA

[Thomas Hanser]

Thanks, Michael.

I can right-click both of these apps in the Mac OSX top toolbar, but I’m tired of doing it.

Thomas Hanser
Seattle, WA

[Thomas Hanser]

Apparently, zooming while filming with a Canon zoom lens is not preferable.

I’ve just learned this:

“Canon zooms aren’t true video zooms – they’re technically vari-focal lenses, so the focus point can change as you zoom. I guess if your f-stop was right, it wouldn’t matter.”

Moving on.

Thomas Hanser
Seattle, WA