[Tim Kolb]

Is the depth shows 24…I’m not sure I understand that number…I would assume it’s 3×8 bit color channels, but ProRes 4444 should be 10 bit per channel, yes? You’re rendering in max bit depth, so you should write the file at 10 bits per channel.

However, I don’t think that’s the frame dropping issue.

I think you want to uncheck “optimize stills” as that could be what is confusing the inspector as far as frame dropping. It’s good for long GOP exports, but you don’t want it for a mezzanine I-frame format. I’d uncheck that, give it a shot and see if that takes care of it.

TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,

Adobe Certified Instructor

[Tim Kolb]

Yes, if you install a software package that can write to Prores, that ability now exists in QuickTime and you can export from Premiere Pro…pick QuickTime format, and below in the video tab you’ll see the video codec (i think it usually defaults to DV), just go to that widget and change the target codec.

TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,

Adobe Certified Instructor

[Tim Kolb]

You can certainly try the AVCHD files natively, but it does depend a bit on your hardware configuration.

If the native files don’t work easily, you can always use Prelude as your stand in “log and capture” to convert to ProRes if you like.

TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,

Adobe Certified Instructor

[Tim Kolb]

I think that 32 bit lin DPX is probably an easier path with PPro CS6…the Open EXR support in PPro is not equal to AE unfortunately.

TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,

Adobe Certified Instructor

[Tim Kolb]

Need more info about your process…something’s odd here.

For dual mono, just right click on the files and modify-audio change stereo to dual mono…it’s easy.

You can also force Premiere Pro to interpret all stereo audio as dual mono in the preferences (what I do). Most dual channel audio in video files is interpreted as stereo by Premiere Pro unless you tell it otherwise.

The sync issue seems like a new on on me. Are the stems the same length on the timeline?

TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,

Adobe Certified Instructor

[Tim Kolb]

What is the OS? Are you using 32 bit Windows XP? Vista? Windows 7? Do you know if the machine is 32 bit or 64 bit? CS4 was probably the version of the applications that should have been 64 bit as those applications were a heck of a load on a 32 bit system…

If you’re running a 32 bit OS, then the entire machine only sees a bit less than 4 GB of RAM maximum, so not only you Adobe apps have to share that RAM, but the OS swallows a good chunk right off the top. Back when I was still using Windows XP, I’d notice quite often that Premiere Pro had less than 1 GB of RAM actually available.

Even if your application is 32 bit, it can use 4 GB of RAM…if the OS is 64 bit so the computer sees the 9 GB and uses it (usually RAM is in even numbers isn’t it? it should be installed in pairs…), then even a 32 bit application would have the possibility of getting all 4 GB it can use…if you had 12 GB or 18 GB, then AE would take its 4 GB, PPro would have its 4 GB, etc.

Unfortunately, MP4 is probably the most processor-intensive compression there is (until we’re all using HEVC anyway) and an older machine will definitely struggle with it.

An option might be to get GoPro CineForm Studio, which is a free download from GoPro, which will convert many types of MP4 files to CineFormHD files, which are bigger, but far easier on older processors.

TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,

Adobe Certified Instructor

[Tim Kolb]

Another thing you may want to check is display card drivers. It’s amazing how much they can affect fundamental playback functionality when they’ve gone wonky or something has been installed that has created a conflict.

TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,

Adobe Certified Instructor

[Tim Kolb]

[Chris Borjis] “Wish there was a way to disable the “mac thing” other than using a pc ;)”

LOL!

Unfortunately most of us who use Windows only switched to solve our “Mac things”…

I mean…it’s Windows.

🙂

TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,

Adobe Certified Instructor

[Tim Kolb]

So what exactly is happening? Files not trimming? Files not included?

(The AE comps won’t be…you have to gather those up manually or render out and import the rendered clip, which will then be recognized bt the Project Manager.)

TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,

Adobe Certified Instructor

[Tim Kolb]

[Tim Dowse] “That’s true, but you wrote that it’s $2500”

True. The Lenovo has a Quadro card instead of a GeForce card, so that probably is a good portion of the swing right there.

TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,

Adobe Certified Instructor