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For capturing DV, all you need is a good Firewire 400 card or FW on the motherboard.

-AJ

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Is it broken?

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Did you ever get an answer to this problem?

-AJ

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I upgraded to Steadymove Pro way back when I first got PPro 1.0. 2d3 has provided a few updates since then (the last being July 2004). I just emailed them to see if there’s a new one. I’m getting awesome results with Steadymove. I also use boujou Bullet which is top-notch software for matchmoving.

-AJ

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I’m pretty sure it’s not the same code. The Surcode plugin can create a Dolby Digital 5.1 mix whereas Encore can only create a stereo Dolby mix.

-AJ

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Okay, not sure why you’re having problems with the MSDV codec but I don’t think the MC codec will give you much better results from AE. I haven’t tried it myself so I could be wrong. For best results (and no rendering in PPro), render out to uncompressed AVI or Quicktime Animation and import that into an uncompressed PPro project. From what I understand, if you have the new Production Studio, you can use the Dynamic Link technology to drop AE elements on the PPro timeline with no rendering.

-AJ

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Holy repeat posts Batman!

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PS – I found the following in the Adobe Knowledgebase (https://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331262.html). Perhaps it could explain why your ATI video card doesn’t perform well with Direct3D.

” Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 is designed to take advantage of display cards with accelerated GPUs. If you are having playback issues, then make sure you use the correct Desktop Display Mode that corresponds with your display card:

— Compatible: This setting offers the lowest performance but is appropriate for display cards that do not fully support Direct 3D.

— Standard: This is the default setting and is appropriate for video cards that support Direct 3D version 9.

— Accelerated GPU Effects: The availability of this setting requires that the display card support Pixel Shader 2.0, Vertex Shader 1.1, Direct 3D version 9, and have 64 MB of onboard VRAM. This setting is used to provide accelerated performance on specific Premiere Pro 2.0 effects including Motion, Opacity, Fast color correction, Cross dissolve, and Proc amp. It also provides improved support for color space conversion and playback in the Multi-camera monitor.”

-AJ

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I typically stick to the recommendations provided by Videoguys for PPro and AE (https://www.videoguys.com/system.htm). I’m finding that more and more VARs and 3rd-party plugin manufacturers and recommending nVidia (GeForce 6 series as mimimum to Quadro FX as high end) because of their stronger support of OpenGL and DirectX GPU processing. See Red Giant Software’s website (https://www.redgiantsoftware.com/mbe2whatsnew.html#chart) for an example.

-AJ

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I think that makes sense in your case with an older system and video card. Direct3D really shines with newer video cards. What video card are you using with PPro?

-AJ