Vince Becquiot
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Since FFDShow is comprised of many codecs, you will need to know the codec that was used to compress the particular footage you are using. If it’s DivX, then you need the Divx Codec. What I would do is download a copy of GSpot, a tiny free application: https://www.headbands.com/gspot/v26x/index.htm
After install, start it up and drag the footage file to the window. In the top right it will tell you what codec was used, it will just be a matter of downloading it.
Of course, it could also be that Premiere just doesn’t like that particular codec…
Vince
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If you don’t have the Production Suite you should only export as Microsoft AVI (not DV), then under video choose compression “none”, and uncheck “always recompress”. Neither Quicktime (except for the animation Codec), nor DV Avi are suitable for any export, except DV Tape.
Vince
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The problem is that the file you are importing into Premiere is probably using this codec, but it might work without it.
Just know that premiere really doesn’t support many of those external codecs. You can probably remove FFDshow from the Add / Remove Programs area, if not, go to: Control Panel > Switch to “Classic View”, then go to Sounds and Audio Devices > Hardware Double click on “video Codecs” > Properties tab and see if you can remove FFDShow from there.Vince
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Velour draping all around could probably help in that situation, and well, it really looks nice.
Vince
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Well, you should really let your camcorder do the export in DV, Premiere has a little issue when it comes to scaling HD down.
Premiere and Encore use the same encoder, so the quality will be the same. Just start with a widescreen project within Premiere.
Vince
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I’m sorry, when you said “table” I thought you meant a “graphical” table; been doing too many corporate gigs lately…
Yes, just use the levels filter, and take down the “RGB white output level”.
If you are going to color correct as well, you can actually just use “3 way color correction”, it has a level function as well.
Did you try burning the rolling title to DVD, I wonder if that’s just a Premiere playback issue.
Vince
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1) The jerkiness could be the cause of many things, title rolling too fast, wrong field order, progressive will tend to create more jerkiness than interlaced. Is the jerkisness on a DVD, or on your PC?
2) Is it over 100 IRE’s in the waveform monitor? If so, just apply the Levels filter, or Procamp. If you are looking at it in a broadcast monitor, it could just be that ii is too sharp, a common problem with straight lines; in that case you can play with anti-flicker below the motion settings.
3) Look at 3 way color correction. If you have a white reference pint anywhere in you footage, it should be as easy as color picking it, with some minor adjustments afterwards; otherwise, you have to adjust colors manually until you get the desired results.
Vince
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Captlu,
I have never heard of defragmenting being an issue, and I’ve build quite few computers, formatting yes, especially at low level. Of course, a $50.00 hardrive is what it is, and they are doomed to fail quickly no matter what. I have quite a few Seagates here, each machine defragmented every two days on all drives, they’ve been in there for a few years now, and running at the same temp and as quiet as the day I bought them. Again, I hate to name brands here, but Western Digital and Maxtor, up until recently were quite a different story. They ditched that 4 years warranty of most of their drives, and that makes sense…
I have never actually noticed a performance boost in the OS, but Premiere sure makes good use a well organized drive, especially with you get in the Terabyte range with some uncompressed 1080.
Vince
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Yes, you should defragment your drives, there may have been issues in the Win Me days, what wasn’t an isue with Win Me ?
Here’s the painless way to do it, especially if you have many, many drives as most of us do:
https://www.pcmech.com/howto/article/18/
Just let your PC do the work at night.
Vince
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Well, I kind of made it a rule to export in the same format (Progressive /Interlaced, and frame rate) as it was shot in, unless the client insists on a different format.
I’m not sure what the actual compatibity issues are nowadays for progressive DVD’s, maybe someone can shed some light on it.
I would export progressive 24P.
Vince