Vince Becquiot
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>>They put normal quality 2 hours long movies on 1 gig, how do i get that quality for that size.
Quality is a always a relative term. To a professional video editor, a 2 hours quality video in standard definition will not likely be under 200 GB. That said, the final format will dictate the file size.
But the “Capture and editing’ part of the process should not affect that quality. That means not recompressing in any way until you are ready Burn, etc.
Now, you mention making a 2 hours movie look good in 1 GB… First you would have to start with film, or high definition video, and not DV, which is already compressed and noisy. You would also have to make sure you don’t watch it on a broadcast monitor 😉
Cheers,
Vince
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Hi Aaron,
This is something that would have to be done at edit time.
Any particular reason you need a mono out ?
Now, you could just export your audio using the “export Audio” option and change the settings to mono, and then import it again, replace your previous audio track with this one, and do a WMV export.
I don’t think any of the Premiere basic effects will allow to merge left and right channels, though this is not anything I’ve ever had to research.
Cheers,
Vince
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Hi,
You should then set it to 2 (No compressor). Cinepack is actually much worse than DV, a very old format used for the slower CD Rom days.
It will take a little longer, but especially requires quite a bit of hard drive space, but that is the only setting you will be able to use if you want a clean result. I would resize the work area to about 1 minute and do a test to make sure everything else is fine.
My settings may look different since I am using 2.0, but you may also be able to use Adobe Media Encoder in the export menu, if you are running out of hard drive space. In that case you would pick Mpeg2 as mentioned in the previous thread.
Again, uncompressed will run about 100 GB per hour of video.
Cheers,
Vince
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Hi,
That indeed is an odd behavior. I am using 2.0 and can’t quite remember if 1.5 is adjusted the same way.
The great thing about 2.0 is that everything is docked. In 2.0, you can right click on the preview window, and then choose magnification (Or maDnification in your case 😉
See if that works in 1.5 as well…
Cheers,
Vince
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Hi there,
Your first issue is the export format. DV is not a good choice, since it uses a very high compression ratio, and is basically only used by camcorders. Even if your original project is captured as DV, exporting to DV will recompress again and reduce the quality much further, especially if you added color correction, titles, etc.
The optimal setting for exporting is uncompressed / lossless; After that, it would be Mpeg2, since that is what Encore wants, but that means calculating quality vs available space on the DVD. If you do not have at least 100gb per hour of hard drive space then use the media encoder option and choose mpg2.
Other than that, jerkiness can also be due to a mix-up in field order. DV is always lower field first.
Vince
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Hi Dave,
Obviously, none of us actually have this exact system, and so, we only have theorical opinions. I think, these 2 systems will both do well in the motion graphics arena. Again, price here would probably tip the balance for me.
The HP system again has faster components but Sony is more trusted for quality.
I won’t create any further confusion 😉
Vince
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The HP is obviously a superior machine in this case, and should be able to lead you into HD without any problems, although you may need to invest in a couple of additional HD’s to keep things separate and flowing nicely.
BTW, my prior comments about HP were especially directed at the Pavillion series, which in my view were some of the worst designs ever achieved. One thing I always advise people on any new PC purchase is a carefull look at the display.
Many LCD’s that ship in a bundle with pc’s are not good for video editing or motion graphics. Especially if you don’t have a separate broadcast monitor handy, but also for Future HD preview. A 16:9 is also prefered here, even if you still work in 4:3.
Just thought I’d throw that in…
Cheers,
Vince
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What format are you editing in ?
The only time I have seen this happening was with Mpeg2.
Vince
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I have gone through about 30 hard drives through my computer life so far.
And the winner is ? Seagate. All others have crashed on me within 4 years of continuous use.
Not to go against any particular brand name here, and that may simply be luck, but expecially for external drives, this is the only name I now trust.
They have, from what I have seen, the best cooling system around, and for an external hard drive that’s a very important factor.
Vince
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And I am guessing the Sony is still more expensive than the HP 😉
I’ve had to fix quite a few computers over the past decade, and I can cut it down to this, I like Sony, I don’t like HP.
Now, HP has improved over the past few years, and you are also paying a premium for that little Sony logo. The overhaul system speed will involve many other factors.
Bus speed, amount of memory, memory speed, buffer sizes, mother board, and how many integrated devices it has. All of these together could make the fastest CPU in the world obsolete if they aren’t able to handle the load.
Avoid integrated audio and video cards at all costs.
It is almost impossible to compare systems, even after knowing all those little details, unless they were benchmarked at the same time.
Your best bet it to go through review websites like CNET and see what they say (And hope they actually turned on the machine :).
Hope that anwser wasn’t too crude.
Vince