Adobe Premiere 6.0 and MPEG 2 Files

[Ax-Man]

Hello everybody,

I need some help with Adobe Premiere 6.0:
On my new "DVD recorder computer" (Pioneer DVR-03 and Matrox G450 eTV) I wanted to use Premiere 6.0 to edit my video files which should later end up on a DVD-R. Since my capture card only creates MPEG 2 files I am not able to import them in Adobe Premiere. Does anyone have the same problems?

Ax-Man

[BeTa]

Hmm.
MPEG2 format is not good for editing. That is supposed to be the final product of your editing/encoding process.
There are tricks you can use for loading mpeg2 clip into an AVI editor, but I would not recommend it.
However, depending on what kind of editing you want to do, you may want to use M2-edit Pro. It is supposed to be good.
BeTa

[Elco]

Hi X-Man,

Please inform me about your end product! I'm very curious if the DVD-r you make with this Pioneer is good and working on some standalone DVD players.

2nd; I would consider buying yourself a good capture card wich is capable of delivering AVI's.
Bit of a shame to use such a great system, but editing directly in (high compressed!!!) mpeg2 files. This is going to cost you a very lot of quality I would say...

[Ax-Man]

Hi Elco,

well, here is the plan: As I mentioned before I just put together this "DVD recorder computer" to replace one of my VCRs. I watch and tape many TV-shows (X-Files, Star Trek...) and I am not so happy with the quality of the tape. With all the shows on all the different channels I needed something that could do all the recording even when I am on vacation. Therefore I had to get a tv-card and they almost all record in MPEG2. I already have a Miro DC30, but there is no way to program it.
These days all the bigger shows will be released on DVD, but there is no way that shows like "Roswell" or "Pretender" will ever find their way to this digital disc. With the new DVD writer from Pioneer I see a chance to finally get what I want.
Yesterday I got the new version of the "Ulead Video Studio 5.0" with the "DVD plug-in" and it seems as this was the tool I needed to edit out the commercial breaks. The Ulead software is not half as good as Premiere, but it seems to do the job.
So far I have not burned a DVD, but I will keep you posted.

Ax-Man

[Ax-Man]

Hi Elco,

and here is the conclusion: It works! The quality is good. You can see some minor pixels once in a while, but they come from recording stage, not from the editing. So if I get a better TV card, there might be a good chance the pixels will be gone for good.

Ax-Man