Capturing and exporting to DV tape

[firefoxx]

I'm using Premiere 6 and a DV (digital8 110e PAL) camcorder. I capture using Premiere, via firewire, do some simple razor work, and then use the export to tape function, again via firewire, back to the camcorder. The problem is that the exported video is jerky, as if frames are dropped. Is this typical? I have a fairly robust system, and all Premiere is doing is a direct copy, since no rendering is needed.

The captures themselves are OK, no dropped frames. There is no video preview, and no other programs running.

The problem goes away if I first do a full render to a new DV file (export timeline, movie, MS DV), and then export THAT file to tape.

Any tips? Doing a full render is time-consuming, and all I'm doing is very simple razor editing.

[lechtin]

You answered your own question. Even if you editing is simple, if you do not render to produce a new, clean video, Premiere will try to do it as it exports and will stutter.

Look at it this way: if a 60 minute video takes 90 minutes to render (just an example) and apply the changes you made, how can it be possible to export it back WITHOUT rendering in 60 minutes with the same changes you made?

[firefoxx]

Yes, but the thing is I searched the forum once for an answer to this, and I found someone that said that IF there is no special editing done that requires a render (titles, transitions, etc) then Premiere will not need to do anything to the original DV stream, and will do a simple copy of said stream.

If what that person said is true, then I'm baffled by the results I'm getting, and also by the fact that it *does* take a long time to render to a file. If it's only copying, then why the long wait? If Premiere stutters in exporting simple edits with my 3Ghz P4, then why did they put this feature (export to DV without pre-render) in?

Here is what the other person said:
https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=109584

[lechtin]

Well, I never tried that option before. I guess someone else might be able to help. Keep in mind that the other posts states Premiere shows you which sections need rendering, so there should be a way to render just those portions and then output to tape. It is also not clear what version that person was using. There have been improvements with real-time preview and possibly with rendering in the last few Premiere versions. Try a PM to the poster of the other topic.