Yet another Premiere problem - output to DVD stops

[Lyris]

Hey again everyone,

When I try to output to DVD with Adobe Premiere using the MainConcept MPEG Codec (which is excellent!), the conversion gets to sometimes about half way then stops with the error

Adobe Premiere failed to return a video frame. Canceling the operation.

This is really irritating me because I think the quality of the output when it does work is excellent. Can anyone help me out?

[bugster]

Try outputting to a different format (DV maybe). If it fails around the same place then something in your timeline is causing the problem and you may have to make a small change.

(Sounds like there may be a bug in Premiere here)

[Lyris]

It doesn't have this problem with DV, no.

Outputting to Video for Windows AVI on the other hand (HuffYUV codec) makes the audio slip out of sync as soon as I've done the cut in my file, so that's not an option.

I might end up formatting my computer to fix the problem...

[bugster]

It doesn't have this problem with DV, no.

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So ahve you tried taking the DV and encoding to mpeg in a standalone encoder such as TmpGenc, to see what it looks like. I know this is an extra conversion, which is normally to be avoided at all costs, but if it solves a particular problem and the resulting quality is acceptable then why not. It is also less drastic than reformatting and re-einstalling which may not fix the problem anayway!

[Lyris]

Well, I was going to reformat anyway.

It has actually fixed that particular problem, but instead now there is an "Out of Memory" error... odd c onsidering I have 1gb of RAM and have a good chunk free.

Am I right in saying that TMPGenc can't accept DV input sources? Or did I do something wrong?

As it stands, it goes like this:

1. Edit in Premiere
2. Output as DV
3. Convert DV to Video for Windows HuffYUV file
4. Convert HuffYUV to DVD with TMPGenc

I actually can't use Canopus Procoder 2 to convert the DV file to DVD. It crashes after just a few seconds of encoding! Next time I'll try outputting to a lossless QuickTime movie and see if I have any better luck there.

Ridiculously complicated and time consuming...

[bugster]

Am I right in saying that TMPGenc can't accept DV input sources? Or did I do something wrong?

No, you are wrong there, it can accept DV source. Some people claim it will only accept type-2 avi but I have had success with both. If it won't accept your file, 1st check this page. If you still have problems, download and install the free Panasonic DV codec. You can the open your DV avi in virtualdub and frameserve to TmpGenc.

May sound like a lot of hassle but quicker than converting your DV to Huffy!

[Lyris]

Excellent, thanks a lot - I'll try that

[daamon]

Hi Lyris,

This old post of mine may be of use or interest.

I too use Premiere (but v6.0) and then frameserve to TMPGEnc to encode. It's all in the post I've linked too...

[pijetro]

Lyris wrote:

Adobe Premiere failed to return a video frame.

Outputting to Video for Windows AVI on the other hand (HuffYUV codec) makes the audio slip out of sync as soon as I've done the cut in my file, so that's not an option.

I suspect either you have a bad frame, or a bad cut...
See if you can zoom in anywhere, and see that there's no open spots in the timeline..

Good luck!!