DV - Frames out of order

[devonuto]

G'day everyone,

I've been having problems getting my video to work properly. Basically it appears to be some sort of issue with Adobe Premiere Elements 3 & 4. I've posted on the Adobe help pages, but so far no luck getting help so I thought I would try here.

Basically, I was getting video 'tear/pixelation' when importing the MOD files created by my GZ-MG505 into PE4 (Same thing happened with PE3). So it was suggested I convert the MOD files to DV first to import them into PE4. So I've done that using MPEG Streamclip and have tried both interlaced, and deinterlaced, but the same thing happens.

I've posted a video on youtube of what is happening to the video here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTK2hk-8IVE
I've only just uploaded it, so it may take a little while before it is viewable.

It appears that every now and again, a bunch of the video frames are getting put out of order. I've played the DV-AVI files I created using Windows Media Player 11, and they look smooth, with no frames out of sync. Just wondering if anyone has encountered this problem before, or can think of a way to resolve it in PE4?

Cheers,
Steve

[daamon]

Hi devonuto,

Welcome to the forums.

The GZ-MG505 records to an internal hard-drive using the MPEG2 codec even though the files have ".MOD" at the end instead of ".MPG". Why? Dunno... I guess JVC know...

Anyway... The MPEG2 format isn't designed for editing and so most editors don't handle it, or don't handle it well. Reading the literature on Adobe Premiere Elements, it says (click as it's a link) "Import of some formats, including ... MPEG2 ... may require activation via an Internet connection" (bottom left of last page).

But for editing, as you've been advised, DV AVI is much better.

So, you've two options: Activate PE so you can import MPEG2 or convert to DV AVI.

You've tried the latter using MPEG Streamclip - I don't know this tool but wonder if this is causing your jumpy video problems. I have successfully converted MPEG2 to DV AVI many times as follows:

* Download and install the free Panasonic DV Codec if you don't already have it.

* Open up your MPEG2 file in VirtualDubMod, also free.

* Click: Video -> Full Processing Mode
* Click: Video -> Compression -> Select Panasonic DV Codec

* Click: File -> Save as to get your DV AVI file.

If you still have the issues of the jumping footage (as per your YouTube post) then it's probably that the field order needs swapping. In which case, try the following before saving:

* Click: Video -> Filters -> Add
* Select "Field swap" -> Click: OK -> OK to close windows

Good luck!

[devonuto]

Thanks for the advice.

I got a tip from another site that advised I move the following file to my desktop:
c:\program files\adobe\adobe premiere elements 4.0\plug-ins\[locale]\ImporterFastMPEG.prm

Amazingly enough by making a copy of this file on my desktop, the original problem of the image "tearing" is no longer occurring.

Don't ask me to explain how or why, but it just is so I'm as happy as a P.I.S.

[daamon]

Wow! What an unusual solution. Oh well... Whatever works I guess...