Premier Pro CS4 Crashes during Export

[Don Man]

I have edited a wedding video with HD footage (*.mts files) filmed with my SonyAVHCD HandyCam. Editing this in premier has been difficult but I finally got to the point that I'm ready to export the the sequence and when I export the entire sequence, Premiere rashes. My edited video sequence is approx 10GB of HD video. Premier has been very sluggish and stated that it would take 126hours to complete exporting. Do you have any suggestions how to make life a little bit easier. I'm not liking my first HD cam editing experience.
Thanks in advance,
Don man

[aedipuss]

you might try using an intermediate codec like cineform neoscene to convert to an easier type of video to edit and export.

[Kaizen 32]

Even though I believe Premiere is the best editor out there, unfortunately it also seems to be the most crashiest. I suggest you save your project when you're ready to render, restart your computer, and open nothing else and do nothing else on your computer while it exports. If you get to the bottom of this please post your solution on here. I have similar problems with Premiere and Encore, but leaving them alone and not trying to run any other programs while they are doing their thing usually works for me.

[creamipsa]

I'm new here and don't have a solution to Don Man's problem. I want to add my own related problem to this thread.

My PPro CS4 is crashing constantly. Sometimes it crashes when opening, but mostly it opens and lets me import things into the project and create folders and sequences. However, it'll crash if I try to display anthing in the monitor or open a sequence in the timeline area. I've also noticed that when the program opens, it no longer displays sequences in the timeline area. This happens when creating a new file or when opening a previous project. Usually by default the last view is maintained.

The problem started when I was capturing video from a camera and the computer slowed down to a crawl. Then I had a "windows exlorer.exe has crashed and must close" message and since then it's been a total nightmare. I've since upgraded to SP3 and reinstalled the entire CS4 suite. No luck at all. Any ideas would be great. I've also cleared the media cache and removed xvid codecs that were on the system.

[filmboss80]

Always, always look on the software box (or manufacturer's website) to make sure that you meet the system requirements for the video editing program you are using. Also know the limitations and potential issues of various video codecs. AVCHD is one of the trickiest video formats to edit, and requires much power from your computer system, unless you use an intermediate like neoscene, as aedipuss suggested.

[greymalkin]

I'm going to toot the neo2.5 horn again guys...I really can't say enough good things about this application for AVCHD editing. Go download the free 30 day trial of edius neo 2.5 (neo 2 booster).

Your computer is faster than mine and I was able to edit 2 layers of native avchd 17mbps video from my canon hf10...both layers having color correction/transitions/etc. added to them without the slowdowns/etc. It's a much less bloated package than premiere and does all the things I need it to do (multiple layers, filters, color correction, keyframes..etc.)

I export it to their canopus HQ (Fine) codec and then you can make your HD version with multiAVCHD or sd version with HCEnc (both free).

creamipsa..get your own thread!

[Don Man]

I have heard that AVCHD editing is a pain and that the best way to edit the files is to convert before the editing.

When I first started the project I had much difficulty importing the AVCHD (.mts files) to PPro CS4. I had to turn off all of the other random programs that were running at the time. Once they were turuned off I could import and edit the footage. The only problem has become the exporting. I am most likely going to have to redo the entire project but will begin editng with converted files.

I am going to try and get the neoscene converter.

My only question is:
What is the best format for the (.MTS files) to be converted to for editing with Adobe PPro CS4?

[fitch.j]

Neoscene is fine as an intermediate. PPro will like that.

There are many other options that can be used as well, all with lossless results.

One suggestion, convert all your footage, go into your project and find the MTS footage in your bin, then right click and hit replace footage, select the converted files that match the originals. As long as when converting you've matched everything properly, you should just update all of the files in your timeline, negating the need to re edit the entire project.

[Don Man]

I am going to try Neoscene. I have one other issue; my computer is performing poorly. I would like to reformat my computer and reload the OS before installing Neoscene.

Can I save the PPro Project File and all of my edited clips, and then, when I reinstall premiere after the reformat, resume the project?

[turk690]

I am going to try Neoscene. I have one other issue; my computer is performing poorly. I would like to reformat my computer and reload the OS before installing Neoscene.

Can I save the PPro Project File and all of my edited clips, and then, when I reinstall premiere after the reformat, resume the project?

When you do that, the first time you open the project in the new installation, Premiere will just ask where the clips are and take it from there.
Although PPro4 does recognize AVCHD, doing any level of editing on it even with a Core i7 and 7 Ultimate 64 is like plodding through treacle that I dropped the effort the first time. I then installed NeoScene and it has been very smooth sailing since.