This is INSANE!!!!!! PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!

[hellfire104]

DJ,

I would just dump it back out to tape, after putting it through a video
editing software. But I have to get it to edit first. PREMIERE is taking like 9 hours per episode, and i usually get an error or something after about 7 hours....that sucks....

I have that AVI/Mpeg/whatever else SPLITTER.....but it makes the created files all laggy, and I don't know whats up with that.

The only one thats working right now, is TMPGEnc(after wrestling with it for 3 days.) and it still isn't that good....it takes a good 3 hrs...

[hellfire104]

Thanks for the suggestion, NOHELPWHATSOEVER, I would do that, because it is the easier means to get what I want to do, done.

To export 3 hours of video, it takes approx. 4 days.....and there is no way, my computer is running error free for 4 days......

I don't know why it takes so long, If i knew what the export settings needed to be specifically, it would really help, but I've tinkered with it quite a bit and nothing really works....whats the big secret?

[mkelley]

NoHelp is on the right track.

Let's explain it this way (first of all, this assumes Premiere 6.5 -- other versions may or may not allow this but I'm not familiar with them). You import your captured video as a DV-AVI. This should be instantaneous (or taking only a few seconds). Now you place it on the timeline and perform your cuts only edits (since all you're dong is taking out the commercials).

At this point you have a DV-AVI on the timeline edited -- now what you want to do is just PLAY it. Don't export it, don't do anything else other than invoke the play routine in Premiere (this can be done in a variety of different ways; as NoHelp says, Print to Tape is one of them. But you don't have to even do that -- just press the play button).

As the video plays it will go out the firewire card where it can be rerecorded (or you may have some digital to analog convertor -- I have the Dazzle Hollywood bridge, which is a firewire to analog convertor device. As I play the video on my computer this translates it into an analog Svideo out that I can plug into my recorder or some such). So there is no reencoding, no separate step here, it just plays in Real Time as you record.

If you don't understand this or can't do this you need to describe in further detail your hardware setup so the experts here can explain what's going wrong. But it's pretty straightforward.

[hellfire104]

Ok Im pretty familiar with Premiere so I followed ya 100% until you got to firewire.......Im not sure what firewire is, but ive got an ADS Technologies USB Instant DVD Capture device and I have Adobe Premiere 6.5.

I apologize, but im not really good with all the lingo(analog, firewire, and all that stuff) Ive just got a VCR, the capture device, and a whole lot of video editing software.

I didn't even know you could export video from Premiere unless you used to export command.

[hellfire104]

If I use print to tape, it just records whatever I play in Premiere onto my VCR correct?

To hook that up, do I just need to take my USB Instant DVD's Video/audio out, and hook it to the viceo/auidio in on my VCR? Does the VCR need to be attached to a TV?

[NoHelpWhatSoEver]

That's right, just hook up the vcr, hit play or "print to tape", then hit rec on the vcr. It would be nice if the TV was attached to the vcr so you can see what you are recording, but it isn't necessary.

[wulf109]

Current versions of TMPEG require you to have PowerDVD installed because it uses the Cyberlink mpg2 encoder.

[hellfire104]

Ok NOHELP, well my plan backfired. I tried to trim the commercials, using TMPGE, however, after I trimmed them and then used the filemerger program, audio and video were out of synch, when I went to send it back to VCR using CAPWIZ. Also, the video lagged and snagged alot.....thats no good.....so, im going to try to use premier. Im really not sure what Im going, but im just going to hook my USB Instant DVD's video and audio out's to my VCR's Video and Audio In's and hopefully, this is gunna work when I go to record it.

But I bet 50 bucks I get an error......heh....I seem to be cursed with them. :[

[txpharoah]

I have an idea where you can stick that $50 you just bet...

Honestly, seeing all the issues you're having, your best bet may be to hire in a college student for a few hours. Get one from a broadcasting or other video department. Pay him $10 or so per hour, and sit with him for 2-3 hours and learn.

Some of what you are asking would require me to physically sit at your system. I think most people are getting that same idea. While somebody like myself would be expensive or unavailable, a student may have a good grasp on the few basic concepts you need to learn, including basic troubleshooting. And a quick job for $30 will buy them a lot of food and/or beer.

Just advertise that you need somebody with some digital video experience, basic MPEG2 conversion from video tape/video camera to help you make a DVD or edit back to tape (or whatever you're doing). The student paper or even a few professors should be the easiest/quickest way to find a good kid to help you. They need to know Premiere.

You may get more from a few hours of sit-down time than from twice as much time reading stuff here.

In the modern times, students are the $2 whores of knowledge. Use one. Just remember to take their information as GUIDES and SUGGESTIONS, not as FACTS, as they are still learning themselves.

[mkelley]

Wonders of wonders -- I actually agree with Mr. Tx <g>.

Let's put this the kindest possible way -- we here don't seem to be able to communicate with you properly. Sometimes in these cases the only thing to do is get some hands on instruction from someone who knows. If you can't find a local student to help, you may well be able to go to the community college/high school audio/visual department and spend a few hours with the head of the department. They are usually helpful and willing to put you on the right track (or perhaps they may even offer some night courses).

[NoHelpWhatSoEver]

Let me try to help one more time, before everyone gives up.

First of all for what you want (Capture Video -> Edit Video -> Output to tape) you don't need to buy anything else. You already have everything you need (I think) with Instant DVD. In fact anything you bought after Instant DVD, don't use it and return it if you can.

Go to the following PDF and review it before you start your project again...

http://www.adstech.com/products/USB_Instant_DVD/manuals/USBAV700rev3.pdf?product_id=USBAV-700

This version of the manual looks to be more indept than the one that may have come with your hardware.

Be sure you everything installed and it works correctly.

For what you what you will probaqbly need to use the following from the bundled software they gave you.

Capture Wizard
Video Studio 6

Step 1

Use Capture Wizard to record the video to your computer. You can use MPEG1 or MPEG2. For what you want it doesn't really matter which you choose, though MPEG1 will be quicker or MPEG2 will give you better quality. From what you said previously you probably have this done already. Work with the original file, you probably should write off the files you edited with TMPGE.

Step 2

Edit Out the Commercials. To do this it looks like ADS gives you Video Studio 6. Starting from page 41 of the above manual tells you how to use Video Studio. Use that knowledge to remove the commercials. One note, you may have to render a preview to get a accurate playback of your finished video. Hopefully this won't take a long time, if it does (more than a couple hours) then I recommend you use MPEG1 instead. It should encode faster than MPEG2.

The goal is to be able to hit play in Video Studio and have you complete video playback sans commercials. You don't have to save any computer files.

Step 3

Output You Video to Tape. If you have your vcr connected to Instant DVD, when ever you playback a mpeg1 or mpeg2, you should be able to see it on your vcr. Hit play in Video Studio, hit record on the vcd, and wait to the end.

You can also use Capwiz, but you would have the save the video from Video Studio first.

If this doesn't work, I think its time to call customer support.