Premier->ProCoder->Encore?? Help???

[yurchik23]

Hello people, please help!
1. a) Editing in Premiere.
b) Export to tape (for archiving, freeing space, fixing Audio clciks)
Question 1. I did noticed these clciks when I tried to export WAV. I guess that is because external 44Mhz music was used. Does exporting it to tape and back help?
c) Capture already edited file.
d) Export WAV, Encode Audio to AC3
e) Encode with Procoder
f) Import AC3 and MPG into Encore, Author DVD.
Question 2. will the quality be better if just Premier-> Encore combination used.

[daamon]

Hi yurchik23,

* Before your Q1 can fully be answered, it'll be useful to know what your source files are (AVI, MOV etc.)? Where did you get them from (download, your DV cam etc.)?

I would guess that the "clicks" are already resident in the source file as errors. I doubt if they're there because the audio is 44.1KHz.

* Exporting back to tape (I'm assuming DV tape?) will (most likely) include the clicks. I'd say you need to fix those to remove them.

If you fix / remove the clicks, you won't need to export and so won't need to transfer the already edited file back from tape. Loads of time saved.

* Export WAV and encode to AC3 - Yep, sounds good.

* Encode with Procoder - If disk space is an issue for you, look into frameserving. It sounds technical, but really is easy once you figure it out. I use Debugmode FrameServer with Premiere 6.0 and frameserve to TMPGEnc to encode.

I don't know if Procoder accepts the input from Debugmode FrameServer - if it doesn't, there may be other frameservers that will work. Some investigation for you...

* Q2: I don't know Encore. What I do know is that encoding has to be done before authoring. If Encore encodes, then fine. But, even if it does, a dedicated and trusted encoder (such as Procoder, TMPGEnc) will yield better results.

I hope that helps. Good luck...

[yurchik23]

OK. I am having problem with this setup.
1. Edited movie in Premier Pro v 1.0
2. Installed Canopus Procoder 1.5 with Premiere plugin
3. Export -> Procoder Exporter.
4. Opens Procoder, I fill out Target, press Convert
5. Premiere Closes due to unexpested error.
6. Procoder still running , but not really encoding anything.

I tried to use Procoder separately on an AVI file, and it encodes fine. I know I can use frameserver, but I want to make this setup work. Please Help.

[daamon]

Hi yurchik23,

I don't know Procoder (I only ever used TMPGEnc) so I can't really help.

All I can offer is that (for item 6) Procoder is probably just sitting there waiting to be served some frames from (a now dead) Premiere.

The fact that Procoder encodes OK separately indicates a problem with your frameserving from Premiere to Procoder. A re-install of both may do the trick...?

Maybe Procoder users will chip in with some more help...

Good luck...

[yurchik23]

Daamon.
I tried frameserving with DebugMode and it works.
What do I use RGB24, RGB32, or YUV.
Is there a way to select NONE for this processing?
Can you explain these choices, please

[daamon]

Hi yurchik23,

Glad to hear you got it working.

If you look in the "Glossary" (link, top left of the page) there's explanations of RGB and YUV - basically, they're just different ways of displaying colour. I'm not sure what the 24 and 32 are... Sorry.

I've recently changed PCs and my new one isn't set up yet (got justthe basics on there) so I don't know what setting mine was. I didn't
actually configure the frameserver, so I guess I went for the default. Also means I don't know if there's a "none" option. Sorry again...

EDIT: I've just downloaded the latest version of the frameserver and came across this page - scroll down to "Frameserving in YUV (and Adobe Premiere Pro)". It might answer your question, or at least go some way to doing so...

Hopefully, someone else will pitch in to help out more. In the meantime, have a hunt in the forums or on the doom9 website. That's a good source of info too...

Sorry I couldn't help more. Good luck...

[yurchik23]

Thank you Daamon, this is very helpful indeed.
I guess the result is to frameserve YUV from Premier Pro.

[daamon]

No problem. This is how I learnt (and still learning) from all the helpful people here...

Yes, I'd say so...