Is Premiere Pro good for regular Huffyuv AVI ? Is it just for DV ?

[Zetti]

Hi all,

Is Premiere Pro good only for DV ?

Its project settings doesn't have a setting for regular AVI, just DV....

In case I want to work with HuffYUV AVI, will it be OK ? How should I adjust the project settings ?

Thanks,

Zetti

[harley2ride]

Not sure about PRO, but I've captured and edited HUFFYUV avi files and edited them with ADOBE Premiere 6.5 without any problems.

[edDV]

Premiere Pro is native uncompressed RGB or YUV in varoius bit depth. It can easily handle uncompressed 8 bit 4:2:2 YUV in software or hardware.

Huffyuv is a way to compress a 4:2:2 YUV stream to a file.

[edDV]

DV format support is an overlay over YUV uncompressed native. It means that DV is only uncompressed when filters or transitions call for it.

[Zetti]

Premiere Pro is native uncompressed RGB or YUV in varoius bit depth. It can easily handle uncompressed 8 bit 4:2:2 YUV in software or hardware.

Huffyuv is a way to compress a 4:2:2 YUV stream to a file.

Thanks edDV and Rob,

edDV, DV is 4:1:1 compression, right ?

As AVI HuffYUV is 4:2:2, and Premiere Pro "Project settings" is stucked in "DV format", wouldn't it imply in additional quality loss ?

I mean, the actual video format would be 4:2:2, while the software would treat it all as 4:1:1....

Thanks again, much apreciated,

Zetti

[pijetro]

As AVI HuffYUV is 4:2:2, and Premiere Pro "Project settings" is stucked in "DV format", wouldn't it imply in additional quality loss ?

If your intention is to work with Huffy codec, then create a custom project setting (not DV of course). This custom project setting is the same as your original footage..Therefore, no re-rendering..Just go through the fields and choose the correct fps,codec,field,audio setting, container, etc....

Good luck!!!

[Zetti]

Thanks, I guess I have to check the software better...

Zetti

[edDV]

What is your source? Is this just off air TV?

In your other post you said you were capturing TV to DV format.

[Zetti]

Yes, it's from TV broadcasts only, when I use VHS I go through the DV way always;

THANKS A LOT !

Zetti