ADOBE PREMIERE 6.5... EXPORT MOVIE IN DV FORMAT...HOW LONG??

[bombart]

Hey Guys. I'm just wondering... after I've edited my movie in premiere, I have 2 options ...well, I have more options... but these 2 come recommended (thanks to all you guys for your help here)...
1) Save as Microsoft DV avi file
2) Export using AN encoder directly to Mpeg2.

My question is, approx how long does it take to "export movie" in Microsoft DV format from within premiere for say a 60 min movie??

I just want to know this because I want to encode using CCE and I could either use the plugin to export to MPEG2 or I could export to Microsoft DV and then use CCE standalone to convert the DV file to MPEG2.

If exporting to Microsoft DV takes a really long time, is it really worth it?


Cheers All.

Bombart.

[zapta]

It depends mainly on the frame size...and of course the conversion and frame rate. if the movie is in a large frame size, say 720x576 it should take about a year!!...what's the frame size an rate?

[dcsos]

2) Export using AN encoder directly to Mpeg2.

Use the ADOBE MPEG ENCODER built into Premiere 6.5
It will export a MPEG-2 directly whose quality will well exceed the other 2 step process you ask about.

The other option you discuss
1) Save as Microsoft DV avi file
is for outputting to a TAPE.......

if you only have Premier 6.0 you need a plug in to Make MPEG-2
LIGOS
CLEANER 5
and
DIGIGAMI
all make plugins you can buy for 6.0

[aanbalagan]

I use Premiere 6.0.

I have a 1.7 GHz and I;ve been ablt to export a one hour edited video anywhere between one hour and two hours. The time depends on the complexity of the footage (in terms of filters applied and how many things have already been rendered).

[trautman]

You can skip the save in dv format. If your burner supports mpeg2 input, you can export the timeline to mpeg2 and then the burner software does not have to do the conversion.

Peace

[bombart]

Hey All. Thanks a lot for your responses. I've take some advice and have some feedback and more questions

trautman: I always thought it would be the burning software that would or wouldn't support mpeg2 burning and not my burner. I have a Pioneer A05 DVD-R(W) burner... I'm not quite sure what you mean though...

aanbalagan: Since I have a PIII 733, it takes me around 6 hours to encode a 1/2 hr movie!!!! So your calculations support mine, thanks! Man, I need to upgrade

dcsos: I tok your advice and used the ADOBE MPEG ENCODER built into Premiere 6.5. There are 2 output files... One .m2v and one .wav file. It's hard to tell the quality on the comp. so I thought I'd burn it onto a DVD-RW and test it's quality on my standalone dvd player and TV. However, when I tried to import the .m2v file into "Ulead Dvd Workshop", it gave me an error, something about incompatible format. So now I'm assuming I have to join the audio and video file into an mpeg before I input it into Ulead DVD WS. What do I use? Tmnpeg? If so, is it gonna take a while? It took me around 6 hours to encode this < 1/2 hr movie. If it's gonna take me a while longer to mix the audio and video files together, is it worth the time put it? I like the idea of getting separate audio and video files because I was thinking of starting to convert that wav file to .ac3 . But A better alternative would be if I could use the built in encoder to output 2 files, the video of which would be recognized by Ulead Dvd Workshop. Any ideas how I could do this or what might be the best solution to my problem here? This may sound really retarded but if the m2v is an mpeg2 video file, would I be able to rename its extension to make it compatible with Ulead DVDWS? So like .m2v -> .mpg or m2v -> mpeg???
Also, when I add the two files into a new project in adobe premiere 6.5, the playback is REALLY choppy... as in it almost plays like a frame a second... what can I do to get smooth playback of these files to test the quality? Cheers.

zapta: Sorry about that... I use NTSC standards. So that would make it
720X480 and 29.97fps, etc...


If anyone else has answers to some of the above questions, PLEASE do answer.

Cheers.

Bombart.