Premiere Pro for HVX200

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I'm frustrated with Vegas' inability to accept MXF files from HVX200 directly.

How about Premiere Pro? Can it read MXF files directly without encountering any problems?

The choice of NLE for my next project may depend on this answer.

Thank you
 
Yes, Premiere Pro CS3 offers full native support for DVCPro HD and MXF files.

I would even go so far as to say that PP CS3 is among the best of the best for editing with the HVX200. It comes bundled with OnLocation (formerly DV Rack HD) which is a great monitoring and capturing app for shootong straight to laptop and/or external drive. Also has Encore included for DVD and Blu-ray authoring.

I highly recommend Premiere Pro CS3 :)
 
John Froton said:
Yes, Premiere Pro CS3 offers full native support for DVCPro HD and MXF files.

I would even go so far as to say that PP CS3 is among the best of the best for editing with the HVX200. It comes bundled with OnLocation (formerly DV Rack HD) which is a great monitoring and capturing app for shootong straight to laptop and/or external drive. Also has Encore included for DVD and Blu-ray authoring.

I highly recommend Premiere Pro CS3 :)
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Thanks dude, that's the answer i was expecting. I've been bonded too much with Vegas for the wrong reasons even after knowing it's a Sony product
 
The only thing I hate with Premiere at the moment is its ability not to have a DVCPRO HD support, meaning I can't import DVCPROHD files to edit. I have to purchase a 3rd party program like Raylight. I actually like Edius better.
 
I am in the same situation. I have just bougth a HPX500 and I want to edit with CS3. It is going my first time editing HD. What I need on computer? I know it is always the same question, but computer change so fast and there are so many windows processor, Quad, Xenon, Dual Core, that I am getting crazy.
Please could you tell me what are you using to run easily in premier and after effects? I work with PC.
Thanks
 
The latest version of Premiere Pro --- version CS3 with the latest downloadable updates --- is totally able to handle DVCPro HD and MXF files.

The sweet thing about DVCPro HD is that it is an intraframe codec that does not require a lot of horsepower to edit. I have my desktop, which is a Pentium 4 - 2.6 Ghz processor (much less powerful than my dual core 2 duo laptop at 2 Ghz) and it does fine. You might want to make sure you've got plenty of hard drive space. My desktop only has a 64 mb graphic card as well and it still works fine.
 
John Froton said:
The latest version of Premiere Pro --- version CS3 with the latest downloadable updates --- is totally able to handle DVCPro HD and MXF files.

The sweet thing about DVCPro HD is that it is an intraframe codec that does not require a lot of horsepower to edit. I have my desktop, which is a Pentium 4 - 2.6 Ghz processor (much less powerful than my dual core 2 duo laptop at 2 Ghz) and it does fine. You might want to make sure you've got plenty of hard drive space. My desktop only has a 64 mb graphic card as well and it still works fine.
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Thanks dude. I've recently upgraded my PC.
I think i'll try the demo version first and then purchase it.

Thanks again
 
Thanks John,
Those are a very nice news. And about the hard drive, do you have special raid equipment? And what about to monitoring AE in real time, do you have any card?
Thanks
 
I just have a couple of Western Digital MyBook external USB/Firewire drives --- standard stuff, 320 and 500 GB --- running at 7200 rpm.

My video cards are pretty basic and I don't do any monitoring out - just editing on main PC screen. Laptop is Nvidia 256 mb and desktop is ATI 64 mb.

CS3 does come with a great app --- OnLocation --- for monitoring and capturing footage from your camcorder. I use OnLocation to monitor my camera in HD in realtime as I shoot when doing interviews and corporate work.
 
Until the update I was forced to use Cineform Prospect and found it to be pretty "creaky". But now PPro CS3 works GREAT with HVX200 files - no wrappers, system is VERY responsive and everything ingests with a simple drag of a folder. If you have the production suite, make sure you get the updates for both PPro and AE - Dynamic Link works like a charm.
 
Definitely the best combination I have some across for work flow with the HVX. Very stable, very reliable and as gdiguy stated, Dynamic Link works like a charm. Premiere has really stepped up with the CS3 release and it's an amazing editor that can do just as much as the others out there.
 
Is it me or I'm the only one that can't open DVCPRO HD in Premiere? I can import MFX files perfectly but my .mov- DVCPRO HD codecs won't open. If I remember it says the codec is missing? Doesn't matter at this point, I'm cutting with Final cut.
 
I have a Mac - would Premiere Pro work with it or would I be better off using Final Cut Studio II?
 
BLUESPIDER said:
Is it me or I'm the only one that can't open DVCPRO HD in Premiere? I can import MFX files perfectly but my .mov- DVCPRO HD codecs won't open. If I remember it says the codec is missing? Doesn't matter at this point, I'm cutting with Final cut.
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Nope, you're not the only one. Apple doesn't provide DVCPROHD codecs for Windows, and on the Mac, I'm not sure that they're available to anything but FCP or QT. As such, while Premiere Pro can most certainly edit DVCPROHD, it can only do so natively if it's wrapped in an MXF wrapper, instead of an MOV. However, here's at least two options:

1) For Windows, check out Raylight Decoder or Encoder Pro. As the names would suggest, the Decoder gives you playback functionality only, whereas the Encoder give you playback and authoring capabilities.

2) For Windows or Mac, check out Calibrated Software. There are decoders for both platforms available, at a pretty reasonable price.

There may be others, but those are two that I'm aware of.
 
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