1080/30p PPro CS4 4.1

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Burners

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I've created an AVCHD 1080/30p timeline and dropped my footage into it. It plays OK but gets the odd stutter. (on an i7 machine) looking at the interpret footage option it's set to 29.97, should I set this to 30??

Thanks
 
What OS and how much RAM?

I do not know if changing from 29.97 to 30 will make much of a difference in playback. I am assuming that the footage that you shot matches your timeline settings, correct? Playback can be sketchy with AVCHD espically if you have anything else running on your machine.

I have been using CS4.1 with good success so far but I have not done a TON of AVCHD stuff, and what I have done has not had a bunch of effects on it yet either. I do have a wedding that I will be editing in a couple of weeks that was all shot with the 150 so it will be interesting to see how that goes.

The only thing that I just realized that is making me kind of crazy with Premiere is that it does not support Timecode from AVCHD. So that nice little feature of being able to sync two cameras together goes right out the window with Premiere, unless you transcode everything to DVCPRO HD then it will see the TC. I am asking everyone that works with Premiere and AVCHD to submit a Bug Report or Feature Request to get this problem fixed... Below is a link to the proper page to do so if you wish.

https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

Phil
 
Thanks for the reply Phil, I'm using Vista x64 and 6GB DDR3 with an i7 920.

Initially when I import the footage it has the red line above the timeline. I then select all the clips and 'interpret footage' where I change the default from 29.97 to 30 and then the field order to Progressive. After doing that the red line goes.

I think that is all is required in order to edit peacefully...
 
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Sounds like you shot the footage in 1080/60i hence the 29.97 frate rate when you check the properties. It is generally best to set up the sequence the same as the footage that was shot instead of changing the footage to mesh up with the sequence...

Phil
 
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