Capturing in Premiere CS3 Pro...

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Cater2theGame

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So I have a quick question.

I don't see any options within premiere to capture from a dv tape and save it as an mpeg2. I'm assuming that I can only capture in avi.

My problem is that the avi file doesn't have the quality the mpeg2 file has and it makes my video look like crap when watched on a big screen. I have the hvx200 by the way. I'm shooting in dv tapes cuz I'm still on the hustle for the expensive p2 storage.

Anyways, when I export into an mpeg2 file (after editing) it still doesn't have that quality b/c premiere can't just create that original quality from the dv tapes if it already downgraded into avi format during the capture. How can I solve this problem and keep the original quality???

Or am I just crazy? :violent5:
 
The .AVI file Premiere is capturing is bit-for-bit identical to the DV signal coming from the camera/tape.

How you are then playing out that .AVI file is what will affect your quality.


MPEG-2 on the other hand is FAR more compressed than the "raw" AVI captured from the camera.

- Mikko
 
Yes i totally agree,i am a also cs3 user.and the capturing the dv files from hvx200 as avi is really sucks.Why i can't capture as mpgeg 2,shouldn't i have a choice.I was a premier fun but this is make me think about it..
 
Lumiere said:
Yes i totally agree,i am a also cs3 user.and the capturing the dv files from hvx200 as avi is really sucks.Why i can't capture as mpgeg 2,shouldn't i have a choice.
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I'm sorry, but this makes very little sense. MPEG2 is an interframe GOP compressed format, meaning that it's both harder to edit and MORE compress than the avi coming out of the tape. If the avi looks bad, you're doing something wrong. Given a choice between editing DV in avi or mpeg, I would choose avi every single time. I'm not even aware that mpeg was ever an option for any NLE to capture unless it's HDV.
 
(unless you are dooing something very strange) .AVI captured via Firewire from a DV camera is DV.

MPEG2 is not DV. Ever.


- Mikko
 
Ok. Thank you. Well the export I did of the footage looked good until I brought it into Encore. I wasn't sure about the whole avi and mpeg relationship during editing. I now understand that, but for some reason the footage looked a little blurry in the background after I rendered the file with a menu and chapters in Encore. I was thinking it might have been that whole progressive option (I think I chose lower field), but then I checked that out online and it looked like I was right to choose that option.

The background was a black curtain though for that particular project so I'm hoping it was the light or something along those lines. What is the best way to export a project in Premiere/Encore for the best quality on a big screen TV (using dv footage and Adobe's NLE software)? Oh and thank you for the knowledge so far.
 
When you say the avi looked bad are you referring to the preview window in premiere ? or do you have an external monitor that you are viewing this on ?
 
It looks good while the video is in Premiere but right when I burned the video to a dvd via Encore the background where the curtain was got a little pixelated and it looked like it lost some quality. I have used the dvd's before with final cut so I know it isn't the dvd's.
 
This has really been a bit of a wild goose chase....very little to do with avi/mpeg or your original post which lacked the real info needed for anyone to offer you correct advice

Seems the issue is more to do with your encoding settings or workflow.
 
Sounds like that is my issue. So what is the best type of file to export my video to in Premiere in order to maintain the highest video quality possible and how do I change my encoding for the menus?
 
Output to DVD

Output to DVD

Cater2theGame said:
Sounds like that is my issue. So what is the best type of file to export my video to in Premiere in order to maintain the highest video quality possible and how do I change my encoding for the menus?
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I second that question! I've recently shot a video on the DVX100b in 30p, and it looks great on the computer screen, but when I output it to DVD through Encore, the image deteriorates and gets soft (particularly the titles).

My export settings are:


NTSC, High Quality, Progressive, Quality 5, 720x480
29.97 drop frame
VBR, 2 pass, Bitrate: Min 9 Mbps, Target 9 Mbps, Max 9 Mbps
Deinterlaced

GOP settings (I don't know what this is)
M frames - 3
N frames - 15

Any suggestions you may have to get the best quality output would be appreciated. Clients look at it on the screen and are impressed by the resolution of the DVX100b, but are disappointed when outputted to DVD.

Thanks.

Peter
 
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