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tazza

tazza

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I have been editing some footage shot on my GH2, PP handles the .MTS files with ease.
Recently I shot duel system audio and used a program called DualEyes to marry the picture with sound.
Apparently DuelEyes does not do well with MTS files and I had many failed attempts in making this work. So my question is:
What "recipe" in Adobe Media Encoder can I use to come up with a high quality AVI (i converted a file to QuickTime and layed the sound in but the Quicktime moive looks washed out) that works, I tried several and none would work.
Also is there a stand alone converter program that will convert MTS files to AVI and keep the quality, I tried several but the image gets degraded.
Damn DSLR's always put me in some kind of work-a-round!
 
tazza said:
I have been editing some footage shot on my GH2, PP handles the .MTS files with ease.
Recently I shot duel system audio and used a program called DualEyes to marry the picture with sound.
Apparently DuelEyes does not do well with MTS files and I had many failed attempts in making this work. So my question is:
What "recipe" in Adobe Media Encoder can I use to come up with a high quality AVI (i converted a file to QuickTime and layed the sound in but the Quicktime moive looks washed out) that works, I tried several and none would work.
Also is there a stand alone converter program that will convert MTS files to AVI and keep the quality, I tried several but the image gets degraded.
Damn DSLR's always put me in some kind of work-a-round!
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Uh? Both AVI and Quicktime MOV files are containers which hold media which is encoded in a variety of ways. Don't know how you generated the Quicktime file, but 'washed out' is not an attribute I've seen when exporting MTS media
from a Premiere timeline. I usually use 24p mode on my GH1, so, in 'MTS' format the media is interlaced with the 3:2 pulldown. By placing it in a 24p timeline, PP converts it to 24p, and removes the pulldown as far as I can tell. When I export that timeline, the results do not strike me as 'washed out'.

I use to convert from MTS to AIC then used JES to convert to 24p. But that process didn't produce 'washed out' Quicktime media either...

I shoot a dual system as well with the GH1, but I slate my shots, and then align the audio with the slate mark, using traditional 'visual' means. So, I don't know if your alignment software is doing something strange to the video... which would be mysterious... as in, why would it???...
 
I use to convert from MTS to AIC then used JES to convert to 24p. But that process didn't produce 'washed out' Quicktime media either...


What is AIC and JES? Yes slating would have been nice but I wanted to use this syncing software and if working properly would not need to slate. anyway
You probably edit on a Mac which is great but if you put a QT and AVI, at least on a PC, side by side no matter where the QT comes from it looks washed out, posting sites such a Exposure Room mention this...
Don't want to squabble about that, just trying to eliminate the constant workarounds with DSLR shooting, my GH2 has an incredible image but so far it looks best on my timeline as an MTS file. So - any other non-Quicktime suggestions?
 
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I wanted to use this syncing software and if working properly would not need to slate.
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Oh, that's just not a good viewpoint. You should always slate when using separately recorded sound.

As to the issue at hand, try using the UT codec for your AVI files.
 
You are so so right, i usually do slate but became overconfident with the promise of magic from DuelEyes.
I found the UT codec, I see there are several now present in Media Encoder, any particular one work best?
 
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I used cineform on the Gh1 files and it worked really well. the only thing it can't do is replace the audio in the .avi so I created a sequence for each sceene and quickly synced the matching audio to video.
 
For AVCHD originals, try the YUV 420 option for the UT codec. It'll give the smallest files without reducing quality at all.
 
Hey Jim,
Firstly I don't know how to thank you for making me aware of this codec, it works perfectly! I transcoded in Media Encoder, then launched DuelEyes, loaded in the AVIs and WAV files and presto; they where put in sync with no glitches. I will still slate when shooting but in this case the UT codec was a lifesaver.
thank you and those who keep these forums alive.
Cheers!
R
 
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