Hi, for some reason my video after importing it has no audio, I have a cannon hg20 and my setting is DVCPROHD1080i50, i have premiere pro cs5, can you or anyone please help?? thanks..i also only have the DV setting on the start up setting..
one thing i still dont understand is, why is premiere trying to playback and edit the MTS files directly? i mean it doesn't matter where you put it (off the card directly or on a hard drive). it is a heavily compressed file format, and no matter what you do, it will always play back slow.
in final cut pro we use a transcoding process to convert the MTS files off the card into ProRes422 or Intermediate BEFORE we start working. this gives much smoother playback of the files AND generates thumbs
The slow playback can be due to a few things - CPU Speed , Drive speed, GPU speed/bus . With CS4 you can get OK playback with MTS/AVCHD files. The biggest bottleneck is the 32 bit OS and playback engine in CS4. WIth CS5 (64 bit) it's a completely new engine and will playback these files with ease & with effects.
Upgrade your system to Win 7 64 and download the new trial version of Premiere 5.5 - now with full working codecs in the trial - no watermarking.
@dhelmly but thats not my point, MTS is not a file format meant to be played back and edited directly. its a format that was created to store more data without having to carry a bunch of cards. im just curious as to why there isnt an option like in final cut where you log and transfer your footage, much like capturing it. it takes the MTS files and transcodes them to a properly suited format to edit with. when this is done, sure it takes up more space, but it can be played smooth on any machine.
You can convert (Transcode Files) in Adobe Media Encoder. Most people choose P2 Movie which is DVCPro HD. You can drag any of the files into AME and select P2 Movie and double check you settings. In AME or FCP, transcoding is realtime which can take a longtime. We saw Native editing and 64 bit as the future and went that route. Once you get a machine running 64 bit (OSX or Win7 64) it's whole different experience.
@dhelmly transcoding is not realtime. the other night i transcoded 31 minutes of footage in 9 minutes flat (1080p24). as you said, it all depends on your machines capability (and data rate), so of course transcoding might be a little bit different per person, but in the end you can transcode files to the same format and have a much smoother editing workflow. 64bit is the only way i work now a days. there is no difference in smoothness as long as you do things the way they were meant to be done.
Great tutorial! I have a question though. I have been trying forever to find export settings that I won't lose quality with. I am shooting with a Canon HF M30. When I open a new project on Premiere pro I set the Capture mode to DV and for the sequence I Choose the setting AVCHD 1080 60i which I am shooting in. But, when I import the video it is very poor quality and pixelated( somewhat in the source window and more in sequence window). Do you have any suggestions? Its quite frustrating.
@5:15.... when I try to send a clip to After Effects CS5, nothing happens, the file imports to AE, but nothing appears on the timeline... can someone help? I want to do lens blurs on specific sections of a Premiere CS5 projects and this would do the trick!
I have a problem, I started using Premiere CS4 few days ago, and I filmed some shots with my camera that does an MPEG2 video format. Now with program any video converter I have tried every possible format and no one works for me because the screen when I import videos in my workspace is to small or there is no sound. Can anyone/dhelmly help me which format is the best for this Premiere ??? :( I need help, or Im gonna go nuts figuring it out! :(
Yes, you can separate video and audio in a few ways. If you place a clip on the timeline, just right click on it and unlink it. You can also use the Take Video or Take Audio option (small icons) at the bottom of the SOurce WIndow and drag those to the timeline. Lastly, there is another option called Source Channel Mapping (right click on any clip in the Project Panel and select Interpret) where you can choose various audio options
Hi, When I shoot my footage from my Sony NX5U, I shoot it in 1080p 30fps. When I make a new timeline in premiere, and use the 1080p30 setting, the flips appear unrendered on the timeline. Do you know why?
@dhelmly but your importing them and they don't redline, on mine they do. I have a pretty nice brand new system (quadcore i7, 8gb ram, ati hd5850), I don't understand why they would redline if they are being used natively
The main difference with those files is in the audio not video. I was also doing 29.97.
Did you try 29.97. You can double check your clip settings by right clicking on the clip and looking at the Properties. Make sure your settings are correct.
sir your vide,, ahhh its a little blard. . . but i realy admire you sir thanks for the post. . . please develope the upload cant see it clearly sir. . .
make sure you are using a separate drive to playback video. Check the processor usage in the Task Manager and see if you are hitting 100%. Premiere will drop frames if it stays on 100% longer than 5 seconds. We have completely redesigned the playback engine for 64bit. We call it the Mercury Playback Engine. It will require a 64 bit OS like Win 7 64 or OSX 10.6. Mercury also supports some nvidia cards to achieve more realtime.I'm currently testing 6 AVCHD streams in RT. look @ the SneakPeek video
I am having trouble using the AVCHD in after effects, in this video you show using xdcam in after effects but not the AVCHD. After effects is telling me AVCHD is not a supported format.
I just bought Premiere Pro. I have imported AVCHD (.mts) files from my Sony HDR-SR11 using the media browser as you have shown. When I playback, it plays wonky and distorted.
I'm using a Macbook Pro, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz, 2 GB Memory. When I drag the video down to the timeline there is no red line above, so I'm guessing that it does not need to be rendered.
Hi thanks for quick answer, only for tests I have just loaded avchd on timeline without any texts or efects so clean avchd file, now it's played corectly but after memory upgrade. Now I have 6 GB RAM and problems gone. Anyway thank you again for your help.
I have 2,66 i7 processor, RAID 0 7200 rpm, NVidia GTX260, 3GB RAM, Windows 7 x64 and Adobe Premiere 4.1, AVCHD files played form TimeLine are jerky and flapping what is the problem ? You have good qality with lower power of your computer, besides the same file played with Sony Piture Motion Browser has super qality that can not be compared to playest with Adobe wform TimeLine
The Sony picture browser is only reading the video stream, PremierePro reads the native stream an also needs to calculate other factors like render order (effects & titles). A Core i7 should playback AVCHD no problem.Make sure you have the correct preset chosen for your timeline (no red line above the video) You should also look at your processors (Ctrl+Alt+Del & chose Task Manager, then processes and set the window to always on top) and watch your threads. If they all hit 100% you drop frames.
Yes. If you source is not HD , usually called SD or DV, you can drag the clips to the timeline and right mouse click and choose Scale to Frame Size. The SD footage will be resized to fit HD. Keep in mind that in most cases this will cause the image to be fairly blurry/fuzzy. You are basically stretching the video. if you source is 10 bit uncompressed SD the image will look OK but still soft.
Hi Dave, I love your video, I always see in the fose in DC. I downloaded the trial version of premiere cs4 and i did not see the codec for avchd. why is that. also, I have a dual core computer computer and the footage does not play smooth in premiere elements 7.
Keep in mind that the trial versions do not support any MPEG codecs due to license issues from the MPEG group - basically they will not allow us to include the MPEGS codecs - there is a fee involved. This means that the trial versions don't support HDV, MPEG1, MP4, or AVCHD. The FULL version does. Playback of AVCHD files is quite processor intensive.
Great Question:Lately, I have been testing converting all of my AVCHD footage to our P2 format (1080) and it looks beautiful and the editing is nice and "slippery" on the timeline. Panasonic P2 uses their DVCPro HD codec and it's EXCELLENT.Coverting to P2 (using Adobe Media Encoder) will be a great solution for those people with slower machines. DVCProHD has long been a conversion tool and standard in the industry.
Native AVCHD editing is totally dependent on your computers performance. With a 3 Ghz processor and quad core, 4GB RAM, single stream performance is pretty good. AVCHD is a form of the Blu-ray spec is the most difficult codec to decode on the fly. There are several things in the works to improve this (GPU) , so stay tuned.
What would you say to an 8gb-Ram, 2.4ghz intel dual-core processor with a 256Mb graphics card, running 64bit Vista....would it stand a chance can you tell?
(Dell tells me that is the most powerful card they can fit into this particular laptop)
I'd like to know if it is worth buying to work on AVCHD footage with the CS4 suite, or do coming GPU-related improvements mean I should aim for a better graphics card? Forgive my ignorance!
Ok, I've since gone for a more powerful set-up, though not as powerful as the Quad cores you mention in other posts, which I can't afford on a laptop.
I'm hoping a 2.66 processor/512mb graphics card/8gb ram Vista 64 will not be too "so-so"(as you describe dual core performance), with the new update and so on, but if it is, my idea is to convert to P2 or something.
please someone help me with MTS format problem i have
in premiere 5.5 or encoder 5.5 both 64 bit
i cant import mts files to edit them
it says unsupported file format
how can i convert them into avi or is there any other way to edit them?????
please help
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Hi, for some reason my video after importing it has no audio, I have a cannon hg20 and my setting is DVCPROHD1080i50, i have premiere pro cs5, can you or anyone please help?? thanks..i also only have the DV setting on the start up setting..
1Trixstar 1 month ago
I want 480p videos to see better
hraqhraq 2 months ago
one thing i still dont understand is, why is premiere trying to playback and edit the MTS files directly? i mean it doesn't matter where you put it (off the card directly or on a hard drive). it is a heavily compressed file format, and no matter what you do, it will always play back slow.
in final cut pro we use a transcoding process to convert the MTS files off the card into ProRes422 or Intermediate BEFORE we start working. this gives much smoother playback of the files AND generates thumbs
whitecrowproductions 10 months ago
The slow playback can be due to a few things - CPU Speed , Drive speed, GPU speed/bus . With CS4 you can get OK playback with MTS/AVCHD files. The biggest bottleneck is the 32 bit OS and playback engine in CS4. WIth CS5 (64 bit) it's a completely new engine and will playback these files with ease & with effects.
Upgrade your system to Win 7 64 and download the new trial version of Premiere 5.5 - now with full working codecs in the trial - no watermarking.
dhelmly 10 months ago
@dhelmly but thats not my point, MTS is not a file format meant to be played back and edited directly. its a format that was created to store more data without having to carry a bunch of cards. im just curious as to why there isnt an option like in final cut where you log and transfer your footage, much like capturing it. it takes the MTS files and transcodes them to a properly suited format to edit with. when this is done, sure it takes up more space, but it can be played smooth on any machine.
whitecrowproductions 10 months ago
You can convert (Transcode Files) in Adobe Media Encoder. Most people choose P2 Movie which is DVCPro HD. You can drag any of the files into AME and select P2 Movie and double check you settings. In AME or FCP, transcoding is realtime which can take a longtime. We saw Native editing and 64 bit as the future and went that route. Once you get a machine running 64 bit (OSX or Win7 64) it's whole different experience.
dhelmly 10 months ago
@dhelmly transcoding is not realtime. the other night i transcoded 31 minutes of footage in 9 minutes flat (1080p24). as you said, it all depends on your machines capability (and data rate), so of course transcoding might be a little bit different per person, but in the end you can transcode files to the same format and have a much smoother editing workflow. 64bit is the only way i work now a days. there is no difference in smoothness as long as you do things the way they were meant to be done.
whitecrowproductions 10 months ago
Great tutorial! I have a question though. I have been trying forever to find export settings that I won't lose quality with. I am shooting with a Canon HF M30. When I open a new project on Premiere pro I set the Capture mode to DV and for the sequence I Choose the setting AVCHD 1080 60i which I am shooting in. But, when I import the video it is very poor quality and pixelated( somewhat in the source window and more in sequence window). Do you have any suggestions? Its quite frustrating.
wearethespark 1 year ago
hi, i want to know what premiere pro is use for because i have after effect 4 so i thought this was part of after effect 5
petenicezz 1 year ago
@5:15.... when I try to send a clip to After Effects CS5, nothing happens, the file imports to AE, but nothing appears on the timeline... can someone help? I want to do lens blurs on specific sections of a Premiere CS5 projects and this would do the trick!
bankheist 1 year ago
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bankheist 1 year ago
I have a problem, I started using Premiere CS4 few days ago, and I filmed some shots with my camera that does an MPEG2 video format. Now with program any video converter I have tried every possible format and no one works for me because the screen when I import videos in my workspace is to small or there is no sound. Can anyone/dhelmly help me which format is the best for this Premiere ??? :( I need help, or Im gonna go nuts figuring it out! :(
kurentmalik 1 year ago
Aloha,
Thank you so much for your advises.I will try it, hope I get luck.
Best Regards,
Mahalo
SINGONTIKO 1 year ago
Hi,
Is it possible to separate the AVCHD Video and the audio and added another stereo audio clips on it or mixing both?
SINGONTIKO 1 year ago
Yes, you can separate video and audio in a few ways. If you place a clip on the timeline, just right click on it and unlink it. You can also use the Take Video or Take Audio option (small icons) at the bottom of the SOurce WIndow and drag those to the timeline. Lastly, there is another option called Source Channel Mapping (right click on any clip in the Project Panel and select Interpret) where you can choose various audio options
dhelmly 1 year ago
Hi, When I shoot my footage from my Sony NX5U, I shoot it in 1080p 30fps. When I make a new timeline in premiere, and use the 1080p30 setting, the flips appear unrendered on the timeline. Do you know why?
awsman892 1 year ago
We added support in CS5 - AVCHD is much faster in CS5 & 64 bit.
dhelmly 1 year ago
@dhelmly but your importing them and they don't redline, on mine they do. I have a pretty nice brand new system (quadcore i7, 8gb ram, ati hd5850), I don't understand why they would redline if they are being used natively
awsman892 1 year ago
The main difference with those files is in the audio not video. I was also doing 29.97.
Did you try 29.97. You can double check your clip settings by right clicking on the clip and looking at the Properties. Make sure your settings are correct.
dhelmly 1 year ago
Right click the video and choose Playback in High Quality.
doyogawithme 1 year ago
I appriciate the info, but for being a video guy, the quality of this video sucks. (as far as resolution) Can you explain why?
amosmediayes 1 year ago
The quality will improve if you add "&fmt=18" after erasing "&NR=1" from the link, works really great
Okamisensei 2 years ago
part 1 was great video quality, Pt 2 sucks, glad the voice is good!
healthpimp 2 years ago
sir your vide,, ahhh its a little blard. . . but i realy admire you sir thanks for the post. . . please develope the upload cant see it clearly sir. . .
watsakainan 2 years ago
im using quad core. yet the avchd playback while editing is sooo choppy in the program window. in the source window, playback is smooth. please help!
dablet00 2 years ago
make sure you are using a separate drive to playback video. Check the processor usage in the Task Manager and see if you are hitting 100%. Premiere will drop frames if it stays on 100% longer than 5 seconds. We have completely redesigned the playback engine for 64bit. We call it the Mercury Playback Engine. It will require a 64 bit OS like Win 7 64 or OSX 10.6. Mercury also supports some nvidia cards to achieve more realtime.I'm currently testing 6 AVCHD streams in RT. look @ the SneakPeek video
dhelmly 2 years ago
I am having trouble using the AVCHD in after effects, in this video you show using xdcam in after effects but not the AVCHD. After effects is telling me AVCHD is not a supported format.
Aricjm15 2 years ago
I've tested here and all works OK. Imported AVCHD from a Panasonic AVC 150. Using AE 9.02
dhelmly 2 years ago
this is a great video. it just seems so confusing for me
workshop4life1 2 years ago
Hello and thank you for doing these great videos.
I just bought Premiere Pro. I have imported AVCHD (.mts) files from my Sony HDR-SR11 using the media browser as you have shown. When I playback, it plays wonky and distorted.
I'm using a Macbook Pro, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz, 2 GB Memory. When I drag the video down to the timeline there is no red line above, so I'm guessing that it does not need to be rendered.
Any advice?
Thanks,
David
dprocy33 2 years ago
I really am interested in this camera, but the problem is that my Premiere doesnt have the AVCHD preset, it only has DV. How can I get the AVCHD???
fastkilled2 2 years ago
If you downloaded the trial version, AVCHD is not included due to license restrictions. CS4 was the first version to include AVCHD.
dhelmly 2 years ago
Hi thanks for quick answer, only for tests I have just loaded avchd on timeline without any texts or efects so clean avchd file, now it's played corectly but after memory upgrade. Now I have 6 GB RAM and problems gone. Anyway thank you again for your help.
Regards
Radek (Poland)
augusrad 2 years ago
I have 2,66 i7 processor, RAID 0 7200 rpm, NVidia GTX260, 3GB RAM, Windows 7 x64 and Adobe Premiere 4.1, AVCHD files played form TimeLine are jerky and flapping what is the problem ? You have good qality with lower power of your computer, besides the same file played with Sony Piture Motion Browser has super qality that can not be compared to playest with Adobe wform TimeLine
augusrad 2 years ago
The Sony picture browser is only reading the video stream, PremierePro reads the native stream an also needs to calculate other factors like render order (effects & titles). A Core i7 should playback AVCHD no problem.Make sure you have the correct preset chosen for your timeline (no red line above the video) You should also look at your processors (Ctrl+Alt+Del & chose Task Manager, then processes and set the window to always on top) and watch your threads. If they all hit 100% you drop frames.
dhelmly 2 years ago
Thanks for such a great series of videos! Very helpful, now I'm getting at least another $10 worth out of my CS4 investment. :-)
mikedan99 2 years ago
how do u add closing credits in adobe premiere pro cs4?
Chicagoman36 2 years ago
File>New>Title and choose the various options on the flyout menu. Rolling Credit is one
dhelmly 2 years ago
how can i make one vid, with 2 videos in it.. like, a video in the left, and the other in the right
mateivornicu 2 years ago
Can premiere be used to convert some video to HD is other parts of video are already in HD?
Typhoon07 2 years ago
Yes. If you source is not HD , usually called SD or DV, you can drag the clips to the timeline and right mouse click and choose Scale to Frame Size. The SD footage will be resized to fit HD. Keep in mind that in most cases this will cause the image to be fairly blurry/fuzzy. You are basically stretching the video. if you source is 10 bit uncompressed SD the image will look OK but still soft.
dhelmly 2 years ago
Cool. Thanks.
Typhoon07 2 years ago
After editing, in what format should I export the file?
PA102092 2 years ago
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Hi everyone. Here's the link for the adobe cs4 download and of course it's free with cracks! PM me and I will help you!
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upmsuckss 3 years ago
ok. how do i layer 2 videos so it looks like im talking to myself? HELP!
ThynkTV 3 years ago
After Effects is part of the Production Premium Suite
dhelmly 3 years ago
Hi Dave, I love your video, I always see in the fose in DC. I downloaded the trial version of premiere cs4 and i did not see the codec for avchd. why is that. also, I have a dual core computer computer and the footage does not play smooth in premiere elements 7.
a1action 3 years ago
Keep in mind that the trial versions do not support any MPEG codecs due to license issues from the MPEG group - basically they will not allow us to include the MPEGS codecs - there is a fee involved. This means that the trial versions don't support HDV, MPEG1, MP4, or AVCHD. The FULL version does. Playback of AVCHD files is quite processor intensive.
dhelmly 3 years ago
Hi there,
Great set of videos.
If I shoot in Avchd can i convert it to divx or dvd after editing and burn to normal Dvd to share with family?
Thanks for the help
morphin1 3 years ago
Great Question:Lately, I have been testing converting all of my AVCHD footage to our P2 format (1080) and it looks beautiful and the editing is nice and "slippery" on the timeline. Panasonic P2 uses their DVCPro HD codec and it's EXCELLENT.Coverting to P2 (using Adobe Media Encoder) will be a great solution for those people with slower machines. DVCProHD has long been a conversion tool and standard in the industry.
dhelmly 3 years ago
I beg to know: what loss, if any, is involved in converting AVCHD to P2/DVCProHD(Are these 2 synonymous?) ?
I hear that this is a way around a certain lack of "slipperyness" with AVCHD...
Many thanks indeed.
NicosNicosNicosNicos 2 years ago
Native AVCHD editing is totally dependent on your computers performance. With a 3 Ghz processor and quad core, 4GB RAM, single stream performance is pretty good. AVCHD is a form of the Blu-ray spec is the most difficult codec to decode on the fly. There are several things in the works to improve this (GPU) , so stay tuned.
dhelmly 3 years ago
What would you say to an 8gb-Ram, 2.4ghz intel dual-core processor with a 256Mb graphics card, running 64bit Vista....would it stand a chance can you tell?
(Dell tells me that is the most powerful card they can fit into this particular laptop)
I'd like to know if it is worth buying to work on AVCHD footage with the CS4 suite, or do coming GPU-related improvements mean I should aim for a better graphics card? Forgive my ignorance!
NicosNicosNicosNicos 2 years ago
Ok, I've since gone for a more powerful set-up, though not as powerful as the Quad cores you mention in other posts, which I can't afford on a laptop.
I'm hoping a 2.66 processor/512mb graphics card/8gb ram Vista 64 will not be too "so-so"(as you describe dual core performance), with the new update and so on, but if it is, my idea is to convert to P2 or something.
NicosNicosNicosNicos 2 years ago
Update, if anyone's interested: the footage runs through smoothly on the timeline, which was the main sticking point.
The image quality so far looks somehow reduced, but that doesn't matter as long as it looks good when it's exported.
NicosNicosNicosNicos 2 years ago
8 GB ram? Erm, you should be fine I think...
vardsmith 2 years ago
u shall look after the memory bus its also very important
Davastus 2 years ago