Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 & AVCHD 2of3

Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 and AVCHD Editing. This is part 2 of 3. High Quality version here: http://blogs.adobe.com/davtechtable or http://tv.adobe.com

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• Premeire
• Pro
• CS4
• After
• Effects
• Encore
• AVCHD
• Red
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• dave
• david
• helmly

[whitecrowproductions]

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

[dhelmly]

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.

[whitecrowproductions]

@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.

[dhelmly]

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.

[SINGONTIKO]

Hi,

Is it possible to separate the AVCHD Video and the audio and added another stereo audio clips on it or mixing both?

[dhelmly]

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

[gor6262]

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

[hraqhraq]

I want 480p videos to see better

[whitecrowproductions]

@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.

[wearethespark]

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.

[petenicezz]

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