Alright, I've got a question (2 actually)

[somedeadguy]

If I remember correctly there is something called a fit to disk button that will minimize the bit rate, and really sour up the video. Make sure that you are checking all of your settings. Have you watch the captured pre edited video files on your new computer? Do they look just as bad, or does it just look bad after you render it in premeire. Check your settings, and compare them to the settings with the pre edited video. Try to match your bit rate, aspect ratio, compression, and everything else to the raw footage, and then you can compress from there.

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ June 29, 2006 10:35 PM: Message edited by: The Imaginable Sean Moss ]</font>

[emjen]

another question:

I downloaded the following sound effects:
http://www.littlemusicclub.com/steps/GrassyStep4.wav

and

http://www.littlemusicclub.com/steps/GrassyStep3.wav


from

http://www.findsounds.com/ISAPI/search.dll

this site.

Every other sound I've downloaded imports just fine in adobe premiere, the above sounds however, do not.

They play in quicktime and windows media player, so my question to you is: WTF?

(or give me other grassy footstep sounds [img]graemlins/thinking.gif[/img] )

[Xendar]

The easiest way around this is to import the Wave file into iTunes and convert it into MP3. Then import the MP3 into Premiere.

[emjen]

Goddamnit. So I've finished editing. But I can't get the darn thing on DVD.

"Adobe Premiere Pro failed to return a video frame. Cancelling the operation."

I get that when encoding to MPEG2 (which gives me the best results) and MPEG2-DVD.

Is there anyone here who knows how to fix this fucking problem?

[miker]

Reminds me why I use a Mac ;-)

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/archive/in...p/t-15624.html

Do one of the following solutions:
Solution 1: Rename the Adobe Premiere Pro executable file.
Rename Adobe Premiere Pro.exe.
Note: Under certain circumstances, Premiere Pro 1.0 may become unstable if you rename Adobe Premiere Pro.exe. There are no issues known to occur if you rename Adobe Premiere Pro.exe with Premiere Pro 1.5.
To rename Adobe Premiere Pro.exe:
1. Locate Adobe Premiere Pro.exe. The default location is Program Files\Adobe\Premiere Pro 1.x.
Note : By default, Windows doesn't display filename extensions it recognizes. If the .EXE file extension isn't visible, configure Windows to display all file extensions. See &quot;Display hidden files and folders&quot; in Windows Help for instructions.
2. Right-click Adobe Premiere Pro.exe and choose Rename.
3. Rename Adobe Premiere Pro.exe to Premiere Pro.exe.
Solution 2: Change the affinity setting for the Adobe Premiere Pro.exe process to use only one CPU.
1. Start Adobe Premiere Pro.
2. Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete and then click Task Manager.
3. Click the Processes tab.
4. Right-click the process Adobe Premiere Pro.exe, and then choose Set Affinity.
5. Deselect all CPUs except the first CPU listing (CPU 0) and then click OK.
6. Quit the Task Manager.
Note : The affinity setting only remains active until you quit Adobe Premiere Pro, at which time it returns to the default setting.
Solution 3: Disable hyperthreading in the system BIOS.
Refer to the computer or motherboard documentation for information on entering and modifying the system BIOS.
Background Information
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 includes updates designed to improve window and menu handling in Premiere Pro 1.0. This special code is no longer required for Premiere Pro 1.5, and may cause issues with the Adobe Media Encoder. Renaming Adobe Premiere Pro.exe prevents the code from activating.

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[emjen]

thanks man, already solved it.

Fuck adobe really. I just can't get my footage out as nice as it looks when I'm editing. Not compressing doesn't work either, it makes the whole film look like an interlaced still.

Fuck.

[Xendar]

emjen,

I'm sure this is some sort of settings issue. Can you list all your settings, or better still e-mail me some screen shots of your settings and I'll try to work out the problem. My e-mail is [email protected]

Just out of interest do you have a video capture card in your systems or just a standard firewire card?

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<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 11, 2006 11:11 AM: Message edited by: Xendar ]</font>

[emjen]

I've got a new pc with a pretty good motherboard with an onboard firewire.

I've finally managed to get the dvd out and it looks alright on TV. When I play it on the PC I can see a wee bit of jaggies, but for an amateur film it looks alright.

I'll try to post the 35 mb version here pretty soon, so you can comment on my work of utter grandeur.

Thanks for all the help though!