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Joe Riggs · July 28th, 2009, 11:23 AM

Hello,

When exporting H264 from CS4 media encoder, the resulting file stutters, and green flickers are present when played on the latest quick time player.

You can read more about this issue at Adobe Forums: Premier CS4 and the Media Encoder,...

Now here is my dilemma, I need to export numerous videos from CS4, that need to be able to play flawlessly on both Mac or PC. I have been exporting my files with animation codec to retain the highest quality, and then bringing it into a third party app to finally convert to H264.

The problem is the animation codec takes forever and blows the file up to a ridiculous size. It's not practical and moreover, it's probably overkill. I I don't mind a quality hit, can anyone recommend another codec or better workflow?

Harm Millaard · July 28th, 2009, 11:34 AM

Have you considered Flash?

Battle Vaughan · July 28th, 2009, 02:04 PM

Could this be a quicktime problem? Everytime Apple updates it, something breaks, seems like. Installed 7.6 and it crashed AME altogether, I went back to 7.5 and everything is working (although I have not experimented with the exact problem you mention). / Battle Vaughan / miamiherald.com video team

Gary Brun · July 28th, 2009, 03:03 PM

Hi Joe.
I a have the Matrox CompressedHD card and it does a grand job of .h264 files and very quickly too. What many havnt realised is that mp4 (.h264) is just a wrapper so you can rename the file with .avi, .mov, .flv exstensions and it will play in those players.
To be honest the Adobe media encoder doesnt do a good job of .h264 in my opinion.

Joe Riggs · July 29th, 2009, 12:16 AM

Maybe I'll try flash, and I read it could be a quicktime issue.

Jiri Fiala · July 29th, 2009, 12:38 AM

Why don`t you try to play the result H264 files on another computer? It might be only corrupt QT playback on your machine (probably due to that QT update).

Manuel Lopez · July 29th, 2009, 02:15 AM

You can to use VLC player, it works fine.

David Merrill · July 29th, 2009, 04:47 PM

I was doing a test today with MTS files converted to H.264 in CS4. I noticed the same thing. The image wasn't bad but it studdered a lot. I then opened the H.264 file in AVS Media player and then a DivX player and it played fine. So it is a Quicktime problem. At least on a PC.

July 28th, 2009, 11:23 AM	#1
Joe Riggs Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 189	H264 CS4 nightmare Hello, When exporting H264 from CS4 media encoder, the resulting file stutters, and green flickers are present when played on the latest quick time player. You can read more about this issue at Adobe Forums: Premier CS4 and the Media Encoder,... Now here is my dilemma, I need to export numerous videos from CS4, that need to be able to play flawlessly on both Mac or PC. I have been exporting my files with animation codec to retain the highest quality, and then bringing it into a third party app to finally convert to H264. The problem is the animation codec takes forever and blows the file up to a ridiculous size. It's not practical and moreover, it's probably overkill. I I don't mind a quality hit, can anyone recommend another codec or better workflow?

July 28th, 2009, 03:03 PM	#4
Gary Brun Major Player Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Kråkstad Norway. Posts: 229	Hi Joe. I a have the Matrox CompressedHD card and it does a grand job of .h264 files and very quickly too. What many havnt realised is that mp4 (.h264) is just a wrapper so you can rename the file with .avi, .mov, .flv exstensions and it will play in those players. To be honest the Adobe media encoder doesnt do a good job of .h264 in my opinion. __________________ http://www.mlotv.com

July 28th, 2009, 11:34 AM	#2
Harm Millaard Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands Posts: 1,832	Have you considered Flash?

July 28th, 2009, 02:04 PM	#3
Battle Vaughan Trustee Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Miami, FL USA Posts: 1,505	Could this be a quicktime problem? Everytime Apple updates it, something breaks, seems like. Installed 7.6 and it crashed AME altogether, I went back to 7.5 and everything is working (although I have not experimented with the exact problem you mention). / Battle Vaughan / miamiherald.com video team

July 29th, 2009, 12:16 AM	#5
Joe Riggs Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 189	Maybe I'll try flash, and I read it could be a quicktime issue.

July 29th, 2009, 12:38 AM	#6
Jiri Fiala Major Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brno Czech Republic Posts: 453	Why don`t you try to play the result H264 files on another computer? It might be only corrupt QT playback on your machine (probably due to that QT update).

July 29th, 2009, 02:15 AM	#7
Manuel Lopez Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Spain Posts: 40	You can to use VLC player, it works fine.

July 29th, 2009, 04:47 PM	#8
David Merrill Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Los Angeles, Ca. Posts: 91	I was doing a test today with MTS files converted to H.264 in CS4. I noticed the same thing. The image wasn't bad but it studdered a lot. I then opened the H.264 file in AVS Media player and then a DivX player and it played fine. So it is a Quicktime problem. At least on a PC.