Export to DVD settings
 

Ed,

They are short (<15min) "home movies" that I am archiving and sharing with friends. So, space has not been problem. I tried the settings below for my latest DVD. (what is the difference between 1pass and 2pass?)

Preset - NTSC DV High quality 7Mb CBR 1Pass
Fields - Lower
Maximize Bitrate selected

Thanks,
Ming

2 pass will give you better quality at a smaller size. Basically it reads the video on the first pass and figures out where it can get by with less quality and where it needs higher quality.

But this really is only necessary if you've got space issues. For small clips (like the 15 min one you're talking about) just crank up the bitrate and do a single pass.

Using the 7mb CBR 1 Pass preset should result in a DVD that's pretty identical to your source footage.

I edit with Premiere and create DVDs with it and Encore all the time.

Just to add to Bryans point, 2 passes can only be used with VBR.

Hi Jack,

What Pinnacle card are you using?

I think that they get installed when you installed the drivers for the pinnacle capture card, so re-installing should also re-install the codec. However I doubt that re-instaling the codec will help ths situation, it could just be the pinnacle codec?.

I have a DV500 setup with P6.5 so could try if you give me step by step instructions.

Being that you use a Pinnacle product you will not be able to upgrade to Premiere Pro, but 6.02 and 6.5 is still possible.

Thanks,

Ed

On what are you viewing your DVD's?

<<<-- Originally posted by Rob Lohman : On what are you viewing your DVD's? -->>>

Usually my Home Theater System (Rear Projection TV, Toshiba Progressive DVD player). But when comparing DVD to AVI, on my computer.

Video Standard
 

Recently using my digital camera I record video footage in PAL format and edited using Adobe permier 6.0 and burn it on DVD. I sent the DVD to USA to my brother but his player couldn't play the DVD. If it is the standard, can I change the standard from PAL to NTSC using my premier or I have to buy a standard converter to do the job.

thank you

You can change the footage to NTSC. Just load the PAL footage
in an NTSC project and render out to NTSC. Also make the DVD
NTSC. Almost no-one can play PAL discs in the US. A lot of people
here in Europe can play NTSC without a problem.

Keep in mind that usually such conversions can yield much worse
looking footage which stutters on movement. That's the nature
of the conversion. Not much you can do about that unless you
go to a professional company to do the transfer for you.

Where are fixes?
 

Have we found where to find the fixes yet? I'm still looking for them, too.

So Ming...

Does the quality still look poor on your home entertainment system? Or is it only when you look at the DVD through your computer?

What exactly is wrong with the DVD picture quality?

thanks,

Ed

Camera Settings in Premiere
 

Just started using Premiere 6, and when I went to choose my camera in the setting's under Sony, it only had a Vx1000 and 9000, no vx2000, I don't know if version 6 was released before the Vx2000, but I am sure the picture, when loading show's a vx2000. Don't know if this is a big deal, as it seems to recognise my camera fine.

There are no fixes yet. And there will not be any for free if my guess is correct. Adobe will roll the fixes into the next release along with a lot of new features and charge for the upgrade. We will all know more when NAB begins. If Adobe announces a new release, it will most likely be at NAB.

As long as it works it is no big deal.

Ed-

I'm using Pinnacle DV500PLUS. I just upgraded from Premiere 6.01to 6.02 with no luck...

I'm not sure if P6.5 is available but if so has it changed much? I like AB editing and heard it may have gone.

Anyway if you'd like to try reproduce what I'm doing well it's very simple...

1, import the PSD from the below link;

http://www.myisp.net.au/~jkl/Pinnacle_Premiere_Problem/Photoshop_White_Still_Test_FLAT.psd (128KB)

2, place the PSD on the timeline and put a fade to black on it, then watch the Premiere Monitor Window and see if the "90% white mark" looks like 100% white before the fade.

I have posted an mpeg of what happens to my stills using the Pinnacle AVI codec... here is the link;
http://www.myisp.net.au/~jkl/Pinnacle_Premiere_Problem/Over_Exposed_Test_PinnacleDVCodec.mpg (660KB)

And here is the same mpeg using the Microsoft DV AVI codec (as mentioned in me previous post, this codec doesn't have the problem!);
http://www.myisp.net.au/~jkl/Pinnacle_Premiere_Problem/Over_Exposed_Test_MSDVCodec.mpg (688KB)

NOTE:
Just found a post at Google groups from a guy who seems to have/had the exact problem as me... here is the link;

http://tinyurl.com/2k2na

Regards,
Jack

Hi Jack,

I tried it and get good results, i.e. the 90% white does not change.

I've got the DV500 using the latest 4.5 drivers with Premiere 6.5. I don't think your problem is Premiere as you have found out that using the microsoft codec gives you the result you need. So the only other thing that it could be is possibly your driver version?

What version are you using?

6.5 still uses AB editing its from version Pro (7) that they decided to change.

Thanks,

Ed