Video is slow

[Bill Furner]

I am not a pro videographer but I shot my son's high school graduation
ceremony. Anyway, in Premeire 6.5 (mac) I exported sections of the video,
compressed in Cinepak using 29 1/2 frames I think, did not compress the
audio. I burned the movies with my CD burner. I needed to compress them in
order to get them in the CD. When I compressed them in Premiere I exported
them from the "work area" if that means anything of value.

What I don't understand is that my compressed videos seem to be coming out chunky, by that I mean it starts out fast and then stops, then starts again etc. I have a mac G4 400 meg computer, just bought a new 120 gig harddrive. I have 384 megs of ram. I tried using the 9.2 os system and mac 10.2.6 with the latest Quicktime Player. But still the videos I made are slow and inconsistant. I played them in 6.5 Premiere and still very slow, some parts might be fast but not much. I play other videos like wedding video off the net and they play fine.

Thanks for any ideas.

Bill

[Rob Lohman]

Does this only happen when playing back from a CD or also from
your harddisk? Does this always happen in the same spots on
a movie or does it seem "random"?

[Glen Elliott]

I thought Premeire 6.5 was PC only?!

[Bill Furner]

To: Rob
"Does this only happen when playing back from a CD or also from
your harddisk?"
Good Question! It happens ony when I play the .mov files I made in Premiere 6.5 (mac). I can play pro movies from hardisk, from internet tutorial movies, wedding movies of pros on the net with no problem. I can play CD movies, they all play fine with no slowness.

"Does this always happen in the same spots on a movie or does it seem "random"?"
It seems random, at any time in the video's that I made for the graduation that I compressed in "Cinepak".

I have raw footage that I made of my son's graduation that didn't display slowness. It seems to happen when I use "Cinepak" compressor.

I used it with a rate of 29 1/2 frames a second, is that kosher?

Thanks for the reply!
Bill

[Bill Furner]

To: Glen

No, Adobe makes Premiere 6.5 on Mac as well. That is what I have.

Bill

[Rob Lohman]

The framerate for NTSC video is 29.97 fps, not 29.5. Try exporting
at that framerate first. If that does not fix your problem I suggest
trying something other then Cinepak.

[Bill Furner]

To: Rob

Ya, I did save it as 29.97. I wrote 29 1/2 in the post by mistake.

Whould I be wise in lowering the frame rate? Maybe using Sorenson?
There is so much movement (crowds moving, speakers), would lowering the frame rate be an unwise decision?

Thanks

Bill

[Rob Lohman]

Any time you change framerates you will introduce choppy-ness
(for the lack of a better word). Looks a bit like a very slow shutter
speed (the stuttering that is).

How large is the specific file (in MB) and how long is it (in seconds
or minutes)?

[Bill Furner]

To: Rob

One is 110.3 mb about 2 1/2 minuets
Anotherone is 491.4 mb about 10 1/2 minuets.

Do you think I should of adusted the shutter speed of the camera?
I didn't do that with my 1 chip Ultura Cannon. I guess the next time I do a video I should be concerned with the shutter speed of my video camera? I've taken videos before and they seemed to be ok, it seems like "Cinepak" may not be theway to go. Maybe I shouldn't change the frame rate?

The original file is 710 x 480, but in the timeline in Clip Properties it show up 360 by 270 that is what I exported it as.
Thanks

Bill

[Curtis T. Stoeber]

Try exporting as Sorenson Video (either 2 or 3). For files on a CD it might be wise to shrink it to 320x240 instead of the full 720x480 resolution. Leave it at 29.97 fps. It might be helpful to compress the audio as well. I recommend IMA 4:1... leave it at 16-bit and stereo... also leave it at 48000khz (or 44100 if it is already set for that).

Your quicktime might come out a little dark, so try brightening it up a bit before the compression.

[Bill Furner]

<<<-- Originally posted by Curtis T. Stoeber : Try exporting as Sorenson Video (either 2 or 3). For files on a CD it might be wise to shrink it to 320x240 instead of the full 720x480 resolution. Leave it at 29.97 fps. It might be helpful to compress the audio as well. I recommend IMA 4:1... leave it at 16-bit and stereo... also leave it at 48000khz (or 44100 if it is already set for that).

Your quicktime might come out a little dark, so try brightening it up a bit before the compression. -->>>


To: Curtis

Thanks for the info.

Ya, seems like I will get a better look with Sorenson. For some strange reason the movies play at fair speed now. Sorry to go back and forth on this , I just am at loss on why for no reason it plays regular now in the Qucktime Player and Premiere Monitor.

But your informations really seems right on. And thanks again for the info.
Thanks for that tip on the audio as well, I was a bit overwhelmed with the choices on audio in Premiere so I choose none for compression.

One question I was wondering because I couldn't find it anywere in my camera's manuel. What is the precise size of the video coming out of the camera? I know I mentioned 710 by 480 but I am not sure. Would it display in Premiere when I capture? I think a frame size shows up, I just am not sure if Premiere defaults to a certain size or if the capture in premiere really picks up the true frame size of the camcorder video coming into Premiere?

[Curtis T. Stoeber]

If you are using MiniDV then the resolution is 720x480 (horizontal x vertical) coming out of your cameras. ALL MiniDV cameras shoot at this resolution (if you live in the States... European versions are slightly higher res, but slower framerate).

Glad the advice helped.

[Bill Furner]

<<<-- Originally posted by Curtis T. Stoeber : If you are using MiniDV then the resolution is 720x480 (horizontal x vertical) coming out of your cameras. ALL MiniDV cameras shoot at this resolution (if you live in the States... European versions are slightly higher res, but slower framerate).

Glad the advice helped. -->>>

Thanks


Bill