Exporting to H.264 in Premiere CS4 at DVinfo.net

Ash Varma · October 14th, 2009, 07:17 AM

Hello All,
Hoping someone can help me with this.
I shot my Short on a Canon XH (HDV, widescreen, 23.97fps) and did all my editing in Premiere CS4 in HD. Everything looks great on the timeline and runs smoothly when I preview in Premiere.
I want to now export to H.264, so in the Options, that is what I choose.
In the section just below that I choose one of the High Quality, 23.97fps, 720p drop downs.
The complete film (~5 minutes) exports fine in about 20 minutes, but when i playback the footage, it's choppy and the sound is off.
Can anyone help?
Thank you.

Harm Millaard · October 14th, 2009, 08:03 AM

Usually this is caused by background processes running. Check with either CCleaner to prevent processes from starting at boot time or use Process Explorer to kill processes. I recently had similar issues on a notebook, that showed choppy behavior while playing a HD H.264 TS file and ending/killing several processes solved the issue.

Ash Varma · October 14th, 2009, 08:16 AM

Thanks Harm.
So you think this choppiness is just during playback? The actual file is fine?

Harm Millaard · October 14th, 2009, 08:53 AM

The same file when played on a Sony Vaio VGN-FW31ZJ was choppy and on the desktop flawless. Even when playing from a slow USB drive. It was only a matter of processes running in the background.

Ash Varma · October 14th, 2009, 09:19 AM

okay, i will double check.
thanks.

Ash Varma · October 15th, 2009, 01:57 PM

It was apparently the Quicktime player i was using.
When played with Windows Media Player, it worked perfectly.
Cheers.

October 14th, 2009, 07:17 AM	#1
Ash Varma Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Oakville Posts: 33	Exporting to H.264 in Premiere CS4 Hello All, Hoping someone can help me with this. I shot my Short on a Canon XH (HDV, widescreen, 23.97fps) and did all my editing in Premiere CS4 in HD. Everything looks great on the timeline and runs smoothly when I preview in Premiere. I want to now export to H.264, so in the Options, that is what I choose. In the section just below that I choose one of the High Quality, 23.97fps, 720p drop downs. The complete film (~5 minutes) exports fine in about 20 minutes, but when i playback the footage, it's choppy and the sound is off. Can anyone help? Thank you.

October 15th, 2009, 01:57 PM	#6
Ash Varma Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Oakville Posts: 33	It worked! It was apparently the Quicktime player i was using. When played with Windows Media Player, it worked perfectly. Cheers.

October 14th, 2009, 08:03 AM	#2
Harm Millaard Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands Posts: 1,832	Usually this is caused by background processes running. Check with either CCleaner to prevent processes from starting at boot time or use Process Explorer to kill processes. I recently had similar issues on a notebook, that showed choppy behavior while playing a HD H.264 TS file and ending/killing several processes solved the issue.

October 14th, 2009, 08:16 AM	#3
Ash Varma Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Oakville Posts: 33	Thanks Harm. So you think this choppiness is just during playback? The actual file is fine?

October 14th, 2009, 08:53 AM	#4
Harm Millaard Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands Posts: 1,832	The same file when played on a Sony Vaio VGN-FW31ZJ was choppy and on the desktop flawless. Even when playing from a slow USB drive. It was only a matter of processes running in the background.

October 14th, 2009, 09:19 AM	#5
Ash Varma Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Oakville Posts: 33	okay, i will double check. thanks.