I'm having some problems with Adobe Premier. For some odd reason it won't work with Divx files. They will play fine in the privew box but not at all in the output box. So what you end up with when you export the video is sound and a loads of fuzz on the screen. MPEG files work fine however. Yakumo
Yeah, Premiere isn't too good at handling divx files, it's very slow (I wouldn't particualrly advise using MPEG-2 or any other high-compression codec either). You'd be better off converting it into high bitrate standard DV AVI (something like 3-4mbyte per second) and then editing it in Premiere. What version are you using at the moment?
I'd say you're probably best off using a DV codec too, or a lossless compression codec like Huffyuv (don't get the newer version if you find it elsewhere because it's b0rked). Though you'll need a lot of disk space for this - it's about 7MB/s, and that's mega*BYTES*! You could also try PicVideo MJPEG, which is also *nearly* lossless (depending on quality settings - 18-20 are usually good), but gives files about half the size of Huffyuv... and it costs money -_- These two codecs should be OK in Premiere. Don't suppose anyone knows if it's possible to get Premiere 7 working in Win2k? It seems to only want XP, but I'm not really in the mood to change OS just for one program to work...
You really want to work with uncompressed files. You should be able to export to DivX fine, though. Of course, Avid is better than Premiere
Normally I'd disagree depending on what you want to do, but I've just finished a 9-hour mammoth Premiere session and I'm feeling a bit sick of it right now. It was also playing nasty... primarily because the god damn Kazaa lite codec pack fucked my codecs and I had to wrangle with it for ages to get everything working correctly (last time I ever use any "codec pack" shit unless it's on a fresh install, I should have known better). Avid wouldn't have worked any better, of course: ie and firefox had been crashing when pages contained movies... Basically, I should just reinstall :-D
Thanks for the info guys. I'm pretty pissed of with Premier though since now I'll have to record 3 sections again for Retro Core 6 since I deleted the original Mpeg2 files. The really odd thing is that I converted all my flash stuff to Cinepac (seems to be the only codec that Flash will convert to at the right speed) which work fine in Premier, however Cinepack is crap for videogame footage. I'll give a few DV codecs a try tonight. I'm using version Adobe Premier Pro 1.5 (trial for now) by the way since I don't have the cash to buy it and there's no keygen Yakumo
I had nothing but bad luck converting Flash into anything.... I eventually gave up and just went with a fancy bitmap. Good luck with it... it might take some tinkering. I just busted out my capture card tonight for the first time since the move... only to discover it ain't werkin'.
What Flash are you using? I've got Flash MX (the original MX), and it'll export fine to any codec installed on my PC as long as they can handle RGB24 colour. Huffyuv will work, but you have to set that on RGB in its settings, and it doesn't compress as well as when it's on YUV. I'd highly recommend Huffyuv or some MJPEG codec for this kind of stuff. I know DV or uncompressed AVI are better, but the space you save by using a lossless compression codec is enourmous! OK, MJPEG can get a bit lossy, but it's nothing compared to any MPEG-based codec...
I'm using SWISH Max to make my flash animations. I tried it with Huffyuv just before but it exported with no picture under all of the settings. So far it only exports avi under Cinepack at the right speed but it delays all the sound effects that I overlayed on the music I may just remove the sound effects. Not sure why Huffyuv had no image though. I used the set that you left the link to. I'll try encoding a real video to it tomorrow to see how that goes. It may just be a stupid fault with SWISH Max. Yakumo
Yeah, sounds like you should! The K-Lite codec pack (note, it is K-Lite not Kazaa Lite, everyone makes that assumption though ) is the best - I recommend the Mega codec pack so you don't need RealPlayer or Quicktime (although I don't know if it includes Quicktime authoring support). I've never had any problems with it. Wanna bet? You might have more luck finding one if you spelt it correctly - its Premiere
I had problems. The QuickTime Alternative never worked - it kept asking to download updates and just did nothing. So I just got proper QuickTime - wanted to try out iTunes anyway (seems you have to get them together now!). The RealPlayer Alternative worked, but looked like ass - it was macroblock-o-rama compared to the real codec. So I went back to that, even though it does run some service in Windows permanently that keeps coming back when I kill it! Media Player Classic can play Real stuff using the proper codecs (if you have RealPlayer installed), so it's not lie I have to use RealPlayer anyway. Hmm, it probably only works with codecs that will take RGB24 inputs then, just like Flash MX. Go to Huffyuv's encoder settings - it should look something like this: Try selecting "Always suggest RGB format for output". If it still doesn't work, try changing the RGB Compression Method to what it's like above. Just remember to change these back if you're using some program that actually works properly with YUY2, as you'll get better results (and smaller files if you do "convert to YUY2"). If this doesn't work, snap your keyboard in half and throw your mouse out the window ;-)
Alternatively you could use sound recorder to grab the audio and a screen capture util like snagit to get the video, then put them together in Premiere. I always, always had problems with the multiple codec packs that were made in the past (like over two years ago). Friends would install them because it seemed like a good idea, then come asking me for help when divx files were playing vertically flipped ^_^ So I've since stayed away. Then I figured they'd probably got it sorted by now. Instead it fucked my computer. Never again! But yeah, a nice fresh install has been coming up for some time...
Yup, old codec packs were a nightmare! I had problems with old versions of the alternative progs, too... but the very latest (available from www.free-codecs.com) is spot on Like I said, I use the K-Lite Mega bundle, which comes with them, too. The Media Player Classic isn't too bad, either - but I still use Winamp for audio. I find it a bit sucky for video, though!
Media Player classic gives me faith in PC software. Clean, uncluttered, doesn't pretend to be an all-in-one wonder tool, it just plays videos. Why can't all software be that cool? I'm still using Winamp for music too, although I doubt I'll stay with it for much longer. I've never looked around at different mp3 players, what options are there? Incidentally I do use winamp for video, sometimes, if I have several files which I want to be played one after another.
