Problem exporting MPEG with Pinnacle card

[moleproductions]

Hi,

I normally use a Panasonic MPEG plug-in to export .mpg files from Premier. However, encpoding at a large size (640x480) I get real problems so I tried using the built-in Pinnacle MP2 export which produces separate .mp2 and .wav files. The MPEG quality is very, very good - but I'm not putting it onto DVD - so the separate file issue is a problem.

Therefore I took someone's advice from this forum and used TMPGEnc to tie the 2 files together into one single.mpg file. The quality looks excellent - so where's the problem?

Here it is: the lengths of the 2 files produced are different! On a 6min 20secs piece, the video comes out at 5:30 and the audio at 6:20. So, when TMPGEnc creates the MPEG-1 file (to go onto a CD-ROM and then onto people's desktops for demos etc.) it encodes the fine through to 5:30 and then holds on that frame until the end of the video - the audio is fine.

The amazing thing is that although the lengths are different you'd think therefore that one is playing faster than the other - NOT the case. The lip synch is absolutley spot on all the way to where the video freezes.

I would stick with the MPEG-2 format which came out very well with another built in Premier MPEG exporter megaPEG but I've tried the MPEG-2 file on a number of machines around the network and they won't play because they don't have DVD software installed. There's no guarantee that the people who will be receiving the CDs will have it either. Also, if I import the MPEG-2 into Director, it crashes when I try to place it on the stage.

Any ideas?
Thanks,
Tim

 

[moleproductions]

Ok - so I've found a work around for now but it's a bit long winded. I've discovered that TMPGEnc will convert original Premier captured .avi files to .mpg (MPEG-1) files - although TMPGEnc crashes after it has finished but never-the-less does produce a good MPEG.

So, I record my timeline off onto tape, then capture it back through Premier and the Pinnacle card as a standard Pinnacle AVI. Then put it through TMPGEnc and get the .mpg .

It works - but seems a bit of a long winded way - any thoughts much appreciated.

Tim

 

[moleproductions]

Right - this did work but no longer does. Whether it's the installation of TMPGEnc which had become corrupted (I have re-installed) or the length of the video I am using is too long (only 6mins) or what but I don't know.

What do other people use to export MPEG-1 files from Premier?

Thanks,
Tim

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

I use the CinemaCraft MPEG encoder (built in to Premiere 6.5) and one of the presets, but one of the settings is a multiplex tab. You should check that and it'll produce a single file.

Cheers,


Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door

 

[moleproductions]

Ed - thanks it's been a bit of a learning day today! I've since discovered that if in Premiere "Export Movie Settings" you can choose to "deinterlace" the video. This has got rig of all the horrible pixelated edges that the Panasonic MPEG encoder was giving me on the large size videos. They seem much better now.

I'll check which version of Premiere we're running and see what this CinemaCraft solution is.

Thanks,
Tim

 

[Akribie]

If you use a frameserver from Premiere into TMPGenc, the whole process becomes very easy. Look at PluginPac on the debugmode web site.