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Has anyone talked about GPU assisted transcoding on this thread? I've been looking into Cuda supported apps and see that TMPGEnc 4.0 Xpress will use most of the current graphic cards to really push things along in the transcoding side of things. Also why does CS4 only support cuda acceleration on the quadro CX card? A cheaper games card has everything that is needed for help us all with these h.264 files, why won't Adobe make this tech more easily available so that people don't have to migrate over to Final Cut pro? I know I'm considering it..

Hi Guys.

I found somewhat of a solution to getting smooth video working with un re-transcoded 5d2 videos, so you don't have to transcode them at all and original file size and quality will be maintained.

What you do have to do is convert them from a .mov container into an .mp4 container, but you dont re-encode them or change codecs. You do have to process the video independently from the audio to get the converter program to successfully complete the task.

Download "Super" file converter (freeware) http://www.erightsoft.com/S6Kg1.html

- Drag and drop original 5d video onto Super

- Select MP4 as container type

- Select Direct Stream Copy for the video option (no re-encoding)

- Select Disable Audio for the audio option

- Pick your output folder by right clicking anywhere on super's interface

then hit Encode. (process is quite fast of course)

Now you'll need to do the audio on it's own.

- Select WAV as your ouput container (if you want wav?)

then manually sync up the wav file with the mp4 file in premiere

Has been working great for me. It is a mystery as to why premiere is ok with Canon's H264 codec in a .mp4 container, but not in a .mov or .avi container.

Note - During the container change you will lose the  pixel aspect flag that tells premiere how to display the vid, so you'll have to manually interpret the vid as square pixels (right click in bin on the vid clip and select interpret)

Premiere reports the resolution as 1920 x 1088, but upon further investigation it is infact still 1080

Good luck

Cheers

HC

I tried SUPER out as well, using the exact steps as provided.  No dice there either.

I am EXTREMELY frustrated with Premiere.  I've never really used it before, but was assured by Adobe Sales prior to purchasing it that it fully supported the 5D Mk II's output format.  I can't do ANYTHING with it in Premiere.  Considering what Premiere cost, I would have expected some functionality of some kind, but no dice.

Loading my video into a freeware app called VLC runs absolute circles around Premiere, which cannot even play the files without dropping five to ten frames for every frame played.

-Joe Chott

Joe Chott wrote:

 

As it turns out, Cineform Neo Scene doesn't actually work.  It makes things worse.

 

If you already have choppy video when you import 5D Mk II .mov files, expect them to be two to three times worse when using Cineform Neo Scene.

 

-Joe Chott

Try this: import the cineform files into Premiere, save the project, quite Premiere, reopen the project.  Worked for me.  Although when I uninstalled Neo Scene after my trial ended, it messed up my computer in some way I've yet to figure out, possibly a gamma flag or codec thing.  Do NOT uninstall the trial using their uninstaller!!!

Hey everyone, here is a link to my blog going over the FREE workflow that I use[:

http://www.frosted.ca/2009/03/26/canon-5d-mark-ii-premier-pro-cs4-1080 p-workflow/

Cheers,

Justin

Well, you can take it onto the timeline and render the lot and go to sleep for 5 hours. in Premiere Pro 1.5.1 , you can alter the speed of the clips on the timeline if it appears too unsmooth ?

Some if not all of the clips on a 35 min project was simply stunning. But, you need sometimes to watch the speed of say a car or tram and alter it to 85% as the Mark II canon 5D travels at 30fps and taking off the timeline unaltered can be unsmooth for a Canon HV 20 running at 25fps..

I believe  some smart tech at Adobe can fix this simply , but, most techs on the phone verge on the incompetent.

I am getting there with the help of a top Aussie tech working on Edius they do work with CS3 sometimes , there is an answer out there. We work in Full high definition which does not come with the trial version of CS4 , how useless is that. The techs in melboune tell me there is an issue with mov. files in CS4 and they are working to fix that ??????????????????????

Let me know when it happens, because CS4 does not match the stunning video coming out of the Canon D Mark II  ################

I agreee the video clips are stunning but, we use only PC. To render the clips for smooth running and editing is a pain but, it does work and makes the 5D look magic.

Any other ideas ?

I hope they release a patch soon.

George

Unfortunately I do most my work on the road on a laptop so don't have a lot of time nor can I get a bigger computer.  My laptop already runs 8 GB of RAM with Vista 64 and has two internal HDD's and one is solid state.

- I have no clue why PremierePro can't handle any Quicktime, could be that you have to install some additional plug-ins from MainConcept.

Angleo,

This is not quite the case. I'm working on a Project with over 100 .MOV files w/ the Animation CODEC, right from FCP. Not one problem on my PrPro PC. I have QT Pro 7.5.5.

Now, I have not tried to handle any H.264's, but have not had a reason to do so.

Just wanted to clear things up a bit.

Hunt

1 TB eSATA RAID 10, 100GB scratch disk

Good setup, that has a big part in it.

I don't have RAID yet (just an eSata LaCie external for a media drive), but I convert my 5D2 files to AVIs with NeoScene, and that helps tremendously. If I pile on some effects it gets a bit choppy, so I'm hoping the future RAID setup will help there. I may use my eSata drive just for scratch at that point (experimenting...).

Jeff, on this page, scroll down to the comments, and the third comment has three links for original .MOV files that Vincent Laforet shot when he did his original Reverie short (that shot the 5D2 to stardom):

http://www.slashgear.com/canon-5d-mark-iis-raw-video-footages-from-rev erie-one-word-stunning-2717551/

You can also right-click on the images on this page to download some original footage (just scroll down):

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos5dmarkii/page19.asp

It's easy to find 5D2 video on the web already processed... getting raw .mov files is a bit harder. I can fill up a DVD and send it to you if you like. I can send some outdoor footage and some interior low-light clips as well... you can see how it gives the Red a run for its money in low-light. Shooting at f1.4 is wild too... one-inch depth of field for video! BTW, all 5D2 footage prior to June 1st (roughly) is shot on autmatic exposure, so pumping occurs in luminance changes. Then Canon released the manual exposure firmware so we could actually CONTROL the exposure and aperture (how 'bout that), but raw footage on the web after manual exposure was released is pretty rare I think.

OK, just yappin, back to work I go. Let me know if you'd like a DVD, I'd be happy (just takes burning a disc and mailing it, easy stuff). If not, you can at least get some idea of the file format with the download links above. I'd like to hear your take on it.

Paul

I had the same problem, Adobe CS3 (or 4) is not capable of editing of Canon 5D HD footage!
Everytime the program crashed instantly....

I'm not going to waste my precious time and money on this software anymore!
today I have bought a eight core powermac with Final Cut Pro !

Adobe I want my money back! CS3 is NOT working as it should be!

By the way .....Pro's work with Mac's!

Thank you,I'm using Adobe software since a long time,

First Premiere 6.5, then CS2, and now CS3

My system is a brand new Pentium Quad Core with 8 Gig memory PC with onlyPremiere installed on it.I never had problems with editing before, till I changed to HD footage, A lot of other people on the forum are complaining about this same issue, so do they also have bad PC's ?I don't think so, I have installed my pc over and over again, everytime the same thingAdobe CS3 doesn't like the footage of the Canon 5D mark 2.... period.It's Adobe problem now, on my Arts Academy were I study

we are changing our workstations to Apple with FCP.Why? because Apple makes software that does the job, Premiere can't deliver whatit should do....good luck with trying to save your companies reputation, for me

Adobe has made a very big mistake with their upgrade policy and bad software.....

 Adobe Encore can't even author DTS-HD files......Good luck!Best regards Maarten van Druten

I do not recall if it was during this thread, or another Canon 5D MK II thread, but Jeff Bellune was able to edit these files on CS4.1 on a PC, with no issues. Might want to look back, and also at other similar threads for Jeff's comments and possibly exactly how he did the editing with the test files provided.

Good luck,

Hunt

By the way It's Maarten (not Martin)I'm not going to pay another 99 euro's for another program only so I finally can edit HD footage in CS3.Adobe is NOT capable to make a software program now that works with HD footage, period.I rather pay 4000 dollars for a solution that really works without all the conversion rubbishTime is money.....Best regards,

Maarten

....I forgot when does Adobe Encore finally can author DTS-HD files? Give me a ring when this is possible 

I forgot when does Adobe Encore finally can author DTS-HD files?

Though probably a subject best posted to the Encore forum, what is the issue that you are having with DTS audio in Encore.

First, you must remember that neither the DVD, nor the BD specs allow for DTS as a primary Audio stream. It can be used as a supplemental Audio stream only. I use it all of the time, with no issues, but use it as a supplementary Audio stream. Depending on what you are trying to do, this might be something that you'll need to take up with the various organizations that wrote the DVD and BD specs.

Can you not use DTS as a supplemental Audio stream? Have you tried with CPT files from the DTS encoder? What happens?

Good luck,

Hunt

4000 euro is around equal to $ 6K

What are the specs. on the DTS-HD files? That might answer some of it.

Good luck,

Hunt

Your right, let's help all the other people on this forum that have trouble with editing their 5D mark 2 HD footage with Adobe software

That's were a forum is for, right?

I'm coming in to this late, so forgive if the topic has been covered.

Has anyone tried batch converting their 5D files to Lagarith for use in Premiere (using the MPEG hacked version of VirtualDub)?  It works fine for DV.  I don't see any immediate theoretical reason it shouldn't also work in this case.  But I have neither the media nor the interest to test it out myself.