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Setting up a Premiere pro project for MXP import

Sep 18, 2009 9:42 AM

I'm using Snow Leopard 10.6.1 on a Mac Pro 8 core Nehalem 2.93GHz with 6GB RAM. After importing the Adobe sample MXF file I cannot get it to playback realtime. Shouldn't a 1162x772 MXF file be able to playback realtime on my system?

 

I would like any help on how to setup the Premiere Pro 4.1 project for these files.

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  • Ken Kameda
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    1. Ken Kameda,
    Sep 18, 2009 10:03 AM   in reply to trancepriest
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    Unfortunately, this first beta release of the importer is slow at playback. We were not able to get in much in the way of performance optimizations at this time.

     

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    Sep 18, 2009 10:10 AM   in reply to Ken Kameda
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    Ken,

     

    Thanks for your response. I was wondering if I was doing something wrong. The sample clip was stuttering along barely at one frame per 14 seconds.

     

    --- Andrae

     
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    Sep 18, 2009 10:09 AM   in reply to trancepriest
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    If you right-click on the footage and select "Interpret Footage" in the context menu, you can set a FPS number to override the file's value. Start small, say 4 fps, and see how playback looks. On the system you specified, I think you may be able to get ~6 fps on footage that size.

     

    Alternatively, if you have After Effects, it will play back as fast as it can, and display the actual fps. This will give you an idea what performance the importer can achieve on a particular system with a given file.

     

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    Sep 18, 2009 10:14 AM   in reply to Ken Kameda
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    Ken,

     

    Thanks for the suggestion. I'm able to see the footage at those fps now. I'll pump it up and see what performance it can max out at.

     

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    Sep 18, 2009 10:20 AM   in reply to trancepriest
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    Ken,

     

    This works great at 10fps. Shouldn't the duration be longer when the fps is switched low? It does say a longer duration in the interpret footage panel but when dropped in the timeline its miniscule.. just a single line. I was able to get decent fps with the interpret footage set to 10... anything higher and the timeline problem kicks in.

     
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