3 Replies Latest reply: Jan 7, 2014 12:30 AM by zagarskas Branched from an earlier discussion. RSS

    Export Issues

    brianzigler Community Member

      I am also experiencing the exact same issue and it is extremely irritating. I have a video clip that I have edited, and once it finishes exporting, I cannot open it in any video playing application. Upon checking the file's Properites, it says that it is a 24 byte file... this can't be right. In the Export Settings window it says that it's several gigabytes!

       

      I'm using a custom built PC, running the most up-to-date version of Windows 8. I have a quad-core Intel Ivy Bridge Processor, AMD HD Radeon 7770 GPU, 8 GB of 1600 MHz RAM, a 256 GB SSD running the OS and frequently used applications, and a 1 TB HDD. I am running Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 and it is completely up to date.

       

      I have been digitally converting old VHS, 8mm, and miniDV tapes. I have a digtial converter that has Composite ports and an S-Video port on it. It connects to the computer via USB. I have a program called Debut Video Capture that records the video and saves it as an uncompressed .mp4 video file. Premiere Pro also has another issue where the audio and video are always out of sync because it can't seem to handle videos with variable framerates, so, I open the videos in Quicktime 7 Pro, and save them as a Reference Movie—This makes it so the videos are at a constant framerate. I take these files and import them into Premiere Pro. My sequence is DV - NTSC Standard 48kHz (the videos are all in an old 4:3 format). I'll drop the clips into the timeline and edit them, edit out the blue screens and splice different clips and such, lower the volume, and slightly increase the Scale in the Video Effects.

       

      When everything is done... I'll open up the Export Settings.

       

      I set the Format to H.264 and Preset to NTSC DV or NTSC DV Widescreen depending on the ratio of the video. Some of the videos are very long (1 Hour or longer... one video is almost 4 hours long). I will go down to the Bitrate Settings and change the Bitrate Encoding to CBR, and set the Target Bitrate to a reasonably high number. I try to have a minimum of 10 Mbps, or if the video isn't that large, I'll set it to 14. If the Estimated File Size is over like 3 GB (I'm not sure of the number, but it works for these long videos when they're under like 3 GB). If the videos go over, they'll encode for an hour or longer and when it's done, it will save and appear as a 24 byte file.

       

      The only thing I've got is to make the Target Bitrate very small, that's the only way the videos will encode, but then the quality degrades...

        • 1. Re: Export Issues
          JSS1138 CommunityMVP

          [As this is a different problem, I've branched this into a new thread.]

          • 2. Re: Export Issues
            Mark Mapes Employee Hosts

            This sounds vaguely familiar, but searches of this forum, PPro's bug database, and my email archives came up empty.

            First off, how is the destination disc formatted? I'd wager it's NTFS, but better to confirm that than to assume and be wrong...

             

            Here's what I'd do to isolate where the problem lies:

            1. Export the full sequence to a non-h.264 format. I'd go with AVI.
            2. Create a new sequence of equivalent duration consisting entirely of content other than the .mp4 clips from your converter, and export to your preferred format/preset/bitrate. For the content, try a string of Universal Counting Leaders (Select All>Copy>Paste, Paste will get you to the requisite duration remarkably fast...)
            3. Switch the Renderer to Software Only, then encode one of the problematic sequences to your preferred format/preset/bitrate.
            4. If all of your exports have gone through either AME (via the Queue button) or PPRO (via Export), then try the other path
            5. Install a trial of PPro CC, load a CS6 project containing a problematic sequence, and export to your preferred format/preset/bitrate.
            • 3. Re: Export Issues
              zagarskas Community Member

              Basically, Record as a MOV with MPEG4, or, convert your videos to MOV with MPG4 using PRIZIM VIDEO CONVERTER.

              I suspect this should solve your export problems from the start.

               

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              extended rant.

               

              I ran into this same problem with DEBUT as well as other screen record systems such as FRAPS and CAMstudio.

               

              Here is what you want for the RECORD session: MPEG4 MOV FILE (not mp4)

              Capture2.PNG

               

               

              The audio and video is always out of sync in premiere when I pull in anything from a screen recorded session, its absurd, use the settings above to prevent that.

               

              Rant: (I will never pay for captivate in addition to the 10s of thousands spent on Adobe master collection licenses over the last decade as well as the monthly fee's now paid for the CC editions, captivate should be included. )

               

              Anyway, on to DEBUT and the syncing problem for your other recordings, I downloaded the Prizim video converter. (you can quick download it directly from DEBUT, click on the recordings tab and then right click any video, select CONVERT, Prizim will download, yes you have to buy it along side DEBUT, its appropriately priced (unlike captivate).

               

              Note the settings I use when I convert a video! You dont have to convert it if you select MOV during your recording session, just make sure you have tons of RAM, I am also using a tover with solid state drives and Windows 7...

              Capture.PNG

               

               

              From there when I import the MOV the audio is indeed insync in premiere, and I suspect you will no longer have to deal with the "Quicktime 7 Pro, and save them as a Reference Movie" problem.

               

              As a note, its a good idea to start with MOV during your screen recording session with MPEG4 encoder under ENCODER OPTIONS. Set your framerate limit to 30 in DEBUT instead of 25, this should not matter but it does for some god aweful reason.

               

              I hope one day Adobe catches on to the importance of WebCam's, live screen recording sessions, and editing as it relates to 21'st century multimedia needs for working professionals. We should be able to use Premiere and simply set our capture device to be our SCREEN and the audio device to be a WEB CAM or any lavalier, or mic or any input source for that matter, but, we are reduced to things like this... >(

               

              good luck!

               

              PS: as a side note I seem to remember capturing VHS from a program called VLC some time ago... might want to look into that.

               

              Here are things that DONT WORK but SHOULD:

              Convert to AVI, or using Debut's AVI default setting.

              Convert to MP4 or using Debut's MP4 Setting

              pretty much anything other than the settings above, which continues to perplex me.