I am using Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 to create a video compiled of multiple videos.

After I compile the video I am getting artifacts that are not in the original files. It seems this is happening almost entirely in *.MP4 videos I downloaded from Youtube. And it happens is the same spots in the video consistently. It does not seem to happen on different formats of video like an *.avi.

Export Movie Settings
General
File Type: Microsoft DV AVI

Video
Compressor: DV NTSC
Frame Rate 29.97
Pixel Aspect Ratio: D1/DV NTSC (0.9)

Keframe and Rendering
Bit Depth: Use Project Setting
Fields: Lower Field First
Optimized Stills
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I think it might be a codec issue. But I really dont know, and couldnt find any particular fixes googling my problems.

1/30/2011 5:41:46 PM

9/10 it's a codec problem with CS3. To this day I can't encode directly into WMV from CS3 without crashing my machine.

Can you post a screenshot of the distortion? It may also be a pull-down error generated from crappy youtube content. Or it could be as simple as you're not compressing it enough and you drive can't keep up (same thing happens with raw HD files on single drive machines.)

Best solution is usually to encode to something that makes it happy, then convert. You'll lose some quality but I'm guessing that's not terribly important for Youtube sources. I'd use IMTOO converters or Adobe Media Encoder, or a myriad of other free choices.

1/30/2011 8:44:04 PM

This type of artifact shows up on individual frames. Different sizes and shapes. Happens in clusters.

My source videos are largely higher resolution videos that I am exporting to lower resolution. But its pretty consistent with different kinds of compressor options within Adobe.

I have also installed codec packs trying to fix it.

1/30/2011 10:32:48 PM

What's your video bitrate? These look like compression artifacts, not any kind of error.

The part to look for is that the motion parts (the field) are blurry, but the static parts of the screen are crisp and clean. That normally occurs because the data for the static parts can be spread over several frames and it will eventually show up crystal clear.

Your target file size for DV should be around 6GB/hour of footage, or around 12-15 Mbit/sec (not MB/sec).

1/31/2011 7:58:07 AM

I have been using Project default bit rate and 8 bit settings. I will try to find that option and see how it turns out.

1/31/2011 12:58:05 PM

Don't help him, please.

1/31/2011 1:02:43 PM

its adobe saying "fuck man, you need CS5"

1/31/2011 4:43:37 PM

^^whats wrong with BEU?


Also, ^

1/31/2011 7:04:09 PM

Can't install cs5 because my operating system isn't 64 bit. The standard way I would compile videos is using the QuickTime file type with H.264 compression. It turns out that this file type is the only one that can output 1280x720 videos.( the same size as 80 % of my source material. But I am now getting a compiling error everytime. I tried to isolate the error to a specific part of a video, but when I try to compile the video by itself there is no problem.

When I read feedback online I come across things like CBR an VBR options. And for the life of me I am unable to find anywhere to change these settings. Among other settings that I can't seem to find in premiere.

I also tried to start a new project to see if the error was isolated to that particular project with no luck.

Not sure what to do without trying to reinstall adobe or try to delete codecs.

2/1/2011 1:17:51 PM

^UH I'm running cs5 on a 32bit system. Your post is full of contradictory information. It sounds like you need to go buy a book on premiere and learn about dv formats and codecs. I don't know of a single production video codec that limits your output size.

2/1/2011 2:39:13 PM

Is this thing small enough you can FTP it to me in a reasonable amount of time? I could probably fix it in like 10 minutes instead of spending 3 hours explaining all the possibilities from randomly installing codecs online to even trying to deal with the ball of crap that is quicktime.

2/1/2011 2:48:45 PM

I am just going by the settings that I am given when choosing certain file types.

This is from the FAQ on adobe's site.

Quote :

"Does Adobe Premiere Pro still support 32-bit operating systems? Virtually all Intel® based Mac computers support 64 bit. Adobe Premiere Pro does not support 32-bit Windows systems with CS5 because offering only 64-bit support enables Adobe to optimize performance significantly and take full advantage of the performance benefits of 64-bit support. If you are using a 32-bit version of Windows and purchased a Windows copy of CS5 Master Collection or CS5 Production Premium, Adobe has included a complimentary copy of Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 for you to use until you upgrade to a 64-bit version of Windows Vista® or Windows 7. If you are using a 32-bit operating system and purchased a standalone version of Adobe Premiere Pro CS5, you will have to upgrade your operating system to a 64-bit version of the Mac OS or Windows Vista/Windows 7."

But if you somehow are able to run it on a 32 bit Windows 7 let me know how you did it.

As far as sending you the video, I can try to package the sequence, videos together into one file and send to you. which would be 1.5-3 gigs I would guess.

2/1/2011 6:09:30 PM

Are you using Export->Movie or Export->Media Encoder?

The Media Encoder calls a separate program that will usually have a TON more options and supports more codecs.

If that fails we can look into FTP'ing the stuff.

2/1/2011 8:22:54 PM

I was using Export=>Movie

I just watched a training video on that. Sigh

2/1/2011 9:47:59 PM

Ah damn that is shitty. I'm only using Photoshop and Illustrator CS5 :/

2/1/2011 10:01:18 PM

^no it's not. Anyone who works with AE or Premiere has been running 64-bit for a while wishing Adobe would hurry the freak up with 64-bit support.

And to be honest, CUDA+64-bit is the heat. I skipped CS4, and the jump from CS3 to CS5 was one that close to halved my work time. Definitely worth the minor inconvenience to everyone. Plus 64-bit runs on everything since Core2 series - and if you're doing video work you've got at least that. Just pay your $50 to microsoft to switch over.

2/2/2011 10:22:43 AM

Victory

2/2/2011 8:33:52 PM

^^Oh I'm using the 64bit versions of both. I just know they both still have 32bit executables, so I figured that would still be an option for the other suite apps too.

Love love love CS5 all around.

2/2/2011 11:12:18 PM

^^ what changed?

2/3/2011 12:58:05 AM

Adobe Premiere CS4 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Adobe Premiere CS3

Can not overstate the difference in dealing with MP4's and getting things onto Youtube.

2/3/2011 5:29:14 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUmObcbyNiQ

Finished product. Best with loud volume

2/4/2011 5:57:00 PM

Your videos are usually terrible so I'm not going to watch this one

2/4/2011 6:25:39 PM

It was okay up until the horrific fonts at the end

2/4/2011 9:41:35 PM

.... what did you use for the camera shakes? I would have thrown it into After Effects, but I'm assuming that's waaaaaay overkill for this

2/5/2011 2:04:19 AM

I just used Adobe Premiere CS4. Just dragged the preview screen around a little bit for like 2 to 6 frames depending on the situation. This avoided having to bring the compiled video into another program.

If I was able to build the video on Vegas 7 I would have used its shaking features. But I was having lots of trouble with it dealing with the source MP4s.

It results in a little bit of black showing on the edges of the video, but it doesn't seem to hurt the final product.

What I don't know how to do is compile the video without the effect in Adobe, then add it in with another program without having to compile both times. Basically losing two levels of quality.

2/7/2011 6:21:52 PM