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patrickfreehill
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March 3, 2019
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Choppy Export

  • March 3, 2019
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Disclaimer: I am new to video editing and still in an early learning stage. I recently created a video composed primarily of screen recorded videos (via Quicktime) on an iMac. I finished all the editing in Premiere and exported it as H.264 and the playback is very choppy and it just looks bad so I was checking to see if anyone had ideas on a solution for this. Thanks a lot!

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      Correct answer Meg The Dog

      That sounds like it could certainly be the issue. What would be some standard settings to export videos such as screen recordings as? I still have a lot to learn about file sizes/frame rates etc. to use when editing. I typically just always use default settings when importing things into a project, so whatever comes off the camera (Canon G7X II) or the screen recordings from quicktime as I did here.

      Also, here are my sequence settings.

      Thanks a lot


      patrickfreehill  wrote

      I typically just always use default settings when importing things into a project, so whatever comes off the camera (Canon G7X II) or the screen recordings from quicktime as I did here.

      Good method for working with the Canon, as it records in standard formats, not so good when working with the screen recordings, as they are being recorded in a non-standard video format.

      If your end use is posting these screen recordings on the web, or distributing them to viewers, I would suggest:

      1920 x 1080 frame size, with a 29.97 frame rate -

      Note that Composite in Linear Color is unchecked.

      I would also set my Preference for Default Media Scaling to Set to Frame Size:

      Now when you drop your source footage on to that timeline, the clip will be automatically scaled to fit the widest dimension of the source to fit in the frame. This may result in either letterboxing or pillar boxing as your source is not in a 16:9 aspect ratio.

      Note: because the Sequence Settings are different from your source material, Premiere may require you to render your timeline to get smooth/high quality playback. This depends on the horsepower of your computer.

      When you go to export, choose Format: H264 Preset: Match Source - High Bitrate

      This should create a deliverable file that should work for most purposes.

      MtD

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      defaultvi60opa358ni
      Participant
      October 23, 2021

      I have solved this by:

      1. Go to sequence settings

      2. Making timbase 60 frames/second

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        Angelica Amora
        Participating Frequently
        April 6, 2021

        Helppp I'm exporing this client video for 4k res and scince they want the highest quality possible I exported the 26min file with:

         

        H.264

        Match source - Adaptive Highest bitrate

        Render in maximum depth

        2vbr passes

        Traget bit: 15

        Render at maximum quality

        Estimated file size: 10gb

         

        And the exported video is definitely in a very good quality but majority of the clips will glitch, lag, choppy. Especially the transitions  like fade in-fade, animation, etc. It does have drone shots that always lags so bad!

         

        I tried multiple troubleshooting from sequence settings to file settings and it either errors or it will render but IT TAKES SO LONG!

         

        Idk if this makes sense anymore bc I'm at it for the past few days and I'm stressing out here. Please help 😞

         

         

         

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          Meg The Dog
          Inspiring
          March 3, 2019

          Please post a screenshot of your export settings summary, like this example below:

          Also, if you import the exported file back in to Premiere Pro, does it playback poorly there?

          MtD

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          patrickfreehillAuthor
          Participating Frequently
          March 3, 2019

          I will try to get the screenshot posted tomorrow when I can access my work computer. I’ll also try importing it to see what happens. Thanks for the idea!

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