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May 18, 2018
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Why is my video shaky after using Media Encoder?

  • May 18, 2018
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I rendered a professionally digitized 8mm film today with Media Encoder CC after working on it in a Premiere Pro CC. In the editing process, I used the Neat Video plug-in to remove grain. In comparing the rendered video with the source, I noticed quite a bit of jerkiness in the rendered video. I have a late-2013 MacBook Pro with NVIDIA GeForce GT 250M 2048 MB. High Sierra is my OS. I discovered that I couldn't use the GPU to render the video because the Neat plug-in doesn't support it. Instead, I rendered the video with the CPU using 8 cores. My setting was H.264, Match Source--High bitrate. In comparing my unedited source video with the rendered edited version, I noticed differences. The FPS on the unedited video is 17 and the edited is 15. Also, the Mbit/s of the unedited video is 37.71, and the edited is 10.33. The format of the unedited video is JPEG. Do these differences explain the shakiness, or is there some other reason?

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    Correct answer caal66

    I actually figured out what the problem was on my own. QuickTime was giving me the information that the fps of the unedited video was 17. Through trial and error, I figured out that the fps was actually 29.97. I got much better results when I rendered the edited video at 29.97. I'm not sure why Media Encoder interpreted the source as 15.

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    Vidya Sagar
    Adobe Employee
    Adobe Employee
    May 31, 2018

    Hi caal66,

    Sorry for the trouble. Have you tried exporting the video directly from Premiere Pro?

    In Media Encoder > Preferences > General > Uncheck "Import sequences natively" & try export again.

    Let us know the status.

    Thanks,

    Vidya

    caal66AuthorCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    May 31, 2018

    I actually figured out what the problem was on my own. QuickTime was giving me the information that the fps of the unedited video was 17. Through trial and error, I figured out that the fps was actually 29.97. I got much better results when I rendered the edited video at 29.97. I'm not sure why Media Encoder interpreted the source as 15.

    Vidya Sagar
    Adobe Employee
    Adobe Employee
    May 31, 2018

    Hi caal66,

    It may depend on the type of frame rate of the footage. How exactly the footage is captured? Is it in Constant Frame Rate or Variable Frame Rate?

    Thanks,

    Vidya