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rogerinlondon
rogerinlondon
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August 2, 2021
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Best way to convert DV files for Premiere Pro?

  • August 2, 2021
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What are you using to bring in old DV-files to Premiere Pro now that they are no longer supported?

I was thinking of a (higher quality settings) conversion in Handbrake, but the output will be MP4, which has  compression and I understand that PP does not work great with large and many MP4-files as sources? Would convert to MOV be better and what would the best way to do that be? Thanks.

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Correct answer Ann Bens

At present, I am editing old 4:3 dv footage.

Converted it all to prores 422 HQ and made it PAR 1.0 ( you need to do the math for height and width).

Editing is like a breeze. Then exporting to 720p to put on Bluray.

 

Guessing this is mac. Might work with: Shutter Encoder encoding|converting video FREE PC|Mac 

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Ann Bens
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Ann BensCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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August 3, 2021

At present, I am editing old 4:3 dv footage.

Converted it all to prores 422 HQ and made it PAR 1.0 ( you need to do the math for height and width).

Editing is like a breeze. Then exporting to 720p to put on Bluray.

 

Guessing this is mac. Might work with: Shutter Encoder encoding|converting video FREE PC|Mac 

    rogerinlondon
    rogerinlondonAuthor
    Inspiring
    August 3, 2021

    Thanks, it looks good and I will definitely check that out (and yes, I should have mentioned that I am on a Mac.....).

    C
    connor_5319
    Participant
    December 2, 2024

    Hi there. 
    iv been getting back into filming with my old Sony MiniDV handycams and have been running into some major problems now im on newer (2020) MacBook rather than my old windows with FireWire card.. 

    the issues i have ran into I have go around using adaptors to go FireWire - thunderbolt 3. 
    I can capture the footage fine but unfortunately the footage is ghosting and I'm struggling to fix this. 

    iv download shutter encoder 

    Try's changing to apple pro res. 422HQ

    with the de interlace selected at x2.

    I have changed the fps to 60.

     

    what do you guys use ? 
    kind regards Connor. 

    Brandon Loshe
    Brandon Loshe
    Legend
    August 3, 2021

    Generally yeah, you have the right idea. If you're going to convert files, something like QuickTime ProRes or a higher quality codec would be best, especially if you're doing addional editing to the footage.

      rogerinlondon
      rogerinlondonAuthor
      Inspiring
      August 3, 2021

      Thanks. Yes, it is original footage that will be edited.

      Any views on how to get it done with QuickTine ProRes? Compressor is still reading DV-files? Wondershare Uniconverter? My son uses a copy of FCP, so maybe open the DV-files there and export with QuickTime ProRes? There are a lot of files to convert though....

      Really inconvenient that Media Encoder an not read DV-files anymore. 

      Brandon Loshe
      Brandon Loshe
      Legend
      August 3, 2021

      Yeah, agreed. I think the logic was such a small percentage of users use that anymore that it didn't make sense to support any longer. And since you're on Mac, I assume that the older versions (early 2018 and older) are not compatible with your operating system any longer, either - if you even have those older versions installed (I believe they are unavailable to download now).

       

      But yeah, any software that reads the DV footage and converts it (preferrably to ProRes) will be your winner.

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