My 1920 x 1080 Go Pro footage becomes blurry after export

Report · Jul 13, 2022

I have searched and searched and tried so many different export settings, I'm not sure what to try next.

My Go Pro is recording video of the kids behind the boat, and saves as a .MP4 file so I don't believe a converter is needed? After exporting from Premiere Pro CC it looks "blurry". I believe I had this issue a couple years ago, but for the life of me, I can't remember what settings solved the problem.

I've tried many different presets and settings, so I don't think a screen shot will help. I've attached info from the raw file, if anyone has the settings I need or can send me a preset I would sure appreciate the help.

Thanks

Report · Jul 13, 2022

So for needed details, please include the seqeunce settings for framesize/rate, as well as the export settings for framesize/rate.

Neil

Report · Jul 13, 2022

Thanks for replying. I can't really give the export settings as I've tried so many, I'm just trying to find the correct ones. I'm wanting to keep the 1080 quality for upload to Vimeo.

When I choose Match Source, this is what I get. I'm wondering if the frame rate is too high.

Report · Jul 13, 2022

Please post a screenshot of the tree view or the text view of MediaInfo for the GoPro source footage. Then please post a screenshot of your sequence settings.

Report · Jul 14, 2022

I hope this is the info you're asking for, if not please let me know where to find it.

I attached the last export settings I used, but have tried many. I used Lens Distoration to take some of the fish eye out of the video, but it seems zoomed out as well as darker and not as clear as the original right off the camera.

Thanks

Report · Jul 14, 2022

I attached the last export settings I used, but have tried many.

By @Desert Toad

Your source footage is 1920x1080, 59.94 fps, Pixel Aspect Ratio of 1.0. Always aim to export with the very same settings. If you don´t the result will be bad, always.

According to the screen shot you are exporting 1920x1080, 29.97 fps with an ancient Pixel Aspect Ratio of 1.2121 and thats why you are seeing the problems you see.

Export as 1920x1080, 59.94, Pixel Aspect Ratio 1.0.

Report · Jul 14, 2022

Thank you! That was exactly what I needed. Thanks for showing me about the GoPro info. It looks great now except the calmer water outside the wake, possibly because I only did 1 pass VBR?

Now I just need to attempt 4k with the camera.

Cheers!

Report · Jul 15, 2022

Thank you! That was exactly what I needed. Thanks for showing me about the GoPro info. It looks great now except the calmer water outside the wake, possibly because I only did 1 pass VBR?

By @Desert Toad

Great that it helped! 🙂

I would skip VBR and only use CBR and play around with the bitrate. Water is tough to encode and require a higher bitrate. But, the native H.264 encoder is not top notch and water is one of the things that shows just that.

I use a third party encoder such as TMPGEnc Movie Plug-in AVC for Premiere Pro and Video Conversion / Encoding - TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 7 but it is Windows only and payware.

What you can do to rule out (or in) the native H.264 encoder is to export as Apple ProRes LT using the settings below from the old export interface. The principle is the same, Format: QuickTime and Preset: Apple ProRes LT. The file will be big and if that´s an issue, just export the part with water. Import the file back into Premiere Pro and watch the file to see if it looks as bad as the H.264 or better/great.

If the ProRes file look great, try the free of charge Shutter Encoder encoding|converting video FREE PC|Mac and/or HandBrake: Downloads and encode that file to H.264. The result will probably be better than the native H.264 encoder.