Which format to export 50p 1920 x 1080 for best results in CS6

[alanjohnnorman]

HELP please!

I am running CS6 and having some issues with finding a good output quality for a one and a bit hour multi camera concert that I recorded.

I used to just output to 25 frames WMV but I wanted a better frame rate as this was only made in HD and unlike the 4k I had shot before, I needed to keep it as crisp as possible.

I tried to export in H.264  set at HD 1080p 25 but the pc fell over. I let it cool down and double rebooted and tried again with a lower frame rate of 12mps but sadly after 61 minutes it fell over and crashed.

The resulting file was just short of the concert but the video quality is SUPERB  and very sharp.

The source material is in 50p 1920 x 1080 by the way.

I will try a lower frame rate today but I am confused as it also makes an MP4 track and the audio in AAC so nothing married together.

I have a powerful i7 system with 32 meg of ram and fast video card and ssd boot drive and two data HD but I am unable to get a successful high quality export.

Any suggestions please.

I should ALSO mention as the concert is running about 1 hour 20 minutes, I am restricted to normal DVD for my work so I decided to go for Dual layer which in WMV worked ok but the quality is not so hot. In H.264 , I am setting the frame rate to be well under the 8.5gb size and nearer to 7GB.

Are there any issues with laptops or PC's running Dual layer?

Any advice or clearer understanding of a good export wrapper and quality would be very welcome please as I am getting really desperate now.

Thanks in advance.

Alan

[Ann Bens]

If you want a dvd export to mpeg2-dvd from Premiere CS6. Remember dvd is standard definition.

If you want higher quality you should make a Bluray.

1 Hour 20 minutes timeline will fit nicely on a SL dvd.

After export you will have two files, one for audio and one for video.

Import those into Encore, make menu.

Export to image (iso) and burn with e.g. Imgburn to dvd disk.

For Bluray export to H.264 Bluray.

Same workflow as instead of dvd disk burn to bluray disk.

[alanjohnnorman]

Dear Ann,

Thank you for the reply but you have the wrong understanding of my problem as I am saving to the Hard Disc and not interested in making a DVD in a conventional sense - just a data DVD after export or transfer to memory stick.

The source is 50p and I seem to be confined to 25 frame in HD and cannot get a 50p saving format but I suppose 25 frames is ok.

At the moment I am finding WMV at a bit rate of 10 (max that I can get ) is quite good quality but I want even higher quality in the export to my Hard disk. This makes a files of just about 6 gig

I am making a DVD just for Data from my HD so anything up to 8.5GB. It's too big to go onto a 4.7gig DVD to get the quality I need..

So I tried some other ones and I though that H,264 would be great but it's proving tricky and the pc crashes after 60 minutes.

It is making part of the video but with separate audio file but perhaps this is due to not finishing the complete export (it makes M4V and aac files)

So what is the possible alternatives to get a great high res export to the Hard Disc and up to about 7.5 gig without the PC crashing ?.

Am I trying to push this too hard for my system ?

Does someone know about export settings that might be more comfortable and also get the best quality perhaps from some projects they have experienced please ?

Regards,

Alan

[shooternz]

Not sure why you are talking about frame rate  (fps)

I will try a lower frame rate

You may be confusing frame rate  with data rate.

Try lowering data rate to Target 10 but....

You may need cooling in your hardware.  Overheating is likely cause of issue.

Open the side and direct a floor fan inside next time you try exporting.

[Warren Heaton]

Is your workstation custom built?  It sounds like you have an issue with cooling.  You may not get anywhere until you get that resolved.

As far as being able to burn an exported movie file to blank DVD media for storage goes, if you use the H264 format at the Match Source - High Bitrate preset you should get a file that's around 4.5GB.  That's a tight squeeze for DVD-R, but fine for DVD+R/DL (dual layer).

-Warren

[Warren Heaton · Accepted solution]

Quick update: You're using CS6, correct?  You'll have to use the Vimeo 1080p or YouTube 1080p presets (I'm 98% sure that Match Source - High Bitrate wasn't available until a later release).

[Ann Bens]

(I'm 98% sure that Match Source - High Bitrate wasn't available until a later release).

that is correct.