Exporting from Premiere Pro 1.5

[pdbowling]

Hello everyone.
I am using Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 on an Acer Aspire laptop.

I have finished editing my project and now I was wanting to make a dvd out of it. I know how to do that once I have my mpegs but this is the rub.

I tried 'Export to DVD' but that option doesn't show up under my File->Export menu.

OK, fine. I'll just spit the movie out and convert with TMpgEnc.

Well, here is the scenario when I tried to export.

First I tried CinemaCraft mpeg encoder that showed up in Premiere and it plastered a giant logo all over the movie.

Next, I tried to export in huffyuv to convert using TMpgEnc but Windows won't allow allow files larger than 4 gigs (movie is 40 gigs) and I couldn't find an option to break it up into pieces during export.

avi codecs are very lossy when encoding so they all looked like c%!p.

Next I tried to export 5 minutes at a time in huffyuv. I went to the five minute marker, razored at indicator, and removed everything past that point and exported what was left. That was great for the first 5 minutes, but when I tried it on the next five minutes it didn't work so well.

I razored at the five minute marker, deleted the first five minutes and then shifted everything to the left back to the beginning and removed everthing past the five minute marker again. That's when I discovered that the key frames don't move when you drag clips. I had adjusted volumes all over the place and now they are all messed up (still have a nice original backup).

Suggestions on how to get a high quality export of the movie that I can make a dvd out of? (probably using DVDLab)

Thanks all.
PB

[Doogs]

Have you tried FILE>>EXPORT>>ADOBE MEDIA ENCODER and then change the format to MPEG2-DVD

You won't have any menus or such on the finished disc tho :mad:

[communist]

Go back to your original backup file. Try DebugModes Frameserver:
http://www.debugmode.com/frameserver/

Or convert one of your partitions to NTFS and export again as avi.

[lantern]

Debugmode Frameserver works great! I use it all the time, however, it does slow down encoding.

[pdbowling]

Many thanks everyone. I'll give Debugmode Frameserver a try.

[pdbowling]

Hello, all.
I seem to be having trouble getting DM Frameserver to work. I'm pretty new to this so I'm not sure what to do with this situation.

When I go file->Export->Movie.... I choose settings and MS AVI under general. Then I choose DebubMode Frameserver FSVFWC (Internal Use).

At this point, the render details window in Premiere just locks up. Nothing happens..

Am I, not doing something? Doing something wrong?

I'm watching the time tick off and my Free Disk space shrink but there is no progress reported.

No SignPost file is visible when I open up TMpgEnc and look for it.

Hints? Suggestions?
PB

[lantern]

Here are the general steps I follow:

1. After the editing of the video footage has been completed in Adobe Premiere Pro, select File --> Export --> Movie (keyboard shortcut is Ctrl-M)

2. This brings up a save dialog box. Select the location and name for the signpost file. This file is only a "dummy" file that the encoder will access to pull the information. DO NOT PRESS SAVE YET.

3. Press the settings button (lower right on the save dialog box). This will bring up the settings used to export the movie. In our case, the properties for our signpost file.

4. Under the "File Type" drop-down, select "DebugMode FrameServer".

5. The "Range" drop-down should be set to "Entire Sequence" if you intend to export the entire edited project. If you only want to only export a section of the project select "Work Area Bar". This will only export the work area marked by the work area bar. For the sake of simplicity and ease of use, it is recommended that the entire sequence be exported only.

6. There are 4 selectable options:
- Export Video (This needs to be selected if you wish to export your video)
- Export Audio (This only needs to be selected if you wish to export your audio)
- Add to Project When Finished (DO NOT SELECT THIS OPTION)
- Beep When Finished (This is optional and does not need to be selected)
Note: DO NOT SELECT "Add to Project When Finished"

7. Press "OK" after your selections have been made.

8. Ensure that you have selected an appropriate name and location for the signpost file. You may want to write down the name and location. Then press "Save".

9. This will start the DebugMode Frameserver interface. Select "RGB24" for the format. This is the format that most encoders (WME, TMPGEnc, Cinema Craft Encoder, Mainconcept, etc.) accept.

10. There are two selectable options:
- Write audio as PCM samples in signpost AVI (If audio is being included in the frameserved file, it may be necessary to select this option as some encoders will only accept PCM audio as a source file. I would suggest selecting it if you plan on exporting audio.)
- Enable Network Frameserving (Do not select this option.)

11. After the appropriate selections have been made, press "Next". (Depending on the length and complexity of your edited video this could take a few minutes) The frameserver status window opens. Once this opens you can minimize the frameserver and minimize Adobe Premiere Pro (minimize the rendering window).

12. Open your encoder an open the signpost file you created.

13. Begin encoding.

[pdbowling]

Thanks for all your help everyone.

[Mug Funky]

one thing: NEVER use Debugmode over a network (ie save the fake avi on a network drive). for some reason it slows it right down, even over a gigabit connection that's faster than the local hard disks.

and wait for premiere to conform before exporting, as it occasionally (all the time) crashes when it's conforming on export. don't ask why, it's just adobe's usual shoddy sub-par coding.