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ericfree
4th May 2007, 04:46
I'm trying to understand how Premiere Pro 2 handles decompression and compression.

1. Does Premiere Pro 2 use VfW or DirectShow for decompression and compression?

2. What codec does it use to decompress DV video?

3. What is the default codec for doing compression? (export Movie) -- it looks like it uses the Microsoft DV codec. But I had heard the MainConcept DV codec is built into Premiere Pro. Is that true?

4. What is a better codec to install and use for exporting movies? (where the final output will be a DVD.) Actually if the MPEG-2 encoder is chosen (as it needs to be for DVD) then is a DV codec or the MPEG-2 codec used to render transitions and titles?

Blue_MiSfit
4th May 2007, 06:56
Premiere's import and export engine is....

how can I put it....

eccentric :)

Debugmode frameserver is a great way to get video cleanly out of Premiere, and into a proper VFW encoder like VirtualDub for compression to a lossless format like HuffYUV or Lagarith.

~MiSfit