Need help exporting to HD file in Prem Pro
by Mike McMahon
on
Sep 14, 2009 at 8:08:55 pm
I would like to maintain HD quality through the Export process to create a file that will be played on a Western Digital TV HD Media Player. I have tried a multiple of export settings without success. My goal is to play back using the WD TV player with the file stored on a USB drive...file size is not an issue.
I capture the HDV footage from a Canon HV30 camcorder into PremProCS3
I use the Project Settings preset = HDV, HDV 1080i30 (60i)
I have stabbed around with Export, Movie... as well as with the Adobe Media Encoder and can't find the magic.
When I capture/edit in iMovie09 on a MacBookPro, I can easily export to a .m4v which plays back in great HD quality on my 46" TV via the WD TV player. But I can't seem to find the right preset or custom setting within Premiere Pro to get the job done. I greatly prefer the PP editing environment and want to stick with it.
Thanks, in advance.
- Mike -
Newbie in the Forum
HP Desktop E6750 Core 2 Duo, 2 Gb, dual internal SATA drives, GeForce 8500GT, 30" LCD monitor, Vista Home Premium, Adobe Premiere Pro CS3
Re: Need help exporting to HD file in Prem Pro by Danny Winn on Sep 15, 2009 at 11:51:25 pm
What I always do for my HD export is the following:
While in PPro project select export,
Adobe Media Encoder pops up,
Under Format select Mpeg 2,
Under Preset options select - HDTV 1080i 29.97 High Quality
Quality of 5.
Make sure both Audio and Video is selected.
I love the way this looks, here's an example of one of my projects using this output.
Re: Need help exporting to HD file in Prem Pro by Mike McMahon on Oct 14, 2009 at 12:06:36 am
Danny,
First, thanks again for your help. I ended up using:
MPEG2
1440x1080i High Quality
Q=4 and was very happy with the result. I will try your precise settings for the next iteration of my movie.
By the way, the Butterfinger piece is sensational...great idea and beautiful quality of the filming/lighting and the rendering.
