Crash course in video editing import/export

[ryanl2006 0]

I am a beginner at video editing. I am trying to just make simple videos using Adobe Premiere Pro CS4. I do not really know what any of the settings should be on, so I have been just leaving them on the default (anamorphic 1080i, etc.). The video is coming from a CX100 and is the .MTS or whatever file type.

When I export the video it takes a very long time, like 6 hours long to render a 10 minute video. My computer is a few years old, but it has a 2ghz processor and 2gb of ram so I feel like it should not take this long. I am exporting to .wmv file type. When the video finally renders it is pretty choppy, not smooth at all like when viewing from the camera.

My question is, are there better settings I can set on either the import or export settings in premiere to make better quality video? I would normally just play around with it but with 6 hours to export, that is just not an option. Is there a way to get this to export faster?

Thanks for your help,
Ryan

[PhreeZone 20]

2 Ghz single core? Its going to be that slow. Premiere really does need that much in terms of resources to be able to edit and export AVCHD, expecially when moving it to another format.

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[dragon2 2]

Try shooting in MPG instead of MTS that'll help for starters, and preferable get a (much) better pc that will also help - a lot. A good dual core or even better one of the new core i5 or core i7 processors, 4gb or more RAM (where DDR3 is preferable to DDR2), the graphics card doesn't matter much, this'll get you a muuuch faster editing platform, say 20 minutes for burning a 10 min MTS movie to DVD and a few minutes less for a MPG movie.

Sorry, an ancient 2 GHz just isn't suited for editing AVCHD, as you discovered.

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graphics card doesn't matter much

This is all about to change due to the change most programs are now going to be optimized for GPU rendering as well a CPU.

http://blogs.adobe.com/genesisproject/2009/11/technology_sneek_peek_adobe_me.html

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[dragon2 2]

NVIDIA only? Hm. After the massive GPU problems they've been having, I'm not going to buy a NVIDIA card voluntarily anytime soon I still have one laptop/tablet with a NVIDIA Go 6150 up and running, at least so far: it's sibling died half a year ago when it's GPU (same 6150) basically melted, and HP refuses to fix it That's a EUR 1500 tablet

So no ATI support, and no laptop support at all... Oh well, at least it's a start I guess.

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[ryanl2006 0]

So if I get a faster machine the videos will definitely build faster, but will the video be smooth as well? Is that a byproduct of my slow computer or am I doing something else wrong as well?

[PhreeZone 20]

For playback have you tried it on a faster computer? You may be seeing an issue where the system can not decode the video at real time speeds.

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[roostnureye 2]

i have a dual core amd 1.9ghz processor and use sony vegas as my editor, with no probs. if you shrink the size of the preview window to 50% and quality to (good) it works great. you can get a trial of sony vegas for FREE at their website. its waaay faster than 10 min in 1080. a single core is a little outdated for avchd. sorry

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For playback have you tried it on a faster computer? You may be seeing an issue where the system can not decode the video at real time speeds.

That's a very real probability! My laptop (of similar specs to the OP) won't smoothly play back the native AVCHD files at anything more than 1440x900 at the highest compression level! Full 1920x1080 at the minimal compression is more like a funky slideshow than it is video.

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