Best formats to edit in Premiere Pro CS5 at DVinfo.net

Ben Pierce · July 7th, 2010, 02:47 PM

I am shooting with the Canon XH-A1s. When I capture in Premiere Pro the file format is mpeg-2. Is this a good format to edit my clips in or should I be transcoding the footage to another format for editing?

Thanks in advance.

Harm Millaard · July 7th, 2010, 03:55 PM

HDV is the best you can do with this camera. No sense in converting in CS5.

Paul Matwiy · July 7th, 2010, 06:07 PM

Ben,

I've shot with the XH-A1 for the past 4 years and the native MPEG-2 editing in Premiere works fine. If you are planning a fair number of effects and expect to generate many generations of content, an intermediate codec like Cineform will exhibit less generational loss than the original MPEG-2. However, this will be at the cost of file space as assets captured using the Cineform 4:2:2 codec will be much larger than the original MPEG-2 files.

July 7th, 2010, 02:47 PM	#1
Ben Pierce New Boot Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bozeman, Montana Posts: 14	Best formats to edit in Premiere Pro CS5 I am shooting with the Canon XH-A1s. When I capture in Premiere Pro the file format is mpeg-2. Is this a good format to edit my clips in or should I be transcoding the footage to another format for editing? Thanks in advance.

July 7th, 2010, 06:07 PM	#3
Paul Matwiy Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Marin, CA Posts: 85	Format/Codecs in Premiere Ben, I've shot with the XH-A1 for the past 4 years and the native MPEG-2 editing in Premiere works fine. If you are planning a fair number of effects and expect to generate many generations of content, an intermediate codec like Cineform will exhibit less generational loss than the original MPEG-2. However, this will be at the cost of file space as assets captured using the Cineform 4:2:2 codec will be much larger than the original MPEG-2 files. __________________ Paul

July 7th, 2010, 03:55 PM	#2
Harm Millaard Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands Posts: 1,832	HDV is the best you can do with this camera. No sense in converting in CS5.