Premiere 5.1c and Matrox - Advice Please

[Rob RW]

I have a Pent3 450 + 256M NT4 (sp5) system currently running Prem 4.2. Recently I upgraded my graphics/vid capt card to a Marvel G400TV which works fine and I can capture avi files using the hardware MJPEG through Matrox's PC-VCR capture software. I would like to upgrade to Prem 5.1c but am not sure whether there are any compatibility problems. Basically I want to import the captured avi's into premiere, edit (incl audio), add transitions/titles + effects, etc and then export seamlessly EITHER back to the DV Camcorder (Panasonic NV-DS99) or to a video recorder. Will premiere 5.1c handle Matrox avi's or do I have to use another file format to import/export?? What other problems have any users had with NT4 and the Marvel?? Any advice would be appreciated before I outlay the cost of the upgrade.

Rob RW

[Dr Mordrid]

Yes it will work with the Marvels .avi's and codec, but there are some things you need to do when you install it. Basically; an overwrite install is likely to cause more problems than you want to know about.

1. you should wipe your Premiere, display driver and video tool installations before installing 5.x.

2. Refresh your DirectX and MediaPlayer installations.

3. Reboot and install your display drivers ONLY.

4. Reboot and install Premiere 5.x and any Premiere updates you need. ex: install 5.0 and the 5.1c update. Premiere will want a reboot so do it now.

5. NOW install the Matrox Video Tools (or the drivers for whatever other editing card you have).

6. In your project prefs uncheck "always recompress". Now it'll smartrender.

Hard won experience.....

Also load the Prem50.ini file into Notepad and make it look like this;

[override]
PrintToVideoFixed=0
NoDirectShow=1

[AudioCapture]
SoundRecUtil=(your audio editor or choice)

[codec]
keepopen=dmb1

This worked for me.

Dr. Mordrid



[This message has been edited by Dr Mordrid (edited 26 August 2000).]

[Rob RW]

Thanks Doc,
Thankyou for your quick response and sound advice.
Will be trying out your recommnedations this weekend. Will confirm that all is well after.
Rob RW.

[ger]

well, did it work ?

Originally posted by Rob RW:
Thanks Doc,
Thankyou for your quick response and sound advice.
Will be trying out your recommnedations this weekend. Will confirm that all is well after.
Rob RW.

[Rob RW]

Well Doc,
Set up my Premiere just as per your advice and it works - EXCEPT that on exiting premiere it crashes with a Dr Watson error - ie not a clean shut down of the program. Within premiere it seems to behave ok. Have'nt tried to print back to the camera/video recorder yet.
A question...with the Matrox video tools CD there are Prem50 presets and a Prem50.ini file which are supposed to be copied to the Settings sub-folder. Is this correct?? I thought the .ini file is meant to be in the root folder for premiere 5. I put it there any-way and amended it as per your suggetion - it seemed to work here.
Any further thoughts on the crashing exit?

Rob RW.