Has anyone ever ecountered this?

Justin_topia · Post by **Justin_topia** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 8:23 pm

I installed premiere 6.5 and started my first project. I know hoe to use premire fairly exstensively. I am making a ff8 video and i have all the footage imported but when i render the clips they are completely black. The raw footage is in avi form and i have enough space on my Hard disc for the preview files. i tried reibstalling it but no change. I would really appreciate your insights thank!

post-it · Post by **post-it** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 9:00 pm

is your footage raw or still in a compressed state at import?

SS5_Majin_Bebi · Post by **SS5_Majin_Bebi** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 11:50 pm

sometimes its because the compressor you are using for your project previews is incompatible with the AVI footage. I've had odd occasions where XviD refuses to work, where Indeo footage (never again) renders as either black screen or technicolour static, and I've had really, really REALLY choppy video. If your footage is DivX 5.02 or XviD with the DivX 4CC, then try using DV codecs for the previews, either PAL or NTSC, depending on your location and the footage format. Thats what works for me. Yeah, the file sizes for the scratch disks will make you puke, but its reasonably fast, plus you can just delete the preview files when you're done.

Justin_topia · Post by **Justin_topia** » Wed Aug 06, 2003 1:46 am

i changed the compresser but i now have a wierd screen like this

here is a screen shot of my workspace

http://www.geocities.com/justin_topia/screen.jpg

post-it · Post by **post-it** » Wed Aug 06, 2003 5:11 am

ohhhh . ouch! . . that is a currupted Codec screen - usually seen when the Codec you are trying to watch with is older than the one it was encoded with!

I'd say . . possibly . . just re-install Premiere again T_T . . . usually, this kind of screen has funny little random green squares outlining the main charactors . . . . I haven't seen anytthing like this in over 5 years !!!

RavenBlaze · Post by **RavenBlaze** » Thu Aug 07, 2003 1:56 pm

Heh, That Happened In Mine Too..

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... hp?v=21533

See, Theres A Four Or Five Second Blackspot, It Didnt SHow Up In The Editor, Just The Finished Version.

post-it · Post by **post-it** » Thu Aug 07, 2003 6:45 pm

RB . . I'll dig into your file . . . now that I know what I'm looking for, maybe I can put an end to this problem . . crosses fingers that you used Xvid ^^;;;;

post-it · Post by **post-it** » Thu Aug 07, 2003 8:32 pm

I can see the code . but do not find the Indexing keys . . Xvid has erased them!

RB . your blacked-out part of your Video is not raw . I had to go back to QT-2.0.2 to find the codec! . . . why a MOV file ?