Encoding and crop questions.

Speedy_Lube · Post by **Speedy_Lube** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 8:32 pm

Sorry I'm sure this is old news to most but I can not find the answer to this!

I am making a video in Premiere and want to encode it. I suppose I want to use xVid, which I have installed on my comp, but there is no option to use xVid in the "Adobe Media Encoder".

Is there a plug-in or something I need to install? I am lost. I understand what codecs to use and such, but do not know how or what programs to use for the actual encoding!

Also on a minor note, how can I crop the video in Premiere? In the Sequence window it looks fine, but in the players after I export I have a large amount of extra!

Thanks!

Unfound · Post by **Unfound** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 8:59 pm

First off, you should export to HuffyUV out of Premiere and the encode to Xvid in Virtual Dub Mod using the two pass method mentioned in the guides. (Too lazy to link). Also, for cropping, you can use either Virtual Dub Mod (Its in the filters column) or use an AVISynth script:

AVISource("File Name/File location.avi")
Crop(0,0,0,0)

Then, just change around the numbers to your liking.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:04 pm

Speedy_Lube wrote:I am making a video in Premiere and want to encode it. I suppose I want to use xVid, which I have installed on my comp, but there is no option to use xVid in the "Adobe Media Encoder".

Is there a plug-in or something I need to install? I am lost. I understand what codecs to use and such, but do not know how or what programs to use for the actual encoding!

What Unfound said. Premiere sucks at post-processing, so you want to export lossless and then use something else (read: VirtualDubMod) to compress.

Speedy_Lube wrote:Also on a minor note, how can I crop the video in Premiere? In the Sequence window it looks fine, but in the players after I export I have a large amount of extra!

In Premiere Pro: apply the Garbage Matte and adjust as necessary.

In Premiere 6.5 or lower: apply the Clip effect and adjust as necessary.

Unfound wrote:Also, for cropping, you can use either Virtual Dub Mod (Its in the filters column) or use an AVISynth script:

AVISource("File Name/File location.avi")
Crop(0,0,0,0)

Then, just change around the numbers to your liking.

Just make sure that the third and fourth numbers are <i>negative,</i> otherwise it won't work right.

Speedy_Lube · Post by **Speedy_Lube** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:12 pm

Thank you for helping the newb!