Working with MKV Files, Adobe Premiere Pro
I have a file and according to Media Info:
When I try import it, Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 wouldn't let me add the file.
It seems it doesn't support MKV format. Most of my videos are in that format because I download seasons and episodes from torrent and the scenes releases all use MKV format.
As you can see the video is quite long and it will take me sometime to transcode it. I Googled and found some solutions.
Plugin:
Link
This is actually a pretty decent soluton but it's Trial version and I can't find any torrents for it, this means not many people know about it or no one bothered with this. If I use this, it will leave a watermark on my files which I don't want because it looks unprofessional. So, although if I have money this path is better but currently I can't use it.
Editor Approach:
Link
I have used this before and it's quite powerful, it lacks hardware acceleration which is a big issue for me. Overall, I might be forced to use this editor to split the files and get the good bits out. I will have to use GPU supported output.
This solution is better in many easy mainly because it's free and it's an editor which means I have complete control over clips.
Converter:
If that fails I will just use a Third Party encoder that will convert my files. I don't like this method because it adds extra overhead which I don't need.
If you have any other solutions, I would love to try them out.
Format : Matroska
File size : 881 MiB
Duration : 54mn 56s
Overall bit rate : 2 243 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2010-11-01 21:51:26
Writing application : mkvmerge v4.0.0 ('The Stars were mine') built on Jun 6 2010 16:18:42
Writing library : libebml v1.0.0 + libmatroska v1.0.0
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 8 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 54mn 56s
Bit rate : 1 856 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.084
Stream size : 713 MiB (81%)
Writing library : x264 core 98 r1649 20cbe10
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=8 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=10 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=2 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=1856 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=50000 / vbv_bufsize=50000 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00 / nal_hrd=none
Language : English
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 54mn 56s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 151 MiB (17%)
Language : English
Text
ID : 3
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Language : English
When I try import it, Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 wouldn't let me add the file.
File Format not Supported
It seems it doesn't support MKV format. Most of my videos are in that format because I download seasons and episodes from torrent and the scenes releases all use MKV format.
As you can see the video is quite long and it will take me sometime to transcode it. I Googled and found some solutions.
Plugin:
Moyea Importer for Adobe Premiere
Moyea Importer for Adobe Premiere is a recommended FLV, RMVB, HD video import plugin for Adobe Premiere Pro. With this plug-in, you can import and edit FLV, MPG, VOB, DAT, RMVB, HD videos (MTS, M2TS, MKV, etc.) in Adobe Premiere without transcoding just like any other video formats. Moyea Importer for Adobe Premiere keeps video quality for you, so that you can enjoy the editing and composing in Adobe Premiere timeline together with other files.
Link
This is actually a pretty decent soluton but it's Trial version and I can't find any torrents for it, this means not many people know about it or no one bothered with this. If I use this, it will leave a watermark on my files which I don't want because it looks unprofessional. So, although if I have money this path is better but currently I can't use it.
Editor Approach:
Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting capabilities.
Avidemux is available for Linux, BSD, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows under the GNU GPL license. The program was written from scratch by Mean, but code from other people and projects has been used as well. Patches, translations and even bug reports are always welcome.
Link
I have used this before and it's quite powerful, it lacks hardware acceleration which is a big issue for me. Overall, I might be forced to use this editor to split the files and get the good bits out. I will have to use GPU supported output.
This solution is better in many easy mainly because it's free and it's an editor which means I have complete control over clips.
Converter:
If that fails I will just use a Third Party encoder that will convert my files. I don't like this method because it adds extra overhead which I don't need.
If you have any other solutions, I would love to try them out.
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