> Hey folks!
>
> Had an interesting twist lately. I accidentally deleted a file before I
> should have.
> I had a preview file that Encore generated. (MPG2 I believe - "M2V") which I
> used to finish the project.
>
> I know you need special tools to edit MPEGs on account the GoP - snipping
> one in a non-MPEG2 saavy tool causes all sorts of oddness. (try it if you
> haven't - it's amusing when you're not under a tight deadline)
>
> So, here's the part I thought was kinda neat:
>
> The file was one, long, continuous sequence of an hour long music gig.
> The artist wanted several songs plucked out and made into online, streaming
> versions. (WM9, 128k files)
>
> Instead of chopping the M2V, a new video track was added on top (in
> Premiere) and a 5 second chunk of black video put at the start and end of
> the desired segment. The black video had a "fade" transition applied so it
> *appeared* the underlaying clip was fading in and out - but without having
> to apply any edits/fades/cuts to the MPG clip.
>
> I figured this wouldn't work - but it did. Rendered out fine, no MPG GoP
> issues.
>
> This may not be news to anyone - but if it helps anyone with their own
> projects, I wanted to share the experience.
>
> Knowing this would have saved me a lot of trouble in the past on projects
> involving legacy source material.

"Gary Eickmeier" <geick***@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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> I'm not sure exactly what the fades have to do with it rendering out fine.
> I think all you are saying is that you put an MPG clip on the timeline and
> rendered it out to AVI again. Anyway, that is what I would do, if I didn't
> have the source tape any more. Then you can edit the AVI as desired.
>
> GAry Eickmeier

> Hey Gary!
>
> Sure, rendering the entire sequence to AVI would have been required if it
> needed editing in it's entirely.
>
> As it was, I needed two things:
> 1) the entire sequence for the DVD (where I used the M2V file as-is, no
> editing or rendering)
> 2) bits & pieces with fades in and out, in a format for web-streaming.
> (about 15% of the total timeline)
>
> I mentioned this particular case because I *thought* I was going to have to
> do exactly what you suggest - rendering the entire AVI.
>
> Being able to overlay the fades probably saved a few hours of rendering.
>
> Maybe it's not news to anyone but me, but it was useful for my purposes -
> perhaps someone else can save some time if they find themselves in a similar
> situation. :)

"Gary Eickmeier" <geick***@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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>
> OK, you've told us about the fades, but you still haven't said how that
> avoids rendering out the entire hour. Are you simply putting the work area
> over only the part you want to render, then the next one, and so on?? That
> would complete the picture...
>
> Gary Eickmeier