Converting MKV for use with Adobe Premiere Pro without re-encoding help

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Converting MKV for use with Adobe Premiere Pro without re-encoding help

Gents, I normally receive my stuff in a format I can stick on Adobe Premiere Pro. MKV's are not compatible. 

What I want to do with the current project is take the MKV I have and convert it for use with Adobe Premiere Pro (on a PC and not on a MAC) but without re-encoding the video. MKV is just a wrapper and I should be able to get the file inside for use.

On a MAC you would take a BD, extract the video & audio file with MakeMKV and then use MP4tools to do a transcode or passthrough (I do not know the correct terminology) to a file compatible with Premiere Pro. This allows you to sync up a new soundtrack and you have not tampered with the video and can then export to Encore. I am looking for an MKVtools alternative with a PC.

I hope I am making sense here. My current project is the HARD BOILED Blu-Ray and I am having some trouble. Thanks

Moth3r's avatar
RE: Converting MKV for use with Adobe Premiere Pro without re-encoding help

You could remux the video & audio streams into a different container (M2TS) using tsMuxeR. 

Or use mkvtoolnix to extract the raw streams then Yamb to mux into MP4.

Not sure what Adobe Premiere supports.

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Matt_Stevens' avatar
RE: Converting MKV for use with Adobe Premiere Pro without re-encoding help

OK, I have MKVtoolnix (the program itself is listed as mkvmerge GUI v6.1.0) but all it does it make yet another mkv file. ??????

For VLC I see using STREAM I might be able to do this, but the choices on the menus are confusing. 

I wouldn't know what choice to make...




 

Last edited on April 17, 2013 at 12:57 PM by Matt_Stevens
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RE: Converting MKV for use with Adobe Premiere Pro without re-encoding help

Matt_Stevens said:

OK, I have MKVtoolnix (the program itself is listed as mkvmerge GUI v6.1.0) but all it does it make yet another mkv file. ??????

You need to use the mkvextract tool, not mkvmerge.

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RE: Converting MKV for use with Adobe Premiere Pro without re-encoding help

Moth3r said:

You could remux the video & audio streams into a different container (M2TS) using tsMuxeR.

I can say from experience (albeit quite a long time ago) that this works. Premiere Pro is, however, quite slow when working with AVC compressed video files (due to the compression, I think).

You may also find problems (or not) when exporting due to caching, insomuch as that it will render certain cached frames over and over for the duration of the clip. The best bet is to export directly to a lossless format such as Lagarith or HuffYUV if you have the disk space as soon as its imported into Premiere, which makes it faster to edit and generally easier to work with.

Last edited on April 17, 2013 at 11:16 PM by CapableMetal
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RE: Converting MKV for use with Adobe Premiere Pro without re-encoding help

What I'm doing now is this...

DVDfab to rip the BD onto my hard drive in a folder structure. i took the main movie's .m2ts file and stuck it onto my other drive and have put it into a Premiere pro timeline. 

I rendered it, which has solved the playback issues. 

I am now syncing the PCM audio from the laserdisc. The 5.1 remix is a mess and laughably out o sync at tims. Amateur hour. Thankfully the lasersisc audio lines up nicely after a while and then neds few adjustments. 

I'm 90 minutes in. 

What to do when I am finished? No idea! I'll cross that bridge when I come to it this weekend.

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RE: Converting MKV for use with Adobe Premiere Pro without re-encoding help

I have been using a program called AppGeeker which converts mkv to mp4 and vice versa.

How to Convert MKV to MP4 on Mac/PC Flawlessly

It is nothing special but works well for me.

Last edited on September 17, 2013 at 10:28 PM by Moth3r (Reason: link removed)
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RE: Converting MKV for use with Adobe Premiere Pro without re-encoding help

Are you a real person or a bot spamming some software?

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