![]() ![]() Special note for Windows users: MPEG Streamclip requires either Quicktime OR Quicktime Alternative (but not both!). These features alone are enough to make MPEG Streamclip an essential tool for both Windows and Mac users, but the program has another trick up its sleeve: it can also add watermarks to video. As an added bonus, it can also directly download videos from YouTube and Google Video. Not only can it encode/convert between formats, it can also cut, trim, and join movies together. MPEG-Streamclip is a powerful FREE tool for working with video. UPDATE: Looks like MPEG Streamclip is dead. Premiere will still be taking the files from the Proxies folder but they are now the original files at full resolution not the low resolution proxy files.Add Watermarks to Video for Free with MPEG Streamclip NovemReading time: 3 minutes Simply rename the Proxies folder to Replaced and the Original folder to Proxies. Before clicking Export navigate back to your original Footage folder. Once happy with the sequence it is time to export the final video file. Replacing Proxy Files with Original Files The proxy files will also probably not fill the whole of the editing window, again do not worry. The aspect ratio of the proxy files is 720×576 which will likely be much smaller than the original footage, do not worry, this is fine. Navigate to your Proxies folder, select all your proxy files and click Open. Open Adobe Premiere, create a new sequence and hit CTRL + I to import your video files. It is now time to wait whilst MPEG Streamclip does it’s thing and create your proxy files. If MPEG Streamclip does not automatically start creating your proxy files simply click Go. This means the final output will be for a computer display such as YouTube or Vimeo.Ĭlick To Batch to start creating your proxy files. The final setting is to deselect the Interlaced Scaling box to make your proxy files progressive. If unsure a general rule is if your original video files are shaped like a letterbox select 16:9 but if shaped more like a squashed square select 4:3. If you have filmed at 1280×720 or 1920×1080 you should select 16:9 for the Aspect Ratio. My original video files were filmed at 1280×960 with a GoPro so I selected 4:3 for my Aspect Ratio. If from Europe select PAL from the Standard drop down menu or NTSC if your American. Select DV (DV25) from the Compression drop down menu. This final window may look confusing but very little needs changing. Navigate to your Proxies folder and click OK to save them there. Premiere LOVES the DV format so most computers can handle this codec. ![]() This is where it starts to get a little technical and a knowledge of codecs, compression, file types and formats is helpful, I will keep it light on detail.Ĭlick the drop down menu and select Export to DV. Once all your video files are selected click Open. To populate the Batch List click the Add Files… button which can be found at the bottom right of the window.Ī new window opens, this time navigate to your Original folder and select all the video files you want to convert to proxy files. Or if you are short on time and like using shortcuts simply hit CTRL + B.Ī new Batch List window will open. To add video files so you can start exporting them to proxy files click the List menu at the top of the window and then select Batch List. File navigation is along the top, a big video preview window in the middle and video controls along the bottom. Open MPEG Streamclip where you will be greeted with a window like the image on the right. You will always want to be able to access your original high quality files. It is important to never delete or overwrite these files. Name the first folder Proxies and the second folder Original.Ĭopy all your camera video files to the Original folder. These will be where you keep your original footage and your new proxy files. Within this Footage folder create two more folders. Follow the instructions on the Square 5’s website and it will soon be up and running.Ĭreate a new folder on your PC where you want to keep all your project video files. The one minor downside is that you need a particular version of Quicktime for it to work. MPEG Streamclip is an amazingly powerful piece of software that is completely free. In this tutorial I am going to take you through the process of using MPEG Streamclip to create proxy files for editing in Adobe Premiere.
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