Adobe Premiere Pro V2: splitting video without quality loss

[flbos]

Hi,

I've just started using Adobe Premiere Pro V2. What I need to do is split a video in different parts. I've got a long video (wmv format) which I import into a new project. Then I cut almost the whole video except for 30 secs of video. Now I'd like to save this small part of the original video as a new wmv file.

Currently I do this by exporting the video to the adobe media encoder. Here I select 'WM9 NTSC 1024 K Download' profile and then I encode my new wmv file. However the quality is significantly lower than the source file.

I've been experimenting with some options like onepass/twopass encoding, image quality, max bitrate and so on. However I can't seem to get it right. Is there a way to make smaller clips of my source video without losing significant quality??

Is there a better way then reencoding using the media encoder or do I need to alter the settings in the media encoder?

 

[Akribie]

You could try a file splitter like

http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/...and_Animation_Tools/Ultra_Video_Splitter.html

instead of Premiere if all you want to do is chop bits off.

Never used it, so can't comment further.

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