Hi everyone,

Is anyone using Adobe Premiere Elements 13 and had success in looping a video?

I want to be able to use 30 seconds of a video I recorded and use it as a looping background in vMix.

If anyone has had success in looping a seamless video can you tell us how to do it please as I have tried but I'm getting the video jolting as it goes from the end back to the beginning on the video, if that makes any sense.

Thanks.

@ Len56

Although I am not familiar with Premiere Elements, it is probably not that different from Premiere Pro for doing simple edits, but I am not exactly sure what your having problems with.
What is the nature of your 30 second video?
In order to have a 'seemless' looping video, the last frame of the video has to 'match' or lead into the first frame of the video.
You can sometimes overcome a 'jump cut' by using a dissolve transition between multiple instances of your clip (i.e. 10 x 30 seconds = 5 minute clip) but eventually you'll need to restart the video and the 'jump cut' will show.
Alternatively, you might be able to 'reverse' the playback of the second instance (i.e. 2 x 30 seconds = 1 minute clip), although I am not sure if elements has this feature or if your video is conducive to that.
Can you elaborate a little more?


Ice


(BTW, I have successfully done similar extended looping video clips this way)

@ Len56

"Live" footage is the issue...
Wind, waves, clouds and background items can change over time and with any kind of camera movement or displacement, it will be next to impossible to match the first and last frames of your video clip.
I would keep the full 2 minutes and in fact add 3 or more instances of it in elements and do a slow dissolve between clips (just enough that it isn't obvious, depending on just how 'different' the first and last frames are) and make a 6 or 10 minute clip (even the full 30 minutes if necessary), CPU usage should not be a factor since you are playing video regardless of looping or not.
You can also experiment with the playback speed as long as it is not noticeable (50% speed will give you twice the duration)
'Reverse' will likely not work in this instance as the waves/water movement will be noticeable.
You should be fine with .MOV or .AVI files if you have the space, but there should not be an issue with using .MP4 either, if you have the time, I would experiment with a couple different scenarios to see what works best for you.
A 30 second loop may be too short if there are any distinguishable occurrences in the background (like a gust of wind or a bird flying by).

Just my thoughts.


Ice

@ Len56

You are most welcome, keep us posted as to how you make out.


Ice