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dv material to premiere
Hi there,
my customer imported his video material from a dv cam by fire wire to hard disk. When I import these avi files (between 4 and 9 GB size) premiere pro 1.5 only imports about 2 or 3 minutes.
On another workstation with premiere pro 1.5 it -
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You will need to capture the files using Premiere. The capturing app wraps the DV file with a header designating the codec. Your PC does not have the correct codec.
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Hi mike.
I can import the movie files completly in after effects.
Therefore my system has the codec.
But I don -
Your customer captured the material to the wrong type of AVI and it is Premiere Pro’s fault? Interesting way to look at it.
Steven
Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5.1 / After Effects 6.5 Pro https://www.stevengotz.com
Learning Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 https://www.lynda.com
Contributing Writer, PeachPit Press, Visual QuickPro Guide, Premiere Pro 1.5 -
But why can After Effects and media player handle the files and premiere not?
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Just guessing, but they are probably type 1 instead of type 2.
AE can handle it, but Premiere Pro does not have the same exact engine or access to codecs.
Steven
Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5.1 / After Effects 6.5 Pro https://www.stevengotz.com
Learning Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 https://www.lynda.com
Contributing Writer, PeachPit Press, Visual QuickPro Guide, Premiere Pro 1.5 -
By the way, there is a free utility to make the conversion from Type 1 to Type 2 on the Ulead web site.
https://www.ulead.com/download/dvconverter/download.htm
Steven
Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5.1 / After Effects 6.5 Pro https://www.stevengotz.com
Learning Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 https://www.lynda.com
Contributing Writer, PeachPit Press, Visual QuickPro Guide, Premiere Pro 1.5 -
Yeah. This works.
I converted the files with the ulead tool.
There -
That program has a problem with files over 4GBs. It causes just the audio problems you describe.
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Maybe this program will work better for you.
https://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=DVdate
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