• Adobe Premiere Pro

  WMV importing in adobe premiere pro CS3

  Posted by Ron Dangus on April 28, 2008 at 7:00 pm

  Hey guys,

  I’m trying to edit a movie I recorded yesterday.
  I converted the original 10GB avi file to a 500 MB WMV file, but premiere won’t import:

  It says unsupported format, which is odd, because WMV is a supported format.

  Can someone help?
  Thanks.

  Wade Sisco replied 16 years, 10 months ago 6 Members · 7 Replies
• 7 Replies

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  Harm Millaard

  April 28, 2008 at 8:14 pm

  Edit the original AVI, not a WMV that is unsuitable for editing.

  Harm Millaard
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  George Socka

  April 29, 2008 at 12:35 am

  FWIW, I have had success with wmv files in CS3 so it is doable. Quality is lower than raw avi, but in both cases, wmv is all the client had.

  George Socka
  BeachDigital
  http://www.beachdigital.com
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  Harm Millaard

  April 29, 2008 at 7:13 am

  Ron started with a 10 GB AVI, which he compressed to WMV prior to editing. He should edit first and then convert the result to WMV. Much better result and much smoother editing.

  Harm Millaard
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  Ron Dangus

  April 29, 2008 at 7:46 pm

  Thanks, I’ll try that.
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  Christopher Loehrer

  October 14, 2008 at 6:34 pm

  I am working with WMVs that i need to edit and have had no success getting them into PPro Cs3 what are you doing to get it to work did you have to download a patch or a plug in? Or did you have to set up a Project specifically to handle the WMVs?

  I would love to know as i have to handle many of these a month.

  thanks

  Chris

  Chris
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  Eddie Lotter

  October 14, 2008 at 10:01 pm

  See: FAQ: How do I import xyz format files?

  Cheers
  Eddie
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  Wade Sisco

  July 20, 2009 at 2:38 am

  Handbrake works perfectly!

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