• Adobe Premiere Pro

  Trouble with what type of files and codecs to use

  Posted by Chris Ficza on July 15, 2009 at 3:22 am

  Hi all,
  Ive got a 5 hour recording off of the TV, which is 15gig big. It was recorded in MPEG-2 format.
  Im using AVS Video Converter to convert this into a *.avi so that i can use premiere to trim the video, cut out commercials etc.
  What video and audio codecs should i be using when converting the mpeg to a avi ready for premiere?

  Ive tried a few test runs with smaller clips, they’ve worked fine, but soon as i convert the 5hr long file the audio doesnt come through once imported into premiere?

  These are the options of codecs to use when converting? Which one’s best for use in premiere??

  Video
  MPEG4 (DivX/Xvid compatible)
  H.264/AVC (Advanced Video Coding)
  Microsoft MPEG4
  Intel ITU H.264
  IBM Motion JPeg
  MPEG2
  Uncompressed
  Cinepak by Radius
  Intel Indeo 4 H.263
  Intel Indeo Video 3.2
  Intel Indeo Video 4.1
  Intel Indeo iYUV 4:2:0
  Microsoft Video 1
  Intel Indeo Video 5.0 Wavelet
  Proprietary MCMP compression
  DivX MPEG-4
  Digital Video
  Xvid MPEG-4 Codec
  Microsoft MPEG-4 V2
  ATI YVU12 4:2:0 Planar

  Audio
  PCM
  Microsoft ADPCM
  CCITT A-law
  CCITT u-law
  IMA ADPCM
  MSGSM 6.1
  MP3
  MP2

  Brian Louis replied 17 years, 1 month ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Micah Mcdowell

  July 15, 2009 at 6:33 pm

  Can’t you just import your MPEG-2 into your Premiere project directly? It will have to render in the timeline but you shouldn’t have to transcode before importing. This is the best option.

  If you do have to transcode whatever format you have to get into Premiere, you want a DV AVI file with PCM audio.
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  Brian Louis

  July 15, 2009 at 7:44 pm

  [Chris Ficza] “i can use premiere to trim the video, cut out commercials etc.”
  If all you want to do is the above, you should try something like videoredo.com it uses smart rendering and doesn’t need to render the whole clip

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