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CS4 Project using .avi files imports into CS5 as sound no video
I have a project on another PC that was edited in CS4 using .AVI files. Everything works fine on the CS4 system.
I wanted to edit this on our CS5 system and accessed the project on the shared data storage.
After opening the project it asked be where the first video was and I went to the directory and selected the video.
When I did this it gave me an error “Video does not match Audio” and it would not allow me to proceed.
I thought this was odd, so I decided to open a new project and just reimport all the .AVI files imported ok, except NOW THEY WERE ALL AUDIO FILES with NO VIDEO.
I’m thinking that the quick solution will be to export the project to an h.264 and then reimport it into CS5, but would like to avoid that because there is over 60 .avi clips in there with identifiable names. Also would at least like to understand why it runs in cs4 but not in cs5.
I’m hoping there is a simple solution to this, and would appreciate the help.
Also…when changing a project directory, is there a way to tell CS5 that ALL the files it is looking for are in the new directory, or do you have to go one by one?
Thanks Rick
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Have you tried to import the video clips one at a time to see if they import correctly as video and audio files?
If they do then you might just need to simply delete the cache files from the Preferences and reboot, then allow Premiere to re-conform all the files again.
Another option is to start a new CS5 project and import the old CS4 project into the project panel, select entire project so you keep all the lovely bin structure you had in the CS4 project.
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Jon, thank you for the suggestions. I tried both ways and neither works.
To get around it for now, I’ve exported the entire project on CS4 to an H.264 file, and imported that to the CS5 project.
Of course I am going to lose all my individual clip names but at least I can start editing.
Would still like to get an explanation why these clips worked in CS4 and not in CS5.
I came across something in the Adobe forums that said when Adobe redesigned CS4 to CS5 for a 64bit environment, some .avi files would not transfer. Something to do with .avi being the “wrapper” and inside of it, Adobe might not be able to take some video/audio files from a 32bit environment to a 64bit.
Perhaps someone else can explain….this is above my knowledge level
Thanks for your help.
Rick
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I found this. I think I understand what they are saying but I dont understand why it works in CS4 and not CS5. Why would it not be backwards compatible?
“Here’s the deal: H.264 as a codec is supported in Premiere Pro CS5, provided that you are working with the proper/supported container. You can edit H.264 in an MP4 container, or H.264 in an MOV container, but you cannot edit H.264 in an AVI container. The reason is that, since CS5 is a 64-bit application, it requires 64-bit splitter and codecs for playing back various formats. QuickTime is an exception, as it is only 32-bit and Adobe wrote a bridge to allow decoding and encoding to the QuickTime format.
In the case of these H.264 AVIs you have, Premiere has the appropriate splitter and can extract the streams from the AVI (that’s why you can hear the audio portion) but there is no 64-bit decoder for H.264 when it is packaged in an AVI container. I don’t expect Adobe to support this type of container/codec combo anytime soon, as it’s a pretty rotten way of packaging H.264.”
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[Rick Connolly] “Would still like to get an explanation why these clips worked in CS4 and not in CS5.”
CS4 is a 32 bit application, CS5 is a 64 bit application…it’s 99% certain that you don’t have the proper 64 bit codec for CS5 to be able to decode the files.
Camtasia files were an issue for CS5 until they came out with a 64 bit version of the codec.
TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,
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