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Video wmv to AVI converter
I use Real player to download and save video files for later use.
Of course, RP saves every video file as a Flash file. I then use RP to convert those to AVI files, but they come up as WMV anyway.When I import those into Premiere CS4, they have to be rendered. Some of those files take hours to render. Yet, if I take a video file that I captured in Premiere…poof! No rendering! Am I using the file conversion software correctly or what?
Also, what gives with WIN AVI converter saving even AVI files as XVID?
WTH????? What is XVID? Is there any converter software that converts straight to just a plain old AVI anymore?Thanks,
PhilPhil Lister
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G’day Phil,
AVI is a wrapper not a codec. AVI as with MOV can have a multitude of codecs inside the AVI or MOV wrapper. XVID is a codec that lives in an AVI wrapper.DV is either MOV on Mac capture or AVI on PC capture. WMV is windows media video as a codec and the extension suggests it is only for that codec.
Can you edit with the WMV at all? I’d work with it in a lower playback resolution to keep the original quality for final export.
Otherwise if you can get the WMV in but it’s too painful to edit with you can convert (export) from the source monitor or with AME.
Hope this help clarify some issues for you 🙂
– JB
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Sorry, you’re talking way over my head. lol I just need to know why when I import any converted files, they have to be rendered, but any captures within Premiere are already rendered.
Thanks,
PhilPhil Lister
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Hi Phil,
Captured AVI files are most likely in DV codec which when edited in a DV sequence that matches the frame dimensions, frame rate and aspect ratio will not have any colour above it (red) = no render required.
XVID is not a standard preset so that would not be seen as a native editing codec and therefore will show as red = system MAY need to render to preview (playback).
Keep in mind that with PPro, just because there is a red line above a clip, it doesn’t necessarily mean it needs to be rendered to playback.
Rendering is only for Preview purposes in PPro and has no effect on export speeds/times.
– JB
Jon Barrie
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Adobe Premiere Pro cannot support WMV format o n Mac. As a complete aside, I find WMV source material problematic, even on my PC with all necessary codes, even though they are supported – just not good media to work with, and very slow to edit. To use WMV video in Adobe Premiere Pro smoothly, a good suggestion is to change WMV to Premiere Pro more compatible MPEG-2 file type with a powerful third party problem for maintaining whole audio&video information.
https://format-changes.over-blog.com
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