• Adobe Premiere Pro

  Working with AVI files in Premiere CS3

  Posted by Emily Cumming on September 2, 2010 at 10:59 am

  Hello
  I imported a 2 minute video file (size 212.4MB) in its original format – a .AVI.
  I’ve barely made any edits at all bar sticking a GFX card at the top and tail.
  I can’t render it and am unable to export the file via media encoder as an MPEG2. It takes ages and then tries for a second pass which would take days!
  1. Should I compress the file before importing – if so how?
  2. Should I change my settings!
  My settings are:
  General 720 x 576
  Display Format 25fps
  Any help appreciated for someone new to tapeless and CS3!

  Emily Cumming replied 16 years ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Ann Bens

  September 2, 2010 at 5:12 pm

  Avi is but a wrapper, what codec does the file use.
  If you are not sure you can use GSpot.
  https://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cs5clean.html
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  Emily Cumming

  September 8, 2010 at 12:57 pm

  Ann thanks so much and apologies for delay in thanks – was away!!
  Found the ARC software that came with the camera which converted it. Oh, the joys of working with different cameras every day…

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