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10 minute clip only importing the first 3 minutes?
Hi all,
I have a 10 minute video clip that i have been trying to import into AE, everytime i do so, it only imports 00:2:52:11. It is an AVI file, and if i open it in a video player it plays the whole 10 minutes. I tried importing it into Premiere as well, and it imports the same thing, Only the first 3 minutes. I am using AE CS5.5 (fully licensed), have not seen this problem before. I tried time re-mapping it (although i knew it wasnt gonna work, at this point i was just grasping at straws.) What i did notice is that everytime i import it it has the little Delta symbol next to the duration on the project window.
Anybody know whats going on? The clip is from Camtasia Studio @ 30fps, 46.6 GB. I need the whole 10 min, because there are segments near the end of it that i need to crop out, render, etc.
Thanks!
Mike
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11 Replies
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Mike
Make a Composition by dragging the footage into the New Comp icon.
See the Tutorial
“it has the little Delta symbol next to the duration on the project window”
Delta symbol is just to signify the duration of the clip or footage.Vishesh Arora
3D and Motion Graphics Artist
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Hi,
Thanks for responding, but i already know how to do that. 🙂 I been using AE for a couple years now. Let me re-pharse, maybe it will make more sense…
I have a video clip; it is 10 minutes long.
I create a new comp (by dragging said video to the new comp icon). The resulting comp is only 2min 52seconds (the length of the video clip that was imported).
My question:
Why is my 10 minute video clip only 3 minutes in AE?
Mike
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Mike
Interpret your footage and check the Frame Rate.
Vishesh Arora
3D and Motion Graphics Artist
Films RajendraBlog:
https://digieffects.wordpress.comDemo Reel(3D):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHPgIJU_BR8 -
Hi,
Thanks again! But already did that, the frame rate is the correct 30fps. …Just like it is supposed to be.
Mike
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May the problem is due to TSCC code though it works fine within AE.
Try converting the .avi to a different codec such as .mov.
You can convert existing TSCC AVI videos to use a different codec by placing the AVI on the timeline in Camtasia Studio. Click Produce and share, select Custom Production Settings, choose the AVI format and then click the Video compression button to choose a different codec.
Vishesh Arora
3D and Motion Graphics Artist
Films RajendraBlog:
https://digieffects.wordpress.comDemo Reel(3D):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHPgIJU_BR8 -
I’m wondering if your media cache is large enough for a 10 minute .avi?
Media Cache info at the bottom of page.
Recent discussion “Half of audio missing when importing .avi” that might have some relevant information.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
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Thanks Dave for the add up. I forgot to mention them.
Vishesh Arora
3D and Motion Graphics Artist
Films RajendraBlog:
https://digieffects.wordpress.comDemo Reel(3D):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHPgIJU_BR8 -
Hi guys,
thanks for all the suggestions. I just went through the camtasia process again, the settings i previously choose where .avi and the codec said “unknown”. I tried again with .avi and uncompressed frames – (codec was unknown).
The reason i was using avi, was because i orginally had .mov with H.264, but it crashed half way through the rendering process (in camtasia).
I am trying it again right now, same settings, but a slightly lower resolution to see if that actually works or not. While this is going i will take a look at the Media Cache that was mentioned above.
Thanks again for the suggestions, and with trial and error i am sure i will get it going and find what i did wrong/where the error is.
Mike
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Update:
I cleaned the cache like the article instructions said to do. > imported the 10 minute clip > Got same result: 2min 52second clip imported.
However, the newly created .mov (H.264) just finished rendering in Camtasia. Imported it to AE and the whole 10 min. clip played! This was a lowered resolution version. I am going to try with the same settings again, but at the full resolution. Let’s see if that works…
Mike
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Hi Dave,
Correct, the H.264 codec was more or less a test just to see if the full 10 min clip would import correctly. Which it did by the way. Like you said AE has problems with that, which it did also. A lot of frames where corrupted, missing, etc. Lots of blank (red / green) frames, etc.
Since my test did import fully, i am now trying to re-render another one from Camtasia; full res with the Photo-Jpeg codec. Lets see if that works…
🙂
Thanks again to Dave & everyone else in the thread!
M
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