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clip doesn’t fully import
I have a 130 Gig AVI file that I’m trying to import into Premier Pro. he total time of the clip is around 22 minutes. However whenever I import it into Premier (or AfterEffects for that matter) is shows the clip at just over a minute.
I can confirm that it’s 22 minutes because, although it can’t play realtime in Window Media Player, I can still see the footage. It also is confirmed in the properties of the file.
Has anyone else had this problem? I’m running Windows XP and CS3.
Thanks in advance,
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9 Replies
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What is the avi codec. 22 minutes 138Gig is a massive amount of MB/sec…like 110MB/sec Is it uncompressed?
Jon Barrie
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Yes, it is massive. It’s uncompressed. I did a test with a 4gig sample and it worked OK. Obviously, no where near as big as this. Do you think that is why only a portion is coming in Jon?
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Be sure that it is a type 2 AVI. Type 1 AVI files have a size limit.
Cheers
Eddie -
Hi Eddie,
I never knew there were two types…errggg
How can I get that information? Is it embedded in the file somewhere, properties? Also, if it is in fact type 1, is there a work around. It’s tough to convert a file if you can’t even see it.
Thanks in advance,
Tom -
You can use a utility like GSpot to interrogate AVI files to determine their properties.
To covert, see a recommendation in AVI in the PremiereProPedia.
Cheers
Eddie -
Depending on what quality you need to edit with, I’d reccomend converting the original file to another format before importing – MPEG 2 would work for many projects or perhaps H264?
There are a lot of apps out there for this kind of conversion from the free quick and dirty to the very sophisticated and expensive.
I can recommend any number depending on your final usage rquirements and budget.
Kind regards
Andrew
Andrew Longhurst
The Art of MixIs it pixels or pixies that I’m having trouble with?
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Using lossy compression on a clip before editing it is a sure way to lose quality. Not a recommended workflow. Stick with uncompressed or use a lossless compression scheme.
Cheers
Eddie -
Thanks for the help so far all,
Eddy Yes. It is uncompressed to retain as much quality as possible.
I have some things I’m going to check tonight:
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/927544Tom
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OK, well, not great news for me. It is a type 2 avi after all.
I can’t save it in any other format because I can open it in any software other than Windows Media Player. One other possibility is that I only have 1.5 gigs of RAM. Tomorrow I’m order more.
Thanks for the responses and if there are any other idea let me know. I’ll post the results when I get more ram.
Tom
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