I thought PremierePro CS5 worked w AVCHD (from the Pana HMC150)

[Alex Udell]

Can you describe NADA?

does it not show up?

is it slow?

Are you using the Trial or a full copy?

PPro only or Production Premium?

Alex

[Drew Hudgins]

Well, I’m using the CS5 Master Collection – Right now, it’s operating on trial mode until I dig up the code and finally input it… but it was installed from bona fide discs.

Now it’s my first time opening Premiere but I’m familiar with some of the After Effects parallels… so, I double clicked in the project window to import my footage. I navigate to the .mts files that I just copied over, but once selected, I get a “File Import Failure” window. Error Message: The file has an unsupported compression type.

I did go all out… 1080p/24 for this shoot. Probably prematurely, being so new to the Panasonic HMC150’s files that it creates… but … well, ya gotta jump in sometime 😉

Thanks

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

[Mark Clarkson]

I have successfully opened AVCHD files from my Canon DVR with no problems in PP CS4. Adobe’s web site implies that it oughta work for you:

https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/supportedformats.html

Have you tried importing the files via the Media Browser? (Window | Media Browser)

mark clarkson – http://www.markclarkson.com

[Gerwyn Bowen]

Mpeg codecs precluded for licensing reasons in trial! You will need to enter s/n for avchd editing!

[Drew Hudgins]

Well, whadyouknow! That was it!

That’s so interesting … with all the codecs and all the companies that own them… doesn’t surprise me… but wow, what a nice piece of trivia to now have under my hat!

Thanks gerwyn!

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

[Todd Kopriva]

It looks like you figured it out, but here’s the information for others coming to this thread:

“Limitations of the Premiere Pro CS5 and CS4 trial versions”

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[Matthew Laurence]

Well, I have a similar issue, but I’m using a fully licensed Master Collection of CS5. I have successfully been working with After Effects and AVCHD files (.MTS, recorded on a Canon HFS-100) with no trouble, importing, working with them on the timeline, you name it. In CS4 I have no problem importing and working with the MTS files from this camera. But in CS5… no luck. There should be no limitations with this, everything is licensed and up to date.

I can’t import them by dragging and dropping, using File > Import, nor the media browser, I get the “unsupported compression type” every time. This is REALLY a problem – can anyone help? Todd, you’re the MAN on this stuff (especially after seeing you in action at NAB)… any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Todd Kopriva]

There’s a glitch in one of the updates that sometimes causes Premiere Pro CS5 to revert to acting like it’s in trial mode. The solution, unfortunately, is to uninstall CS5 and then reinstall.

Before you take that step, check to see if you have the sequence presets that are excluded from the trial version—such as the AVCHD and RED sequence presets. If those are missing, then you’ve been bitten by the bug that I mentioned.

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[Matthew Laurence]

Interestingly, I checked my Sequence presets, and I have the AVCHD ones… but no RED presets. Have I been bitten? If so, should I uninstall, run the Creative Suite Cleaner, and then reinstall? Or is there an easier way, such as just reinstalling those presets?

[Todd Kopriva]

> If so, should I uninstall, run the Creative Suite Cleaner, and then reinstall?

Yes.

> Or is there an easier way, such as just reinstalling those presets?

No. The missing presets are a symptom, not the problem.

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