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Premiere Pro CS4 video is a still frame
I have Adobe Master Collection CS4. I’ve been trying to edit some videos in Premiere Pro, but I have problem. Whenever I import a video and play it (in either the source monitor or the other monitor), the video plays with a single still frame – it doesn’t play my full video, and the still frame lasts as long as the audio. I rendered out the video, but it still has the still frame. Even after exporting, the still frame plays with the audio.
I played the video in Windows Media Player, and it works fine. Anyone know what might be the problem?
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6 Replies
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Well, we need more info on the clip.
Is it HD or SD?
What Format is it?
How long is the clip?
Have you had success with other similar clips?Let us know these things and we might be able to help;)
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I’m using SD
I’ve tried both .mpeg and .avi
This one is a 3-minute clip.I’ve been trying some other clips I have, some work some don’t. Now that I think about it, the ones that aren’t working were downloaded using some Youtube download software. ^_^
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I would say that the video files you have downloaded are not in an editing friendly format with PPro.
One of the greatest misconceptions about video editing applications is that if a video can be played in a media player then it should be able to be used in an editing application.
Playback applications just need to read compression and that is all it needs to do. Editing needs to be able to cut on a frame and hold compression based information in relation to the group of frames (pictures AKA GOP) that comprise of the compressed colour information. An Editing application needs to be coded with the proper compression algorithms to be able to edit them properly.
DV is a good clean format for convert Youtube video to if it is SD resolution. HD resolution may need to be converted to a form of HDV m2t MPEG or H.264 at worst.
There are some free converters out there, just take a look around.
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Mpeg2 and DV codecs are only easily editable within CS4. Rest are just supported, but sticky to edit. (reverse, slomo, scale etc)
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Yeah, I would convert all your clips to DV, I’m sure that’s what the problem is.
As said earlier, there are many free converters online.
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You can load them in PP Source window and export them as DV right there or even take them to time-line if you need specific in-out points. Subsequently, reload the exported DV back to the bin.
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