[George Wehmann]

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Don’t see. Where is this? GW

[George Wehmann]

Back above in this thread, in my Oct 19, 2010 at 2:20:55 pm reply, I mentioned I was trying to get MPEG Streamclip – AVI/DivX Exporter (https://www.squared5.com)to help me convert a mp4 file to an .avi file – or to a file format I could edit using Premiere Pro CS3. I downloaded and installed it. When I opened it, I noticed under “sound” it has drop down window with these choices:

Uncompressed
IMA 4.1
MPEG-4AAC
AMR Narrow
MPEG Layer 2
MPEG Layer 3
No Sound

Turns out “Uncompressed” – as you suggested – converted the mp4 into an .avi where the audio worked just fine. Audio wouldn’t work for me when I converted using MPEG Layer3. So problem solved. Thanks. George

[George Wehmann]

Any suggestions of AVS Video Converters that don’t cost $60? Seems there’s a lot of them available. Are none of the free ones any good? Thanks, George

[George Wehmann]

The uncompressed setting often has no options. All you can do is try it. The datarate will probably be 1,411 kbps, so a much larger file than the MP3 (256 kbps), but it’s better quality and easier to use for editing.

So “uncompressed” better to try before MP3 (256 kbps), right? Thanks. GW

[George Wehmann]

Again, such a quick reply. This is great!

Sorry I’m so dense on jargon…
“also use MP3”
Is MP3 same as MPEG3?

The choice offered in the list displayed in earlier note is mutually exclusive. Can’t use “Uncompressed” with any other choice. I can use MPEG3 and 256 kbps, but may not be uncompressed.

You suggest selecting 256 kbps, but any selection from the list without “MPEG” mentioned eliminates selecting kbps. If I select uncompressed, the 256 kbps bit rate range is not selectable.

I’ll try both combinations to see…

Gspot says “contact: temporarily not available” Thanks again. George

[George Wehmann]

Thanks for such a quick response.

“Opening the file in gspot…”
sorry, don’t know the jargon… where is gspot?

“…check your conversion setting to ensure the you are also ‘decompressing’ your audio, converting it to PCM WAV. Either 48Hz or 44.1Hz, whichever is appropriate for your workflow.”

MPEG Streamclip – AVI/DivX Exporter says nothing about “decompressing”.

Under “sound” it has drop down window with these choices:

Uncompressed
IMA 4.1
MPEG-4AAC
AMR Narrow
MPEG Layer 2
MPEG Layer 3
No Sound

If I select any choice above with “MPEG” in it, a drop box appears offering 16 to 256 kbps. This choice goes away with any other choices above.

Nothing mentions 48 or 44.1 Hz.

Maybe I need to get AVS Video Converter. Google shows a bunch of them. Any one in particular? Thanks, George

[George Wehmann]

Re: Media Player plays file, Premiere won’t import it!!?
by Vincent Rosati on Jun 2, 2008 at 6:55:44 pm
“It would be helpful for us to know what your output specs are and what codecs you are using.
Are you making a web video, or a DVD or something?”

I produce cable TV shows for public cable broadcast. I downloaded a mp4 file from https://www.communityproducers.com. Making a DVD for ingesting to TV station server for later broadcast. Can also ingest using other formats. Not sure where to answer question about codecs I’m using.

Use Windows XP Prof on HP desktop. 3.0gHz chip speed, 4gb RAM.

On https://www.communityproducers.com., selected show in Community called “LEAP Law Enforcement Against Prohibition” that’s actually stored on Vimeo at https://www.vimeo.com/12803441.

It’s a mp4 file and I downloaded it.

Couldn’t figure out how to use mp4 in Premiere Pro CS3 until I found a converter called MPEG StreamClip (https://www.squared5.com/) that claimed to convert mp4 files to avi files. I used it and it worked fine in terms of seeing it play in Windows Media Player. But when importing the converted file into PPCS3 bin, there’s has no audio. Same too with Adobe Soundbooth. Hope this provides helpful detail. Thanx. George

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