I downgraded to an Early 2017 version of Premiere Pro and am doing OK. I did not have to go back as far as CC 6 On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 2:02 PM miked61866401 <forums_noreply@adobe.com> ... View more

Sony Vegas is probably the fastest and takes the fewest steps for conversion. Most dedicated audio programs won't know what to do with .mts video.  Cheaper conversion programs like Format Factory and Audacity would probably work as well, but I don't know if their converters are so good. ... View more

I'm going to summarize in a few points all that has transpired here: 1)  Adobe had a licensing dispute with a known vendor of a sound tool that we all rely on. Adobe decided to end its relationship with that vendor 2)   Knowing that people use Adobe products for crunch-time production and time-critical projects, Adobe still did not inform users before updating,  that Dolby would not be readily available in Adobe software unless time-wasting steps were taken.  Adobe and Adobe-sycophant users responded that we should all be moving on up to Windows 10 anyway, which may or may not be true. I'm quite sure that the sudden an unannounced discarding of Dolby has cost its users many hours of lost project time, big headaches, scoldings by Project Managers and perhaps even loss of employment over missed deadlines caused by Adobe's neglect. 3)  The problem is not really Adobe's business decision to end Dolby plug-in support, but rather, its failure to tell its users BEFORE updating -- that this issue would affect them. 4)  As for me, I had a few hours to tinker with the problem, and have had much experience in software vendors playing fast-and-loose with the needs of their users, and was able to solve the problem with a few workarounds. But those who had no time, who had no experience with rapacious software producers and didn't anticipate such a roadblock, I'm sure Adobe's actions affected them greatly. 5) I must say that, from now on, in advice given to young users of video and sound-editing software, in my frequent Facebook posts on the topic, and in daily discussions, I'll steer younger users away from Premiere Pro and the entire catalog of upper-end Adobe products, and direct them, instead, to look into HitFilmPro, Similar Corel products and others, and to think long and hard before stepping into the mind-boggling universe of Adobe Products. 6) Us old-timers are used to this sort of treatment, and can roll with these punches. But a younger generation of users will not be willing to put up with such poor business practices as demonstrated here. ... View more

I was able to use the Creative Cloud to rollback to the 2017 version, and my problem went away. ... View more