mpg frames out of order in PE 15

Question

I'm trying to edit a .mpg file in Premiere Elements 15. The video looks fine when I play it in Windows Media Player. When I add it to a PE project it seems to have the frames out of order. I tried to render it and the same effect is there. It seems to flicker back and forth showing frames at random. It's an old video from 2003. I looked at the file properties and have this information:

width 720

height 480

DATA RATE 6000 kbps

TOTAL BIT RATE 7536 kpbs

frame rate 29 frames/second

I found one article that suggested I might have to change the settings in PE but nothing in settings seems to match. (I'm not familiar with the meaning of most of the settings).

I will greatly appreciate any help you can give me.

cswolfe1909 · Accepted Answer

Thank you for sharing your video with me.

I dissected it, converted it, played with it in a number of ways -- I even scanned it for malware -- and, I've gotta tell you, this one stumped me! There is definitely something screwy with this clip.

It appears that this video was ripped from a DVD. You don't say how you got the video from a DVD, but it could be that the software you used did some strange things to it.

So, I'm sorry but I just don't know what to recommend. Not unless you've still got the original DVD available.

That was a surprise! and a relief! I am so grateful to you for studying it and even though there's not a fix, I feel relieved to know it's not something simple I was overlooking. Thank you so much.

I just used copy/paste in Windows 10 to copy the file from the DVD to the hard drive on my laptop.

I have one more favor to ask. I don't know the forum etiquette for clicking Correct Answer. Should I click "Correct Answer" because I now have a resolution to my question or should I not check it because we don't know the why of it?

I think I have the original photos used to make the videos. I will start over from scratch in PE with the images and make a whole new video instead of trying to merge the old ones.

Steve Grisetti · Answer

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