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_Stuart_Fern_
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November 8, 2008
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PE 7 - Mod files from JVC camera importing with errors.

  • November 8, 2008
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Hi everyone,
I was having enormous difficulties with Premiere Elements 4 so I bought version 7 as it listed mod files as a supported type. Well at least PE 7 is actually seeing the mod files and easily importing them. Unfortunately each file ends up with its own unique error - mostly green pixels showing up in the image randomly or even faces or images from other files suddenly appearing in the middle of a different file.
My project will only go for about 35 mins but it is being created from 3.5 hours of footage. Is anyone else having these sort of issues? Is it just to do with the dreaded mod file, or have other people experienced it in other situations?
Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Stuart
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    _DunaKevin_
    Participant
    January 28, 2009
    Great!

    It worked for me too Gary.

    It's too late for me, weeks of editing are now in Pinnacle project files I will not come back to PE7.

    But of course, very good news.

    Of course, a poor response from Adobe Support telling me "no support for trial software" (see a previous post) when removing a file is enough to solve this problem.

    Sorry, my money went to Pinnacle.

    Next time :)

    Thanks a lot Gary.
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    _Gary_R__Lambert_
    Participant
    January 27, 2009
    I was having the same JVC Everio/Elements 7 problem. I tried renaming the .mod extensions to .mpg and .avi, but still had the green artifacts. After an hour on the phone with Ronald, a VERY helpful Adobe Service Tech, I seem to have a solution that is working on my 5 edit stations here in my AV Lab.

    Go to the Adobe Elements 7 folder in your "Program Files" folder and open the "Plug Ins" and "en_US" folders. Find a file called ImporterFastMPEG.prm and remove it. I moved it to the desktop until I test the software totally and make sure this doesn't cause other problems. If you are a brave, go ahead and delete it.

    This is working for me, and avoids all that renaming - reprocessing the .mod files. So far, so good!

    Good luck...and thank you Ronald!!!
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    Video_CJC
    Participating Frequently
    April 21, 2009

    I use to use Adobe Premeir Pro w/my JVC camera.  It took me a long time to figure out the ".MOD" problem.  When I finally figured that out and burned a DVD, another problem was discovered.  When ever the camera would pan in the scene the picture would get very jiddery.  I found out that using video from a HD instead of Mini DV tape you had to change how the fields would be set up.  I guess with HD video you must use "Upperfields First".

    My question is about the same issue.  I found out about deleteing ImporterFastMPEG.prm file from PE7 and imported some video files.  That part worked great, but when I burned it to DVD and played it, I was back to what looked like the "Upperfields First" problem I was having in Premeir Pro.  I looked around in the settings and "Upperfields" is selected but it plays like "Lowerfields First" is what it did.  The reason I switched to PE7 was the fact that it could handle ".MOD" files and was a little simpler than Premeir Pro.  I dont have tons of time to learn Pro right now.  Thanks ahead of time if any one can shed some light on this.

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    Anonymous
    April 21, 2009

    By deleting or renaming ImporterFastMPEG.prm you can eliminate Media Pending error message issues but it can impact audio sync. Anyway, if you are capturing standard upper field first material you should use the project preset: "Hard Disk, Flash Memory Camcorders"... this will automatically set the field order for the project to upper field first. Likewise with the high definition presets, it will set upper field first for all the high definition project presets.

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    Steve Grisetti
    Legend
    January 6, 2009
    Even better if Canon would make the Everio produce AVI files, since it seems to uniquely have this problem.
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    _Craig_Munson_
    Participant
    January 6, 2009
    I am having the same problems with the "green artifacting" as described above. Using the Everio GZ-MG230. Fortunately, renaming the .mod extension to .avi worked for me. Not sure why I have the proper codec installed, but it's working. The software supplied with my camera, CyberLink Power Producer works as well...just very few features.

    I'd like to hope Adobe will fix this problem, seeing as I already spent the money on the software.

    -Craig
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    _DunaKevin_
    Participant
    January 4, 2009
    Ok Stuart, best luck.

    I tried Pinnacle Studio 12 Ultimate.

    Just drag and drop .MOD files from camera to the timeline and everything works fine. No artifacts, quick vids managing and stability.

    Better production quality than Corel Videostudio PRO X2, I will keep Pinnacle running until Adobe find a solution...

    Regards.
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    _Stuart_Fern_Author
    Participant
    December 31, 2008
    Well I had Adobe Premiere Elements 4 and it worked great with my old video camera because it was from DV tapes. I loved working with Elements 4, so I blindly bought Elements 7 because it stated that it worked with mod files. No trial, just wanting to get it all working again. So I am a paying customer and I am going to open a petition with Adobe. I have tried all sorts of work arounds and none of them are acceptable as I just want to place my raw file into a timeline and start working. Most of the efforts I have made create more errors than I started with.

    I'll let you all know how I go.

    Stuart
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    _DunaKevin_
    Participant
    December 30, 2008
    Hello Sirs:

    I have an Everio GZ-MG465 and of course, problems with .MOD files she produces.

    The bundled software (I forgot the name) are simply simple.

    Yes, I went:

    - Premiere Pro: can't read .MOD. I tried some tricks I found googling but unstable, crashable and still not reading .MOD. It's a pitty.

    - Premiere Elements 7: yes! it seemed to read .MOD. Wait...those green squared frames...damn, it renders the green artifacts to final vids too!!

    I opened a case to Adobe. The MOD vids are ok, not artifacts at all, PE7 put them there in two different machines and operating systems. It's a faulty MPEG2 decoding.

    "Adobe response:
    Tuesday, 30 December 2008 14:44:59 o'clock GMT
    Hello,

    Thank you for contacting Adobe Web Support for assistance with Adobe
    Premiere Elements 7.0.

    I understand you are experiencing problems with files imported into
    Premiere Elements.

    We are unable to provide technical support for trial products. We do,
    however, have an online knowledgebase that is helpful for finding
    solutions for unsupported products. The URL listed below will take you
    to our knowledgebase:

    http://www.adobe.com/es/support/

    We also have User-to-User forums available where you can enter your
    problem or concerns and see if other Adobe users can offer advice. The
    URL listed below will take you to our User-to-User forums.

    http://www.adobe.com/es/support/forums/

    Customer ID number: 172381748

    For more information on Adobe products or services please visit us at:
    http://www.adobe.com/es/support or contact Adobe at +34 91-453-4392.

    Best Regards,

    Gregory H.
    Adobe Web Support"

    Great response, isn't it?

    Sony Vegas doesn't read native .MOD from JVC. I tried last version, http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/moviestudiopp

    Corel Videostudio PRO X2 does. No artifacts, no problems, I don't like it-poor interface- but I will use it.
    http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1175714228541#versionTabview=tab0&tabview=tab0

    I will try Pinnacle Studio Plus 12 too
    http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/sp/Products/Consumer+Products/Home+Video/Studio+Family/Studio+Plus.htm

    Sorry Adobe, you lose a customer. Now I'm more convinced your products are too complicated, resource-demanding and unstable. Well, now I know you didn't care about who are trying your products.

    I have no relation to Corel, Sony, Adobe or Pinnacle, only want to edit my videos from my JCV.

    Greetings.
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    Steve Grisetti
    Legend
    November 12, 2008
    Those Everio files are notoriously problematic, Foster. But you may have better luck working with them in Sony's Vegas editor.
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    _Fosteronomo_
    Participant
    November 12, 2008
    This JVC model produces standard def files.

    I'm using the NTSC HDD/Flash 16:9 project setting.

    The artifacting that I see in the preview window also shows up in the produced file.

    I don't have any freeware codec packs installed (I've been warned off them by devs at my company who work in this space)...so that may explain why the avi extension workaround doesn't work for me.

    Perhaps I should enter a support ticket. I'm brand new to Adobe PE and am just doing the free trial right now, so I'm not inclined to wait around for a dot-one release. I already waited around for v7. Will probably just try some alternatives that are reported to support .MOD files better.
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    Robert J. Johnston
    Inspiring
    November 11, 2008
    Comparing Premiere Elements 2.0 to Premiere Elements 7.0 in regards to MOD files, something has gone wrong in the editing workspace in 7.0.

    Even after doing a workaround of renaming ImporterFastMPEG.prm to ImporterFastMPEG.prm.tt and deleting all the index files that are created when you add MOD files for the first time to Premiere Elements, there are considerable artifacts when playing unrendered previews. Although, if you render a preview they are gone.

    However the artifacts are not the same as the distortions I was talking about earlier. The distortions are big blocks of video that shift out of place. Those distortions are gone when you rename .mod to .avi, or if you do the workaround of renaming that ImporterFastMPEG.prm and deleting the index files. But neither of those two tricks get rid of the artifacts during playback of unrendered previews.

    When you rename .mod to .avi, Premiere Elements uses the Directshow merit system to pick the mpeg and ac3 codecs. For example, if you have FFDShow installed with MPEG2 enabled, Premiere Elements will use that to decode the video. If you don't have a separate ac3 codec installed on your system, then you won't have any audio when you import the file into Premiere Elements. You could enable AC3 in FFDShow Audio and Premiere Elements will use that.

    Still, even with a 70 minute video clip on the timeline, I don't seen any errant green pixels. And all I have is a Pentium 4, 3GHz, 1 GB RAM with 96MB shared RAM for video.

    By the way, are we all talking about standard definition or high definition MOD files? I'm only talking about standard definition.
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