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thomasvde
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June 21, 2019
Question

Unsynchronised 'fast forward' effect when importing files

  • June 21, 2019
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Hey everyone,

I am trying to import and edit .MTS files from my camcorder into Premiere Elements 14. The recorded video is on an SD card which truncates the file into seperate smaller files. When I try to add these into Premiere the video plays fine for approximatly the first 15 minutes, though afterwards it turns into a strange 'fast foward' effect and ends with a freezed frame.

To try and make my explanation a bit more clear I've recorded a screen capture of me importing a file and these aforementioned three states:

Any help would be greatly appreciated. For now I am using VSDC as a temporary (and slightly awkward) fix, but it seems strange to me that there wouldn't be a solution for this within Premiere.

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Steve Grisetti
Legend
June 26, 2019

Though it might be worth using Premiere Elements' Video Importer to get the files from your camcorder. This allows the program to ensure you have the right files. I show you how to use it in this tutorial.

Basic Training for Premiere Elements 2019, Part 2 of 8 - YouTube

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Steve Grisetti
Legend
June 21, 2019

There is nothing here that would indicate a problem with the video file.

When you go to your video project and look under the Edit menu, what is listed on the General page under Project Settings?

When you first add this video to your timeline, do you see a yellow orange 'render' line above the clip?

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Bill SpragueCommunity Expert
Community Expert
June 21, 2019

There is a design limit on SD cards where files can't be bigger than 4GB.  Video cameras have firmware to make long recordings into a series of 4GB blocks.   Sony provides software that, if used for importing to your computer, will use additional Sony specific captured data to combine those blocks into a one continuous file.  I've not used if for awhile, but I think the software is called "Play Memories".

If those blocks are not combined, video editing software of any brand may get the hiccups.

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Steve Grisetti
Legend
June 21, 2019

You don't say what model of camcorder your video is coming from, but the issue may be related to the video's compression system.

Please post the video's MediaInfo report, per this tutorial.

Using MediaInfo - YouTube

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thomasvdeAuthor
Participant
June 21, 2019

Hello Steve,

Thanks for your reply. The camera that's being used is a Sony HDR-CX160E.

I ran the .MTS file through MediaInfo and this is the result:

General

ID                                       : 0 (0x0)

Complete name                            : Q:\20190529_KristienDieltiens_TheoEnDeMussen\PRIVATE\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00001.MTS

Format                                   : BDAV

Format/Info                              : Blu-ray Video

File size                                : 1.98 GiB

Duration                                 : 17 min 13 s

Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable

Overall bit rate                         : 16.5 Mb/s

Maximum Overall bit rate                 : 18.0 Mb/s

Recorded date                            : 2019-05-29 08:57:44+01:00

Writing application                      : Sony HDR-CX160E

Video

ID                                       : 4113 (0x1011)

Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)

Format                                   : AVC

Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec

Format profile                           : High@L4

Format settings                          : CABAC / 2 Ref Frames

Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes

Format settings, Reference frames        : 2 frames

Format settings, GOP                     : M=2, N=13

Codec ID                                 : 27

Duration                                 : 17 min 13 s

Bit rate mode                            : Variable

Bit rate                                 : 15.5 Mb/s

Maximum bit rate                         : 16.0 Mb/s

Width                                    : 1 920 pixels

Height                                   : 1 080 pixels

Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9

Frame rate                               : 25.000 FPS

Color space                              : YUV

Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0

Bit depth                                : 8 bits

Scan type                                : Interlaced

Scan type, store method                  : Separated fields

Scan order                               : Top Field First

Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.300

Stream size                              : 1.87 GiB (94%)

IrisFNumber                              : 1.800000

Audio

ID                                       : 4352 (0x1100)

Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)

Format                                   : AC-3

Format/Info                              : Audio Coding 3

Commercial name                          : Dolby Digital

Codec ID                                 : 129

Duration                                 : 17 min 13 s

Bit rate mode                            : Constant

Bit rate                                 : 256 kb/s

Channel(s)                               : 2 channels

Channel layout                           : L R

Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz

Frame rate                               : 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF)

Bit depth                                : 16 bits

Compression mode                         : Lossy

Delay relative to video                  : -616 ms

Stream size                              : 31.5 MiB (2%)

Service kind                             : Complete Main

Text

ID                                       : 4608 (0x1200)

Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)

Format                                   : PGS

Codec ID                                 : 144

Duration                                 : 17 min 12 s

Delay relative to video                  : -80 ms

Thanks alot, hope this makes things a bit clearer!

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