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lightsandsounds
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May 13, 2018
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Audio .DV problem never solved

  • May 13, 2018
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This is exactly my problem:  help with audio drift on .dv files on mac

Long story short, the problem has changed somewhat.  It used to be audio drift, now it's audio at all.  I have long iMovie .dv files (2hrs each) and when I bring them into Premiere Pro, there's no audio.  For some reason, only 1 clip had a few seconds of audio at the beginning, then none after. 

How do I get my .dv files (that play just fine in Quicktime) to have audio when on my timeline in PP?   This has happened on multiple computers over multiple years/versions of PP so it's not as simple as cleaning out the Media Cache (which I also did).  I'm also not a video nerd so please explain it like you would a child. 

Any ideas?

    Correct answer frommyeyebrow

    I know I am 7 years late to this discussion but....the problem of converting .dv files and not losing the audio continues. One solution I found inside quicktime is to 'export' the file and go into the settings option on the pop up window so you can convert the audio. I found that the .dv audio was 44.1khz (the encoding for CD) so I changed it to 48khz and the audio worked when importing the file into PP or trying to play the .mov on a non-2000's computer. Only question is the compression of the video as this is always problematic. Best to attempt it at HD quality (1280 x whatever) but it does take a very long long time to convert the file. It does, however, achieve the desired result

     

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    excited_Genie16B8
    Legend
    May 14, 2018

    I'm surprised Premiere Pro will even import .dv files.  The norm for Mac has been .mov files.

    You might try recapturing the tapes through Premiere Pro, instead of iMovie.

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    frommyeyebrowCorrect answer
    Participant
    July 27, 2025

    I know I am 7 years late to this discussion but....the problem of converting .dv files and not losing the audio continues. One solution I found inside quicktime is to 'export' the file and go into the settings option on the pop up window so you can convert the audio. I found that the .dv audio was 44.1khz (the encoding for CD) so I changed it to 48khz and the audio worked when importing the file into PP or trying to play the .mov on a non-2000's computer. Only question is the compression of the video as this is always problematic. Best to attempt it at HD quality (1280 x whatever) but it does take a very long long time to convert the file. It does, however, achieve the desired result

     

    chrisw44157881
    chrisw44157881
    Inspiring
    May 14, 2018

    if you can get the exact codec needed, check mediainfo, then install the codecs needed. it might be a legacy codec not natively supported anymore as premiere has removed some.

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    lightsandsoundsAuthor
    Inspiring
    May 14, 2018

    Thanks for the response.

    How would I find out what the exact codec needed is (again, basically a newb here)?  Here's what Mediainfo shows with the files:

    chrisw44157881
    chrisw44157881
    Inspiring
    May 15, 2018

    dvc pro

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