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Ralph3616
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February 23, 2013
Question

Import mpg video into Premiere Pro CS6

  • February 23, 2013
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When I try to import video taken with a Sony Handicam DCR SX63 I get a "There was an error decompressing audio or video". In searching this issue I find many people with the same issue but never a resolution. Is there one? That a novice could implement??

MPG format is clearly stated to be compatible. Copied directly from camera to computer via USB it plays just fine. Converting it to a different format (MP4) with DVDVideoSoft Free Studio I can import it into Premiere Pro and do my splicing / editing.

But.. my end result is not as clear (and files are much larger) so feel if I could use the original and stay in that format.. my results would be much better.

My project is very simple.. combine some clips, remove some bad footage and burn to a DVD.. any advice on alternate formats would be appreciated as well.

Thank you for your time

Ralph

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      John T Smith
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      John T SmithCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 23, 2013

      This page http://store.sony.com/p/DCR-SX63/en/p/DCRSX63#specifications does not indicate anything odd about the video files

      But, to be sure, use one of the programs below to gather more information, and post details

      A screen shot works well to SHOW people what you are doing http://forums.adobe.com/thread/592070?tstart=30

      .

      For PC http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en or http://www.headbands.com/gspot/

      For Mac http://mediainspector.massanti.com/

      Also, for this type of camera, read http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1015001?tstart=0 on what you need to copy

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      Ralph3616Author
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      February 23, 2013

      Thank you for your time John.

      Your last link deals with taking files off a SD card.. this is not my case but there is mention of renaming files creating a problem. So.. I re-download all my video from my camera using Windows Explore and copied the entire folder and root (Videos\MP_ROOT\101PNV01). My previous download using Windows Media.. did in fact rename the files. However I get the same error when trying to import with Premiere Pro.

      In my previous searches for a solution I was pointed to your mediainfo applet.. running that on any of the newly downloaded video gives me this report: Open to more suggestions..

      From MediaInfo:

      General

      CompleteName                     : D:\Videos\MP_ROOT\101PNV01\M2U00026.MPG

      Format                           : MPEG-PS

      FileSize/String                  : 77.7 MiB

      Duration/String                  : 1mn 9s

      OverallBitRate_Mode/String       : Variable

      OverallBitRate/String            : 9 371 Kbps

      Video

      ID/String                        : 224 (0xE0)

      Format                           : MPEG Video

      Format_Version                   : Version 2

      Format_Profile                   : Main@Main

      Format_Settings_BVOP/String      : Yes

      Format_Settings_Matrix/String    : Custom

      Format_Settings_GOP              : M=3, N=15

      Duration/String                  : 1mn 9s

      BitRate_Mode/String              : Variable

      BitRate/String                   : 8 929 Kbps

      BitRate_Maximum/String           : 9 100 Kbps

      Width/String                     : 720 pixels

      Height/String                    : 480 pixels

      DisplayAspectRatio/String        : 16:9

      FrameRate/String                 : 29.970 fps

      Standard                         : NTSC

      ColorSpace                       : YUV

      ChromaSubsampling                : 4:2:0

      BitDepth/String                  : 8 bits

      ScanType/String                  : Interlaced

      ScanOrder/String                 : Top Field First

      Compression_Mode/String          : Lossy

      Bits-(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.862

      TimeCode_FirstFrame              : 00:00:00:00

      TimeCode_Source                  : Group of pictures header

      StreamSize/String                : 74.0 MiB (95%)

      Audio

      ID/String                        : 189 (0xBD)-128 (0x80)

      Format                           : AC-3

      Format/Info                      : Audio Coding 3

      Format_Settings_ModeExtension    : CM (complete main)

      Format_Settings_Endianness       : Big

      MuxingMode                       : DVD-Video

      Duration/String                  : 1mn 9s

      BitRate_Mode/String              : Constant

      BitRate/String                   : 256 Kbps

      Channel(s)/String                : 2 channels

      ChannelPositions                 : Front: L R

      SamplingRate/String              : 48.0 KHz

      BitDepth/String                  : 16 bits

      Compression_Mode/String          : Lossy

      Video_Delay/String               : -70ms

      StreamSize/String                : 2.12 MiB (3%)

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      excited_Genie16B8
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      February 23, 2013

      Post up a clip so we can test on other systems.

      https://www.depositfiles.com/en/

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