Adobe After Effects keeps on cutting off my video

[bababooey39]

Hello, everyone! i am currently having a problem with my Adobe After Effects.

I was importing my videos for a school project, but then i noticed that the videos' durations are not complete.

for example; The video is originally 24 seconds, but after i imported it it's only 20 seconds.

Any helps and replies will be very much appreciated, thank you. :]

for more details :
The video i imported has been converted from MOV to MP4 file with VLC.

i use Adobe After Effects 2020

[Roland Kahlenberg]

There could have been a framerate conversion during the VLC conversion process. There is also a possibility that the source file was recorded with Variable Framerate which was then corrected in VLC. And why did you use VLC?

[bababooey39]

Hello! Thank you so much for answering.

That really makes sense. I converted the files from MOV to MP4 because i thought that the files were too big, and i used VLC Media Player because it's the fastest program i can find to convert them. I tried to import a video with a normal MP4 file and it turns out fine, so most likely it's in the converting process.

I wish you a wonderful day, and thanks for helping!

[Mylenium]

Without any info about the clips' sample rates/ framerates, composition settings, footage interpretation, preview settings, system info and so on we can't tell you much. There's a million ways to screw this up and you need to be much more specific. Even the actual conversion could be the issue as Roland already said.

Mylenium

[bababooey39]

Hello! Thanks for answering.

I'm sorry that I didn't provide the specific details and information. I myself am a real, real beginner at using After Effects. haha.

I really appreciate the time that you took to reply, though, so thank you! I wish you a wonderful day.