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BartonGarrett256
BartonGarrett256
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January 28, 2018
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.ogv and .webm files can't be imported into Ae, Pr or Media Encoder?

  • January 28, 2018
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The shareware VLC can play these small video files, and it does so like cutting butter with a hot knife.  I downloaded them from Wikimedia Commons, they are news clips from the 1950s. Nothing ripped, noting pirated.  Strictly legit.  This is not rocket science.  But the very expensive Adobe subscription I pay for, both faithfully and dearly, every month without fail, is confounded.  When I try to import the files are not visible, switching to All File Types I get a message saying not supported.  In Media Encoder I get an error saying not supported.

I poked around the forum and could only find suggestions that were much more work than I want to do, as I bill by the hour and work on deadline.  What gives Adobe?  How can you choke on such a simple task???

    Correct answer thatsmauri

    BartonGarrett256,

    try these free, open-source plugins: fnord software blog: WebM and Theora plug-ins for Premiere (beta)

    You may also want to use the Feature Request form to let Adobe know: Feature Request/Bug Report Form

    Kind Regards,
    Maurice

    3 replies

    talented_Wave5E53
    talented_Wave5E53
    Participating Frequently
    January 16, 2019

    Hi BartonGarrett256 I totally agree with you!, there is adobe encoder.. And it doesn't deal with this .webm but luckily  there is the (VLC FREE SOURCE) software which is a miracle and for FREE, so open the .webm inside VLC and click on Convert/Save inside the menu (Media) then choose where to save your new .mp4 file for example and click play it will play the video while converting it at the same time and voila!! then you can delete the .webm and import the .mp4 to your video project inside adobe. (you can also choose other formats than .mp4) check it out and good luck! 

      thatsmauri
      Community Expert
      thatsmauriCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      January 28, 2018

      BartonGarrett256,

      try these free, open-source plugins: fnord software blog: WebM and Theora plug-ins for Premiere (beta)

      You may also want to use the Feature Request form to let Adobe know: Feature Request/Bug Report Form

      Kind Regards,
      Maurice

        Dave_LaRonde
        Dave_LaRonde
        Inspiring
        January 28, 2018

        Because those files you have are in no way even CLOSE to being what professional applications expect to use!  They're final use files!

        You want to use 'em anyway?  Transcode 'em.  And deal with the crummy quality.

        J
        John25973571dz6x
        Participant
        September 5, 2022

        "professional applications"

        professional applications don't use webm? That is a mindblowingly bad and narrow perspective.

         

        There are many"professional applications" out there that need a video playable on the web that has an alpha channel. There are not a lot of options out there for vids with alpha channels that are playable on the web, webm is one of the few.

         

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