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[Michael32020273csvg]

I have a short video in both a MPEG & Avi format that both play in Windows Media Player but neither work in my Adobe Premeire Elements Editor { I have the latest version, having ran and installed updates } Please can you help me understand why this is a problem and how do I resolve the problem. 

[Steve Grisetti]

MP4s and AVIs use codecs to compress your video, not all of which are read by the program. 

Open the AVI in the free download MediaInfo. Set View to Text and then copy the text from this report and paste it to this forum. With this detailed information we'll better be able to advise you how to proceed.

[Michael32020273csvg]

General
Complete name : C:\Users\mikeh\Downloads\RPReplay_Final1692696698.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
Format settings : BitmapInfoHeader / WaveFormatEx
File size : 1.07 MiB
Duration : 21 s 920 ms
Overall bit rate : 408 kb/s
Frame rate : 60.000 FPS
Writing application : Lavf59.27.100

Video
ID : 0
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L3.1
Format settings : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames : 4 frames
Codec ID : H264
Duration : 21 s 867 ms
Bit rate : 257 kb/s
Width : 888 pixels
Height : 484 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 1.85:1
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 60.000 FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.010
Stream size : 686 KiB (63%)
Writing library : x264 core 164
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=15 / lookahead_threads=2 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=23.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : sRGB/sYCC
Matrix coefficients : BT.709

Audio
ID : 1
Format : AAC LC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Format version : Version 4
Muxing mode : ADTS
Codec ID : FF-2
Duration : 21 s 920 ms
Bit rate : 128 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel layout : L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 kHz
Frame rate : 43.066 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 342 KiB (31%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 23 ms (1.39 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 23 ms

[Bill Sprague]

While Premiere Elements is generally quite good at working with video from cameras, it is notoriously bad at working with video from screen recorders such as RPReplay.  John's suggestion should work.  There may be settings in your screen recorder that might "standardize" the footage.  If not, Handbrake will have to be part of your normal workflow.   

[Ann Bens]

Being able to play movie files on your computer does not mean you can edit them in an editing program.

H.264 in an avi container is NOT supported by Elements. Needs to be converted to a format Elements understands.

Your so called mpeg file is H.265 as in HEVC. Need to install the H.265/HVEC codec from Microsoft in order to get it working.

[John T Smith]

Variable Frame Rate does not work with Premiere Elements

-convert to constant frame rate with https://handbrake.fr/ open source transcoder/converter
- and a tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSVarfrhr1M