Import iPhone hevc video files to Premiere Elements 2020 on PC

[EWulf]

iPhone hevc video files automatically converted to .mov before import. Any suggestions?

[Bill Sprague]

You shouldn't have to convert anything.  What is happening?  What are the screen messages?

[EWulf]

The video imports without problem into Premiere Elements, but it is changed to a mov format. I confirmed my iPhone files were HEVC by putting one into iMovie and saving it and it has HEVC.mov at the end of the file name (this is not the file I tried to import into Premiere).

I have downloaded some sample HEVC h265 files from the internet and they play fine in both the Windows photo app and Premiere Elements. For some reason I think the iPhone is converting before exporting, assuming my Windows computer can’t read HEVC.

Any ideas to bring the HEVC file in without conversion?

Thanks, Eric

Eric Wulfsberg

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[EWulf]

I meant to mention that HEIC image files import without any problems.

ERIC

Eric Wulfsberg

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[Bill Sprague]

"Any ideas to bring the HEVC file in without conversion?"

They way I do it with my Android phone is to plug it into my computer, my computer 'sees' it as an external drive, I copy the files from phone to the computer's HDD and then use 'Add Media' in Premiere Elements.   I sounds like you are doing an extra step somewhere.