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Please help...
Premiere Elements used to do the leg work for me and help me make sure I had the correct project settings. This no longer happens.
When I add a movie clip to the Expert view timeline, Adobe Premiere Elements 2018 DOESN'T automatically changes project settings in the background to match the clip properties.
The clip has an orange line above.
Thanks for any insight.
I am running on Windows 10 and have tried reinstalling and resetting preferences.
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I've not had that happen. My guess would be that your source footage has a unique property that is not recognized. If it were me, I would create the project setting manually. Be sure and check the box.
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And just so we'll know for sure, open one of your video's in the free download MediaInfo. In MediaInfo, set View to Text and then copy the report that opens and paste it to this forum.
Once we know the specs of your video we'll know better why the program isn't recognizing it.
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I really appreciate your time and offering to help! I spend ages trying to troubleshoot myself first and contacted Adobe help.
I tried many different pieces of footage I had from different sources and set the project settings to all different things but I could not get the message re project format that I used to get.
Here is the data...vid shot on Samsung S8
General
Complete name : G:\Unedited video footage\2019 Video\unedited video May - August\2019-05-02 17.10.36.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42 (isom/mp42)
File size : 63.1 MiB
Duration : 20 s 897 ms
Overall bit rate : 25.3 Mb/s
Encoded date : UTC 2019-05-02 07:40:36
Tagged date : UTC 2019-05-02 07:40:36
xyz : +00.0000+000.0000/
com.android.version : 9
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L5
Format settings : CABAC / 1 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames : 1 frame
Format settings, GOP : M=1, N=30
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 20 s 897 ms
Bit rate : 25.1 Mb/s
Width : 2 560 pixels
Height : 1 440 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 30.000 FPS
Minimum frame rate : 21.033 FPS
Maximum frame rate : 30.141 FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.227
Stream size : 62.4 MiB (99%)
Title : VideoHandle
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2019-05-02 07:40:36
Tagged date : UTC 2019-05-02 07:40:36
Codec configuration box : avcC
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC LC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Codec ID : mp4a-40-2
Duration : 20 s 864 ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
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The issue is that the video uses a variable frame rate as part of its compression system. It also uses the non-standard resolution of 2560x1440.
My recommendation would be converting the video to more standard 1920x1080 video at 30 fps Constant Frame Rate using the free download Handbrake. I've created a free tutorial on using Handbrake to convert your video to a more standardized format.
Converting videos with Handbrake - YouTube
If you'd rather not convert your videos whenever you want to edit them, you can try changing the setttings in your S8 to record 1920x1080 or even 3840x2160 video. Though if you want to edit video with a variable frame rate, you'll likely need to upgrade to Premiere Elements 2019, which supports this type compression.
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Thanks Steve for the information. I have made previous home movies with
this type of footage. How would the final output be affected? I haven't
noticed anything but have not compared it on the big screen to unedited
footage...
Any clue to why the dynamic message no longer appears at all regardless of
what type of vid?
Excuse my inexperienced questions. I have used the program for many years
but just for making our family vids.
Andrea
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All I know is that converting your videos to a more standardized format with Handbrake will make them editable in Premiere Elements 2018.