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AgaNagA
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October 12, 2020
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.avi codec

  • October 12, 2020
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I've been making digital copies of my old VHS tapes using a renkforce RF-GR2 av-grabber. It saves the video on a micro SD card in .avi format. 

The problem is Premiere doesn't suport .avi

 

Is there a codec that I can install so I can edit my videos without having to use handbrake, I have a lot of tapes that are longer then 2,5 hours and it takes handbrake over 9 hours just to convert 1 video. This is going to take me months to convert all of my videos

Here is a screencapture of a video I would love to be able to edit directly

 

Please help

 

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Andy 1968
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October 13, 2020

If you use Windows your best bet is to use a Firewire based DV converter. In the video I use a Mac Mini but it is the same thing on a PC. Firewire DV converters are no longer made. You can buy them used for less that $100.00 on ebay. The DAC-100, ADVC 110 and ADS A/V Pyro all work.

https://youtu.be/vATw63nn3OQ

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AgaNagAAuthor
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October 14, 2020

Great video,
unfortunately I couldn't find one of those converters for a reasonable price, found the ADVC 110 for €345,- and a whole lot of other people looking for the same devices. 

I also found a video on youtube where somebody used an AV to HDMI upscaler and a game capture card. I'm going to try this out myself to see if I get some better quality.

I bought a DVD recorder on the market that has build in upscaler with HDMI-out, connect my VCR and HDMI-capture card and see what happens

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Andy 1968
Inspiring
October 15, 2020

This method works but it is not as good as a Firewire DV converter. A lot of the cheap USB capture cards can also be a pain in the buttocks for several different reasons.

https://youtu.be/hroHcwOxoOI

Ann Bens
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Ann BensCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 12, 2020

My goal is not losing too much quality

You already lost a good deal of resolution by using the grabber.

Settings in Handbrake are incorrect.

 

Best is to use Philips suggestions (rerapping) or mine for VLC.

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AgaNagAAuthor
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October 12, 2020

You are not really helping me out here.

Like I said, I'm not that technical. What is wrong with the grabber ? Why are my Handbrake setting incorrect ? 
How do I rerap an .AVI file ? tsMuxeR doesn't support my kind of .AVI. Your VLC suggestion also doesn't work

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Ann Bens
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Ann BensCommunity Expert
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October 12, 2020

The grabber made the vhs tape 720x576 into 640x480 and changed the framerate to variable which means also a pain to edit in Premiere if you want to use the audio.

 

If you set Handbrake to lossless the file will be huge and will take a long time.

Framerate should be set to 25 and Constant Framerate, extention to mp4.

Try a short clip first.

    Ann Bens
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    Ann BensCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 12, 2020

    Premiere does support avi but not with the H.264 codec inside.

    Sorry to say but if you want to use those files in Premiere you need to transcode them first to an editable format.

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      AgaNagAAuthor
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      October 12, 2020

      Is there any other software that does support .avi with H.264 inside ?

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      Averdahl
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      AverdahlCommunity Expert
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      October 12, 2020

      Try to rename the file/s from .avi to .mp4 or .mts or .ts or .m2ts. This will force the MPEG Importer to handle the files instead of the AVI Importer.

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