Cannot import WMV file (wmv2 standard codec)

I am having this problem with the newest version of Adobe Encoder CC. Is there a current thinking about this question? I definitely need a solution.

Adobe Premiere Pro cannot support WMV format o n Mac. As a complete aside, I find WMV source material problematic, even on my PC with all necessary codes, even though they are supported - just not good media to work with, and very slow to edit. To use WMV video in Adobe Premiere Pro smoothly, a good suggestion is to change WMV to Premiere Pro more compatible MPEG-2 file type with a powerful third party problem for maintaining whole audio&video information.

I hope I can be of some help here. I am running on Mac and have Adobe Premiere Elements 9 (I had 11 on my laptop but when I went to switch computers I lost that free upgrade to 11 :c  ). If you have VLC I found a way you can convert the video for it to work. I tried right clicking the file and click on "Encode Selected file" but that didn't work, then I saw in VLC when playing the video, then pause it, go to File, then to convert/stream. There you should be able to convert the file and save it and let it render.

Since WMV is apparently not supported on the Macintosh, I suggest getting the excellent, free, open sourced program "Handbrake" which converts just about any video format out there. True, you loose a bit in the conversion, but at least you can get work done.

http://handbrake.fr/

One other consideration can be the WMA Audio, as it can be multi-channel.

Still, with the proper CODEC's installed (do not know if they exist for the Mac), even multi-channel WMA should work fine, as PrPro will usually create Audio Tracks, as they might be needed. If you do have multi-channel WMA, you should get a 5.1 Audio Track created, if none exist in your Sequence.

As a complete aside, I find WMV source material problematic, even on my PC with all necessary CODEC's. In my case, I always convert those files, prior to Import, even though they are supported - just not good media to work with, and very slow to edit, as the program does the internal conversion.

Good luck, and please update the thread, concerning the necessary M$ CODEC's on the Mac. That is what I see as a potential problem area, and just do not know the ultimate answer.

Hunt

> All the help files say that Windows Media WMV files can be imported into Premiere Pro CS5, but I have a very standard WMV file using WMV2/WMA2 internal codecs and it will not import into Premiere Pro CS5.  I spent a lot of money on my Adobe products and an expensive program like this should be able to do what it says it can do.  I'm on a Mac but nowhere in the help files does it say that WMV is only supported on a Windows PC.

Here's what it says in "File  formats supported for import" in Premiere Pro CS5 Help, mentionining Windows-only support:

Supported video and animation file formats ... WMV (Windows Media Video, Windows only)

The internal codecs are causing the problem. You need to have something like this: