How do I edit .mkv files now since Adobe decided to remove support?!!

[Will..]

On Windows, OBS is a very popular and free screen recording software that I use. It has several options for formats, but for multi-channel audio formats, only MP4 and MKV will work. They recommend using MKV files since it will still save the file to the drive even if the OBS program crashes, while with MP4 files, it will not save to the drive if it crashes, so you'll lose the screen capture.

That being said, I have several dozens projects created with MKV files and up until version 13.1.2 everything was fine besides a few bugs that Premiere always has. In the latest update, 13.1.3, Adobe decided to remove support of MKV files in both Premiere Pro AND Media Encoder, so now all my old projects are useless and cannot be opened, AND I can't even convert the mkv files to another format since Media Encoder can't even import the files.

Isn't the point of media encoder to encode media?

So as a paying customer of Adobe, using their professional video editing software as a professional Video Editor, I no longer can edit my videos.

How can I convert .mkv files?

And yes, I've sent Adobe feedback on the other site, but that's completely useless. It's obvious they simply do not listen to customers, there's feedback requests from years ago with several hundred upvotes like people wanting time re-mapping faster than 1000% that STILL hasn't been implemented, so my new feedback requests with 3 upvotes are buried in the many pages of other feedback requests, and are likely to never be implemented.

Anyway, I guess I should downgrade? Even though I have $700 worth of professional media applications from Adobe, what non-adobe program can convert mkv files, since I can't do that with Adobe?

It's like the Premiere team decides what will annoy customers, then they do it.

By the way, the new version 13.1.3 that says it has a bunch of stability improvements is actually REALLY SLOW. Projects take twice as long to open now, and while editing, it's really sluggish compared to 2 hours ago when I was in 13.1.2..

It just never ends with Premiere.

Yesterday, sent in 2 crash reports because it crashed while putting warp stabilizer on a clip.

Photoshop, After Effects, Illustrator RARELY crash, so why does Premiere ALWAYS crash? Why is Premiere ALWAYS buggy and ALWAYS slow?

When you have client projects due and Premiere is being buggy, so you upgrade because it lists a bunch of stability improvements, then it's actually twice as slow, it makes you really frustrated.

Sincerely, a customer with no more patience for Adobe.

[R Neil Haugen]

I work for/with/teach pro colorists, been around 'em for over a decade now.

Most colorists work on hardware that makes editor's rigs look positively anemic. They'll have spent more on their calibration gear than most editors on their entire computer setup. And they run typically on Resolve or Baselight, right?

Resolve started as a $250,000/license colorist's app, before BlackMagic bought it and turned it into a loss-leader to get people buying BM hardware, panels & such. But as it is still heavily a colorist's app, there's a ton of effects included in it.

Baselight is still an expensive purchase, very old-style. You buy one of three models of computers from them, between $14,000 and $19,000 for that computer. You never, EVER even think of adding any other apps to that computer, it's Baselight only. And then pay another around $1500/year licensing. It's also got a ton of included effects.

Yet ... I think every working colorist I know has at least the full Boris suite, many have both Boris & the Red Giant/Maxon Universe. And they normally have several other purchased add-ons along with them. So that's between $1500 to $3000 per year for additional plugins and capabilities.

And editors complain about a suggestion that they install a free utility for extra deliverable and compression options. Or a $20 plugin for RAW decoding. That always cracks me up.

The truth is, there isn't any of the apps in pro video post that doesn't have things users need to get done outside the app. Not Avid, not Resolve, not Final Cut, not Premiere. Not Nuke or Baselight either.