Insert vs. Overwrite & How do I transcode my files to a common format on import?

[bert_delgado]

I tried to send to the timeline a video clip when a message appeared telling me that the clip had no audio (not true) and that the video could not be used for streaming.

Searched for an answer and was told that Premier Pro CC will no longer accept files with the “.mov” extension, as well as certain “.mp3” files.

The clip was an “.mov” file. 

Found a video converter and made it an “.avi” file.

Was able to place it in the timeline.

Did a lot of editing creating an opening.

Everything  worked perfectly.

Then I wanted to send a different clip to the timeline to continue editing.  The new clip always landed at the beginning of V1, pushing to the right the “.avi” clip and ruining my editing.

It made no difference where the playback head was parked in the timeline.  It made no difference if I sent an overwright or not. The incoming clip will always go to the beginning of the production on V1,  and ruin my editing.

Conformed the sequence, tried again.  Same problem.

Decided to Export it, thinking that I could then bring the new clip into a new sequence which will allow me to complete the project, export it, etc., etc.

The exported clip had black video and audio.

Since I am still learning Premier Pro, would like to know if there is a step where I could use “Import” in Premiere Pro to have all clips that I am planning to use in a given project, converted or transcoded to a file format, standard to Premiere Pro CC. and thus avoid this fiasco.

Thanks for the info

Bert Delgado

[Kevin-Monahan · Accepted solution]

Hey Bert,

Hope you have solved your issue by now.

The new clip always landed at the beginning of V1, pushing to the right the “.avi” clip and ruining my editing.

I am almost certain that this had to do with track targeting, performing an overwrite vs. an insert edit, and setting In and Out points correctly. Please review this documentation: Add clips to Premiere Pro sequences

I would like to know if there is a step where I could use “Import” in Premiere Pro to have all clips that I am planning to use in a given project, converted or transcoded to a file format, standard to Premiere Pro CC. and thus avoid this fiasco.

Sure, you can either transcode on ingest or create proxies. Here's how: Adobe Premiere Pro Help | Ingest and Proxy Workflow in Adobe Premiere Pro CC

See also: Basic Premiere Pro editing workflow

Keep in mind that if these are older QuickTime files, you may not be able to create proxies or transcode the file in CC 2018, and later. You would need Premiere Pro CC 2017 and/or Media Encoder CC 2017, as these versions still contain the ability to transcode these older QuickTime files to 64-bit QuickTime versions of those files.

I hope that helps.

Thanks,
Kevin