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edmundw7773602
edmundw7773602
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April 18, 2018
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New Premiere does not import Avi file son Mac

  • April 18, 2018
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REALLY not impressed with this latest update. Is anyone else having the same issues?

Premiere has stopped importing AVI files on the Mac. Had to uninstall and reinstall the old version.

Awful update. Why release if it doesn't work.

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Correct answer Vinay Dwivedi

Hi Edmund,

AVI is supposed to be a QuickTime 32 bit codec and the support for QT 32 bit files has been dropped. Also, Apple too will drop this support and they have also enabled a warning in 10.13.4 for all 32 bit services, applications etc.

Dropped support for Quicktime 7 era formats and codecs

32-bit app compatibility with macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 - Apple Support

For now roll back is the best option.

//Vinay

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Phi.Def
Phi.Def
Inspiring
February 19, 2020

I'm lost. According to this post, Apple supports neither AVI nor MOV files with an alpha channel. Is that right? What format can I export my After Effects work in (that's compatible with both Mac and Windows)?

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Nat0D45
Participant
October 5, 2020

mov is readable for Mac

Phi.Def
Phi.Def
Inspiring
September 12, 2019

Where has my reply gone?

 

About a week ago, I commented on this thread. Yesterday someone replied to my comment (see screenshot of my email notification). Now both my comment and the reply are gone.

 

 

Kevin-Monahan
Community Manager
Kevin-MonahanCommunity Manager
Community Manager
September 12, 2019

Sorry, Phi-Def. All posts over the last couple of weeks were wiped because we are installing new forums software. We warned our users throughout the forum to archive any important posts, as they would be lost. I apologize for the inconvenience. Feel free to create a new post or continue posting here and we can triage your issues from there.

Thank You,
Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
BAND_Hi-Fi
BAND_Hi-Fi
Participant
May 29, 2020

Hey Kevin, hope you are well. I'm running into similar issues as everyone else on here.

I am digitizing my entire SD video archive through firewire on a Windows machine. Is the only option for me to digitize as .avi files that way? Is there any other format I can digitize as?

I am saving everything to a NAS that both my Windows machine and my Mac access. When I open the project file from the Windows machine on the Mac, it doesn't recognize the .avi files.

It isn't the end of the world, as I most likely will do all my editing on the Windows machine, but it would be really nice to be able to access the footage on the Mac as well without having to transcode it all. I am dealing with 1000+ hours of footage. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, James

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Two_River
Known Participant
November 16, 2018

So when a project orginates in PC land and uses Blackmagic AVI 4:2:2 10 bit...that cant be opened on a MAC?

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Wispybeard
Participant
November 29, 2018

This is EXACTLY the problem I now have too. I have multiple PCs capturing archive footage to AVI via Blackmagic systems. To say this update has screwed me over would be an understatement.

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joshm36993583
Participant
May 10, 2018

Same issue for me.  I have an ongoing 1.5yr time lapse unit and now all my files are not usable.  I never thought an update would take down my entire project...Need an update and fast to fix this Adobe!

    Kevin-Monahan
    Community Manager
    Kevin-MonahanCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    May 23, 2018

    JoshM,

    I have an ongoing 1.5yr time lapse unit and now all my files are not usable.  I never thought an update would take down my entire project...Need an update and fast to fix this Adobe!

    You can transcode these files in an earlier version of our software. You can also use a Windows PC to read these files. A quick fix is probably not possible as a custom version of the codec would need to be written and that would take a ton of work from our engineers. You can let them know about your situation here: Support AVI files needed in newest release... URGENT – Adobe video & audio apps

    Sorry for the frustration.

    Thanks,
    Kevin

    Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
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    senortim
    Inspiring
    June 17, 2018

    I just discovered that MacOS High Sierra QuickTime does open (some?) AVI files. And I was able to create an Automator script that transcodes them to Apple ProRes422. Probably not fast enough for professional production, but worth a look.

    Vinay Dwivedi
    Adobe Employee
    Vinay DwivediCorrect answer
    Adobe Employee
    April 18, 2018

    Hi Edmund,

    AVI is supposed to be a QuickTime 32 bit codec and the support for QT 32 bit files has been dropped. Also, Apple too will drop this support and they have also enabled a warning in 10.13.4 for all 32 bit services, applications etc.

    Dropped support for Quicktime 7 era formats and codecs

    32-bit app compatibility with macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 - Apple Support

    For now roll back is the best option.

    //Vinay

    edmundw7773602
    edmundw7773602Author
    Participant
    April 18, 2018

    OK thanks. This makes life very difficult as the hard ware we use produces 24bit MJPEG avi’s, that we then need to convert to pro res for customers.

    Other than roll back can you recommend a work-around?

    If we produced 64 bit files from our hard ware that would presumably be OK?

    Regards,

    Ed.

      Vinay Dwivedi
      Adobe Employee
      Vinay Dwivedi
      Adobe Employee
      April 18, 2018

      Hi Edmund,

      I never tested this but you can give a try. I will suggest to choose transcoding technique for your files in some other format which can suit your requirements.

      //Vinay

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