Quicktime Movie in AVdn codec imports as audio only in Premiere 13.0.1?

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Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

I have received a video file exported from Avid as a Quicktime movie in AVdn codec and it imports as audio only. Premiere gives me the following error message: Unable to import video. File uses unsupported video compression type "AVdn".

I went to avid.com and downloaded AvidCodecsLE. Installed and restarted computer and Premiere. Premiere will still only import audio.

Media Encoder also sees the file as audio only, no video.

Quicktime can open it by converting it to H.264. But I don't want to edit in H.264. It goes from being a 42 GB file to a 5.5 GB file. I need a high resolution file.

A third party software Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate will convert it to ProRes, which I can import, but it's not a very clean conversion. There are artifacts. I'd rather edit from the client's color corrected masters.

Can anyone offer a suggestion as to how I can load the AVdn codec file into Premiere Pro to edit?

I am using Premiere 13.0.1 on a Mac, OS 10.13.6.

Many thanks,

ShirleyT

[excited_Genie16B8]

I recommend getting a different format from the colorist.  DNx files in the MXF container are best.

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Thanks for your note Jim. The colorist is in Boston and I am in Honolulu, and i have textless and texted masters of a half hour film (I am cutting their trailer), so it's better to work with what I have than to try and get another couple of big files sent to me over the holidays. Most of the time when I get an export from Avid I get a DNx file in an MXF container. This AVdn codec is pretty obscure...seems to have everybody stumped. I called Adobe support and the support rep recommended I use a third party program called Handbrake to convert the file to something more Adobe friendly, in my case an H.264 MPEG-4. I did a test convert at the highest resolution and it looks good. So I'm probably going to work with this converted file. But now I know to be more specific with regards to the file type I ask for.

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And just to follow up and close the door on this discussion. BE CAREFUL where you download Handbrake from. I downloaded it and it came with Malware which has temporarily disabled my Chrome browser...one more thing to troubleshoot! And after converting the files with Handbrake, I ended up with files that crash Premiere Pro every time. So Handbrake was a bust. I have another third party software that converted them to tried and true ProRes 422 HQ Quicktime Movies, and that is what I am using!

[D Graham Withers]

Thanks for posting your about your experience - I'm in a similar boat with some AVdn mxf files. 

Did you end up sticking with the Wondershare versions?  I couldn't see if that's the coversion software you settled on.  Thx!

[Ann Bens]

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[D Graham Withers]

thx so much!