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How do I import .AVI files into Premiere Pro CS5?

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December 27, 2011
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Hello

I have just got myself a new Toshiba Camileo X100 and it shoots in 1080i60 and the raw video files are in an .AVI format there are also backups stored as thm.AVI. When I try to import these files into Premiere on my Macbook Pro I get an error message saying "codec missing or unavailable."

What do I need to do to be able to Import these files? I have searched this forum and googled everything I could think of. One post suggested trying VLC so I tried it that way but my mp4 files that converted through VLC were only sound files instead of both video and audio. I need some sort of way to either convert or import a different way without losing much quality....
This is really bothering me, help would be appreciated.

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Anonymous

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Geoffrey Beane

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Man! My head's spinning. One solution that I came up with that might be simpler (and I emphasize "might") is to open Quicktime and then do New Screen Recording. I then open the AVI in VLC play it on my screen and record it in QT. Only gives me picture, no audio of course. On the couple of occasions I've needed to do this, I've only needed the video, not audio. But perhaps there's a way to easily extract the audio and then sync it up to the new quicktime...

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Ric_F

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@ Harm Millaard - I appreciate the caution. Not only do I use restore points and back up data, but I have a clone of the system HDD as well. A converter is associated with extra time and quality loss, I want to be able to import the file directly. A download of the correct codec would allow that.

@Jim Simon: Oh, how I wish I could control the capture of everything I work with! It is not my choice of camera. As a professional using this level of software I have to be able to accept files the clients supply and work with those files. I'd prefer to be able to use all the footage supplied in the one program, Premiere Pro CS5.5. However, if that is not possible and you have some pointers on consumer level edit programs that accept this file format I would appreciate it.

@Glenn / Powered by Design. Thanks, a useful tip. Although conversion is not my preferred solution, as a workaround I tested VLC Media Player's conversion with mixed results. Yes, a file is output that is viewable and editable in PremPro. However, VLC cut the last second of the footage off. When customising the settings of the output file to approximate the same bitrate as the original file the result was totally unusable, just a mess of pixelations, block colours and so on. I'd need to experiment some more with VLC before I get a result that is satisfactory. Any advice would be useful.

I appreciate all the comments from everyone, but right now the question remains unanswered - how can I import this avi directly into Prem Pro?

Powered_by_Design

Inspiring

Good catch on the 2 second thing. I never cought that being it was never my footage and didn't notice it.

Looking online I see others were having the same problem with it cutting off the last 2 seconds. Someone said there to try the new version 2.0

I went to the VLC site and downloaded the newer version.

After that I tried it again and it worked without losing the last part.

Maybe try this and see if it works.

GLenn

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File played fine till loading into Premiere. I guess something else is wrong. Wish I could help.

GLenn

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Ric_F

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Thanks GLenn, I am still baffled by this one too.

Is there someone from Adobe monitoring this forum who can help?

I'll email Redleaf Technology and see if they have an answer.

Ric

Powered_by_Design

Inspiring

When using VLC make sure to type the .mp4 part in the destination file name.

See if these setting work for you.

GLenn

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Ric_F

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I am having the same problem with Premiere Pro CS5.5 on Win 7 with an avi from the RD32II 1080p .h264 Sport Cam from Redleaf. There is no info on the Redleaf website (www.hkredleaf.com) about the codec.

The file plays in Windows Media Player and VideoLAN Player, but Prem Pro imports the audio only.

These are the file properties revealed by MediaInfo:

AVI, 1 video stream AVC, 1 audio stream ADPCM

video: 1920*1080 (16:9), at 29.970 fps, AVC (Main@L4.0)(CABAC / 4 Ref Frames)

audio: 192kbps, 48.0 KHz, 4 bits, 1 channel, ADPCM (Intel)

I downloaded various ffmeg zip files and extracted them.

FFmbc-0.7-rc5

ffmpeg-git-b6ff81d-win64-static from ffmpeg.zeranoe.com

and based on the link from MediaInfo,

last_x264 from VLan which appears to be an encoder and not decoder.

Not having install instructions (or anything specifically relevant to Win7) that I could find in those zip files I do not know if the codec has been installed correctly or not.

I tried the avi2mp4 BAT file aproach in the same folder as the file, copied the ffmpeg.exe into windows system and system 32 folders, and the BAT file.

Nothing! Same result - just the audio.

Adobe Media Encoder's conversion yield's black vision.

Can anyone tell me if I am doing something wrong or is it simply an incompatibility with Prem Pro?

Harm_Millaard

Inspiring

Before you corrupt your whole system by trying to download codecs or codec packs, often requiring a complete format of the boot disk and full installation of OS and programs, Google for external converters to make that material editable.