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Juliannb4
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July 13, 2019
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Premiere Pro CC doesn't support MKV anymore?

  • July 13, 2019
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Good day, everybody!

I recently updated Premier Pro CC to the version 13.1.3 (Build 44) and... all of the sudden, it no longer supports .MKV files. I've worked with this type of file for quite a while now, but right after the update, it won't let me use it. Is this intentional or is it a bug?

Thanks in advance.

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Correct answer Ann Bens

Intentional: Adobe dropped support.

(Did not know they official supported the codec).

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Rscg23s
Participant
October 24, 2021

I don't get it adobe. Just let creators work with what they want.

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Photo1549
Participant
June 26, 2021

Currently working on a project where the team is using the later version of Premiere, tried to import smoe MKV files of a video shoortage... guess what... wasted a lot of precious time to sort this out. Already rewuested the program manager that the current work could be done on any other Video editing software and the team doesnt use Shareed Projects Workflows. It would save him mony on the longer run.

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Photo1549
Participant
June 26, 2021

FYI, I found out that VLC is able to help me out of here.

ronniediaz
ronniediaz
Participating Frequently
July 24, 2020

@JuliannB4 - feature request to bring back mkv support:

https://adobe-video.uservoice.com/forums/911233-premiere-pro/suggestions/38135902-restore-mkv-format-support

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    pablok42685086
    Participant
    April 9, 2020

    Worst decision ever, cost me so much time to fix in the middle of an important release.

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      Michael GrenadierCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      April 9, 2020

      I understand your frustration, however, NEVER update in the middle of an important project and ALWAYS keep the previous version of Premiere on your system.   I'm on a mac and it's very simple to create a clone of your startup drive before you do any serious update in OS or crucial app so you can restore your system to a working state if things go south.   Not sure how to accomplish this on windows, but I'm sure there's a way.

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        andromedameda
        Participant
        September 13, 2019

        What a silly decision. MKV wasn't harming anyone?

         

        This is ridiculous, was so useful for using clips from random sources in videos.

          GrayJackel
          GrayJackel
          Known Participant
          August 21, 2019

          I need everyone to please upvote this so that we can get this codec back
          Restore MKV Format Support – Adobe video & audio apps

            scottp29542154
            scottp29542154
            Participant
            July 18, 2019

            I am in the middle of a very large project and was not aware that this was happening.

            Once this project is finished, will be talking with Department heads to move everyone to another video editing program. This has happened too many times.

            Appreciate everyone here providing a work-around.

              GrayJackel
              GrayJackel
              Known Participant
              August 21, 2019

              Good luck going anywhere else. I would advise turning off auto-update though. The fact that it is on by default is the bane of my existence.

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              Celexis
              Participant
              July 18, 2019

              Ok, so I was able to restore my subclips and original clips by pointing them to the remuxed version of the main clip. However, I can't seem to get my sequences back. When I tried to point the sequence to the remuxed clip, it didn't show me any of my edits and rather just showed it as one continuous video and audio clip. I tried to import the sequence from a previous autosave, but that only partially worked, and of course the audio and video were not shown as edited, but as offline. Tried to link them to the remuxed, and same issue as before.

              Is there a way to get my sequences back from previous projects (and my current project) that used mkv files?

              Ann Bens
              Community Expert
              Ann BensCommunity Expert
              Community Expert
              July 18, 2019

              If its one long clip:

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              Juliannb4Author
              Participant
              July 13, 2019

              It's been supported for a while, but... not anymore, it seems. And you're absolutely right, it says so in Adobe's help section... a dumb move not checking that out first. Why did they do this though? I hope they give us a good reason...

              Thank you kindly for the info!

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              RjL190365
              Legend
              July 13, 2019

              Here's why:

              Adobe simply did not want to alienate users of legacy uncompressed or less-compressed or less-efficiently-compressed codecs such as MPEG-1 or MPEG-2, both of which are still in wide use. At the same time, Adobe wanted to add support for all the modern commonly-used compressed camera codecs. Unfortunately, no company - Adobe included -  can have 'em both ways (at least without compromising stability). So, Adobe is dropping certain lossy-compressed codec support of formats that have been used primarily for transcodes (and not for originally shot camera files).

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                SBelizaire
                Participant
                August 13, 2019

                RjL190365 I'm not sure, but what does mpeg have to do with anything? Am I missing something? How does support for MKV alienate anyone? Please explain...

                  Ann Bens
                  Community Expert
                  Ann BensCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
                  Community Expert
                  July 13, 2019

                  Intentional: Adobe dropped support.

                  (Did not know they official supported the codec).

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