File video dimensions (width/height) too large.

[_Johnny_Halverson_]

I am currently evaluating Pro CS4 coming off of Power Director. In Power Director I imported multiple ".MPG" files that imported fine. I was able to create a sequence and publish to DVD. I am not a professional editor but do appreciate the professional qualities and feel of Pro CS4 and am looking to stop using Power Director.

When using the Media Browser, I navigate to the folder where the .MPG files are located and select them. I get an error that reads "File video dimensions (width/height) too large.

Can someone assist me in the correct file format to convert these to so Pro CS4 can import? I currently have Movavi installed for a converter. I have not purchased it and would gladly take recommendations from all of you prior to purchase.

Thanks,

Johnny

[joshtownsend]

I've gotten this error when I try to use the 'project manager' to consolidate all the footage I've edited in each reel(10-19 minutes) of my film.

After it's done when I move to the new folder with all the files, click the project file, it doesn't see all the files. When I tell it where the file is I get the "File video dimensions (width/height) too large" error. Doesn't happen everytime, but it happened enough for me to go into CS3 to fix it.

I shoot on P2 1080 24pa. The shoot took over a year so the 12+ hours of footage is spread out over a few harddrives. Just wanna consolidate everything, so I can easily move footage to other computers or upgrade to Vista 64 without having to remap all my hardrives so I don't have to search for each individual file (been there done that, not again)

Any idea about this error?

[Eddie Lotter]

FAQ:How do I convert my files?

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[joshtownsend]

The links didn't help one bit for me. What's the error mean?

[Eddie Lotter]

I'm afraid I don't have a link for your problem. 😛

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[_tofu68_]

I also had this problem.... I think I originally captured the clips in CS3 - but now when I open the project in CS4 I get asked where the media files are, then when I show CS4 I receive an error message stating "File video dimensions (width/height) too large".

I managed to solve the problem (so far) by deleting the XMP files that accompany the MPEG video files.

[joshtownsend]

Thanks that makes sense.

[_Michelle_Feigen_]

If only it were that easy. I've still not found a way to overcome this, and since no XMP files play into my scenario there's nothing to delete. It simply won't let me import MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 files, claiming whatever I attempt that "file video dimensions (width/height) too large"

Has anyone found a solution?

[Eddie Lotter]

See: FAQ: How do I import xyz format files?

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[_Michelle_Feigen_]

Very interesting. We upgraded our Premiere Pro to CS4 specifically because they (Adobe) told us flat out that it could handle MPEG-4/H.264.

We are talking about Premiere Pro CS4, right?

[excited_Genie16B8]

My guess would be that Adobe meant specifically AVCHD. It is possible to have an MPEG4/H.264 file that does not conform to the AVCHD specification, which is a specific subset of the MPEG 4 standard.

This is one of the reasons editing MPEGs is not a good idea. There are just too many variables for an NLE to handle them all well.

[_Michelle_Feigen_]

Hmmm, we never had any issues editing MPEG-2 in Premiere Pro 2.0, and Adobe as recently as 3 weeks ago when we made the upgrade told us flat out that the file type MPEG-4/H.264 would be no problem. Flase representation?

[excited_Genie16B8]

>we never had any issues editing MPEG-2 in Premiere Pro 2.0

I and many other users have. Others like yourself have not. That's the problem with MPEG. It's just not reliable as a source format because of all the variables that can exist within an MPEG file.

And again, the Adobe reps (who don't seem to be technically adept users of the software, by the way) were probably referring to AVCHD, which is just one flavor of MPEG4.

[_Michelle_Feigen_]

That's interesting but I was very specific about "MPEG-4 with H.264".

Interestingly enough, I was able to import different files two or three times in the past week. Then is just stopped working.

[excited_Genie16B8]

There are still many, many variables for the H.264 standard, of which AVCHD is only one subset (and around which Premiere's compatibility seems to be centered). All AVCHD files will be H.264, but not all H.264 files will be AVCHD, so it's still entirely possible that some will work and some may not.

I can't say this is the cause of your problem, but it is something you should keep in mind.

[_Michelle_Feigen_]

Actually that makes sense... I did a little test since I knew I had indeed had this working, and tried files produced from two different sources. One worked (same source as used before and worked), and one did NOT. The one that didn't was pretty much any file that came out of Digital Rapids Stream.

I think it's a matter of getting the right specs to conform to AVCHD. I'll be emailing their support people for insight. Thanks for helping me out.

[excited_Genie16B8]

You're welcome.

But out of curiosity, why are you editing delivery media? Would it not be better to edit what you put into Stream, instead of what you get out of it?

[_Michelle_Feigen_]

SUCCESS! I found a setting in Stream and transcoded using the "HDTV AVC" profile. Imported in Premier like a charm!

Anyhow, the answer to your question is that in order to save disc space they want to capture the live show stream as MPEG-4/H.264. We're the .com of the company not show production, so we don't have direct access to the Avid system.

Thanks again.

[excited_Genie16B8]

Well, I might have done things differently myself, but I'm glad you got it sorted out.

[_Michelle_Feigen_]

I'm always open to better ways of doing things. May I contact you off list? I am interested in your take.

[excited_Genie16B8]

My email is listed if you click on my name.

[steff517]

I had the same issue with AVCHD footage. To fix it, I installed the ffdshow package.

[Harm_Millaard]

I hope it works for you, but my personal experience with FFDShow was ugly. It caused so many problems that I needed to do a complete reformat and reinstall of OS and programs. I know opinions differ on this, but this was my personal experience and let's hope you will not have the same.

[jey_cee]

I've got Premiere CS4. Could earlier successfully import MPG videos from my camera to Premiere CS4 without problems.

Now suddenly it doesn't work - "file dimensions (width/height) too large".

I am using the same camera, same size of video as before, Nothing is different, but it just doesn't work anymore.

?????

anyone that can help??

i'd be very very thankful!!

I'm on a mac by the way, just been 2 months since I bought the program....

[andyterrell333]

I get this everytime I import a video. What do I do? I need this to work! It's been working fine for a long time.