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

[txt_xtra]

I found updating to the latest release has made premiere pro alot more stable. i just finished a large 40 hour or so video encoding project and premiere was doing splendidly now. It barely even crashed. The only times i had problems was rendering mpeg2, but i have now convinced our systems and users to accept mp4 files. As long as your final result is an mp4 file, premiere seems to handle it quite well. I was luckily able to upgrade our players with newer codecs so i no longer have to use mpeg2.

This particular problem I did solve, but i cant remmeber how. All I can stress is that applying all the adobe updates makes it rather stable. A complete reinstall is never a bad idea either.

[carkent1]

I suddenly received the same error message and tried everything. Nothing worked--even old reliable files were getting the same message.  So I rebooted and the problem went away!

[Na_Goyah]

Hello everyone,

I'm new to this forum and fairly new to Adobe CS4.

I keep having this problem aswell, no matter what format i use (i record with a JVC HM-100) every single MPEG-4 file i make it says "File video dimensions (width/height) too large."

It even says that with the MOV files i can make with this camera.

For instance i have no clue what sequence presets i have to use when im recording with the following settings:

File format: MOV

System: 1080-50/25

Record mode: 1920 50i HQ

nor have i any clue on how to fix this problem.

I could really use some help on this one.

(if you can help me, please do so in the most basic way you can. Im still new to all this)

Na Goyah

[the_wine_snob]

Welcome to the forum.

Have you updated to the CS4.2 version? That fixed many, many things, and added a bunch of new, useful features.

Good luck,

Hunt

[unihumi]

Mac OSX 10.6.6 // Premiere 4.0.2 here

I've been having this issue a lot of times. It usually happens to me, when there's some problem with the permissions. Normally the problem is beeing solved by open up "Disk Utility" and "Repair Permissions" (on your System HDD).  Glad I could help.

[carkent1]

Thank you.

--Frank

[unihumi]

There were times when this didn't work out. If that happens, try doing the same with the OSX DVD in your Drive and boot in Safe Mode (Hold down Shift).

[sTiNkEr1111]

hey can any body tell me...?

i have been tryin to make a video sequence in prem. pro cs4 for ages now and keep on running in to problems concerning files one problems  is...

mpeg Files that have already been imported in to the project, and edited in to a sequence are not being recognised by the programme and comes up with

File video dimensions (width/height) too large.

why is this????? =;( can i change these dimensions in the settings anywhere????

I am quite confused as there was never any problem with these mpeg's and premier before!

I am not exactly a technical wizard so any help will be gr8tly appreciated.

Thanx =;p

[Guest]

I had the same message yesterdeay and it was driving me crazy because all my usual 'stand by' approaches weren't working. Here are things that I've done in the past that have seemed to work even though they aren't actually related to importing, capturing, or video footage dimensions.

1- Clean out Media Cache

2- Open project and import files individually instead of through the pop up media link box that opens with the project

3- The winner for this week's issue :MOVE EVERYTHING TO A NEW FOLDER. Why this worked I have no clue but here are the circumstances that led up to my issue:

For my department once our shows have aired and we are ready to back them up we use the Project Manager to created Trimmed Projects so all footage, graphics, etc are in one folder labeled with the show name and we can archive the shows on our Data Tapes. ( HP LTO4) This is the ONLY time our footage is ever on a tape, we record to compact flash, import the .M2T files onto our server, then onto our editing suites, edit our shows/commercials/promos, then make our back up archive versions that are stored on the Data Tapes.

If we need to pull an old archive we get the trimmed copy restored to our editing systems from the data tapes. This was done for me and it works very easily a majority of the time. Every once in a while we will have an issue with a missing file, but this is the first time (in 2 + years of using this system) that I've had this message on opening one of these projects.

I've had the message before when moving projects and renaming files that have been used in a project, but never like this, where absolutely nothing would work.

Today I simply made a new folder on my Media drive and copied everything from the project folder (project, graphics, footage, everything) into a new folder, opened it up, and watched it work. I only had 1 file out of hundreds that did not import, indext and conform properly.

Like I said earlier, no Idea why any of the above would help with a 'dimensions' problem, but this is just a quark of Premiere (I've had the same messages on Premiere 2, and 3, so far haven't had one on 5- I've worked with Premiere since 2005)

Hopefully this will help someone