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1. Harm Millaard,

Mar 29, 2011 5:16 AM in reply to Matjovi

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AVI is just a wrapper. Lots of stuff can be inside, be only a few are editable with CS5. CS5 is great with formats from normal or pro oriented video cameras, but your camera is not among them. So you need to convert or use a consumer application like Magix. You should have thought about the conversion problem, because it will cost you quality.

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2. Matjovi,

Mar 29, 2011 5:33 AM in reply to Harm Millaard

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Thanks for your fast reply!

Any good converting program you can advice? I'm willing to spend money, as long as it works good, and fast. Eventually a function to maintain nearly the same quaitly as source.

This is really looking black to me, specially the fact that i will have to convert all my videos in the future for my camera. That really sucks.

(What about a codec? Cant a codec be usefull for Premiere CS5 to work with the AVI file? There must be another solution!)

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3. Colin Brougham,

Mar 29, 2011 5:38 AM in reply to Matjovi

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There must be another solution!

There is; transcoding is a waste of time, space, and quality:

Download and install VLC.
In the folder containing your AVI files, create a new text document called "avi2mp4.bat" (without the quote marks). Be sure it has the .BAT extension; you'll have to remove the .TXT extension that is added by default.

Paste the following into the batch file and save it:

@ECHO OFF
for %%a in (*.avi) do "C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc" -I dummy "%%a" --sout=#:file{dst="%%~na".mp4} vlc://quit

To run the batch, simply double-click it, or you can drag and drop AVI files onto it, and they will be rewrapped as MP4s with the same filename as the original. If you use the drag and drop approach, you can save this file anywhere on your hard drive, and any files dropped onto it will be converted and placed in the same folder as the original.

That's it. The MP4s will import correctly into Premiere, and you won't be doing any transcoding.

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4. Matjovi,

Mar 29, 2011 6:48 AM in reply to Colin Brougham

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You've made my day, saved me a lot of time - and money.

THANKS - THAT WORKED!

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5. Colin Brougham,

Mar 29, 2011 7:19 AM in reply to Matjovi

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...saved me a lot of time - and money.

Well, hey... if you feel like sharing some of that...

Anyway, glad you're in business. Have fun...

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6. sider73,

Jun 6, 2011 3:58 PM in reply to Colin Brougham

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Thanks for this, it just helped me out today. Big ups for that easy solution. Thanks a ton!

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7. Bill Hunt,

Jun 6, 2011 4:35 PM in reply to Matjovi

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What about a codec? Cant a codec be usefull for Premiere CS5 to work with the AVI file?

Well, everything will depend on THE CODEC. With video, there are basically three levels:

Those used just for playback
Those used to Encode
Those that can be used by a particular NLE (Non Linear Editor, like PrPro) to actually edit the footage.

The individual CODEC will determine how many of those levels will work. Many will work at all three levels, but usually the biggest question is # 3. This will be predicated on the CODEC, and on the NLE. DivX and Xvid are common examples. Number 1 usually works flawlessly. Sometimes, # 2 will work too, though I have never been able to get any flavor of Premiere to Encode to Xvid, though DivX works fine. With those two, PrElements and PrPro usually will just not edit them properly. In those cases, a form of conversion, as Colin describes, or the use of a more forgiving NLE, as Harm recommends, is the course of action.

Just having the necessary CODEC, properly installed on the system, might only get you # 1, or perhaps also # 2. Number 3 is often a "gotcha," especially with a lot of delivery-only format/CODEC, like DivX, Xvid, et al.

Good luck,

Hunt

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8. pwrshift,

Sep 20, 2011 3:17 PM in reply to Matjovi

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Can anyone explain why this is happening all of a sudden ... my AVI files played just fine until recently, but now only sound. Not all of them, just the ones I want (of course). Could this be because I made them with CS4 on 32 bit and now use CS5 on 64 bit? I never know if they are going to work unless I try to load them into a new project...or open up an older project.

The workaround seems difficult .. I'm not a techie. What is a VLC and where do you get it...when I Googled it there were almost a million responses.

Brian

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9. Bill Hunt,

Sep 20, 2011 6:21 PM in reply to pwrshift

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What CODEC is inside of the AVI files? It could be one of many.

Most likely cause would be that the necessary CODEC is no longer on the system, but it could be other reasons, depending on which CODEC you are talking about. MediaInfo can tell you, if you do not remember.

Good luck, and please let us know more.

Hunt

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10. violinfiddle13,

Apr 4, 2012 1:43 AM in reply to Matjovi

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Colin Brougham is God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It works perfect!!!!!!!!

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11. LittleFranklin,

Apr 8, 2012 6:23 AM in reply to Colin Brougham

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I tried this solution and it sort of worked, but the resulting file has no audio track. The sound plays fine in a media player but doesn't show up in Premiere.

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12. Bill Hunt,

Apr 8, 2012 8:17 AM in reply to LittleFranklin

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What are the specs. of the Audio Stream(s) in your file?

Did you allow Conforming to complete 100%? This ARTICLE goes into more detail on what Conforming is.

Good luck, and please let us know more about your file.

Hunt

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13. LittleFranklin,

Apr 8, 2012 9:59 AM in reply to Bill Hunt

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It shows as MPEG-1 Layer-3 CBR. I was trying Colin Brougham's solution because conforming wasn't working. I did a thread about it here. http://forums.adobe.com/thread/984759

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14. tfni,

Jun 30, 2012 1:58 PM in reply to Colin Brougham

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Hi Colin!

SInce you appear in many posts as a genious when it comes to adobe premire pro cs6, can you please help me out with this post? Pretty please:)

http://forums.adobe.com/message/4530017#4530017

All my best!
TIffanie

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15. Setrett4,

Jul 6, 2012 4:26 PM in reply to Colin Brougham

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Colin, I just need to say thank you. You are indeed the man.

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16. Robospy69,

Sep 28, 2012 3:14 PM in reply to Colin Brougham

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Tried the above came up with video file ending .pc - doesn't play. think i did it all correct. my whole system was working fine may have even finished a few videos with the "incompatible display issue" going don't remember but seems to take the avi. okay but the video monitor only shows a still from clip - now. acting little like it's overwhelmed. ? tried and failed updating drives from ATI and Asus. think incompat issue but just want to edit you know? sage advice much appreciated. running win 7 pre 9 asus N61jq

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17. 26nannini,

Nov 14, 2012 12:13 PM in reply to Robospy69

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Hi Colin,

I tried your method and it created an mp4 file but it plays but with no sound or no audio. In PP it just shows a green screen with no audio and no video but it shows inthe properties that it has audio and video. Any ideas?

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18. Chidinma02,

Feb 2, 2013 10:38 AM in reply to Colin Brougham

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please does this also work for .flv files I need a fast quality way of converting my .flv files to mp4s, thanks.

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19. Jim Simon,

Feb 2, 2013 8:43 PM in reply to Chidinma02

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Try this, It's what I use. (Version 5)

http://www.videohelp.com/tools/XviD4PSP

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