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Dedinne
Dedinne
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AVI movie doesn't play in Premiere

May 31, 2012 2:42 PM

Hi,

 

I'm using Premiere CS4 on PC (Vista)

 

I have a avi format movie that plays in Windows Media Player or VLC.

I opened a new project in Premiere and imported the file. When press "PLAY" the cursor moves as it is playing but there is a still image from the beginning to the end.

 

Does anyone have an idea of what's going on?

 

thanks

1670 Views   14 Replies   Latest reply: C_Nataraj, Sep 15, 2012 9:09 AM
 
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  • Ann Bens
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    1. Ann Bens,
    May 31, 2012 3:44 PM   in reply to Dedinne
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    Run the avi through Media info and post a screendump of the analysis.

    Then we might know what is going on.

    Usually its a codec problem.

     

    http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en

     
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  • Bill Hunt
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    2. Bill Hunt,
    May 31, 2012 4:13 PM   in reply to Dedinne
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    AVI is but a wrapper. It can contain almost anything. This ARTICLE will give you more background.

     

    I agree with Ann, that knowing the CODEC and the specs. of that file will probably explain why it will not play properly in PrPro.

     

    Good luck,

     

    Hunt

     
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  • Jim Simon
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    3. Jim Simon,
    May 31, 2012 6:47 PM   in reply to Dedinne
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    Does anyone have an idea of what's going on?

     

    Yes.  You did not capture that AVI from a DV camera, but instead you downloaded it from the Internet.

     

    Don't do that.

     
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  • Dedinne
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    4. Dedinne,
    Jun 1, 2012 6:27 AM   in reply to Ann Bens
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    Hi,

     

    The codec of this AVI is MP42 (S-Mpeg 4 version2).

    Does it explain why it doesn't play in Premiere?

     

    Thanks a lot for you help

     
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  • John T Smith
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    5. John T Smith,
    Jun 1, 2012 8:54 AM   in reply to Dedinne
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    Hmm... I know that H.264 will NOT work inside an AVI wrapper http://forums.adobe.com/thread/854115 but I'm not sure about your file, other than saying it is a bit "odd" to have Mpeg4 in an AVI wrapper

     
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  • C_Nataraj
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    6. C_Nataraj,
    Sep 14, 2012 3:49 PM   in reply to John T Smith
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    I have the same problem.  It is an AVI file; Gspot reports it to have a codec MP42 with name: S-Mpeg 4 version 2.  It plays fine with VLC as well as Media Player.  I installed K-Lite codecs because I thought it might help.  The file was created from a legally purchased screen capture software.  I am using Premier Pro CS 4.  Any help would be most appreciated.

     
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  • Bill Hunt
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    7. Bill Hunt,
    Sep 14, 2012 6:27 PM   in reply to C_Nataraj
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    Where are these MP4 AVI files coming from?

     

    Usually, MP4 are in an MP4 wrapper, but have been known to be in MOV files. AVI is an odd wrapper for them. Are these coming from video cameras, or from some video screen-cap program, or via some conversion?

     

    Just curious,

     

    Hunt

     
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  • C_Nataraj
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    8. C_Nataraj,
    Sep 14, 2012 6:32 PM   in reply to Bill Hunt
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    From a program called Active Presenter - it is a screen capture software.  I am using it to capture writings, presentations, videos, etc., to record an educational video for my graduate classes.  Any idea how I would change the wrapper? 

     
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  • C_Nataraj
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    9. C_Nataraj,
    Sep 14, 2012 6:41 PM   in reply to C_Nataraj
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    By the way, I also tried ffmpeg; gives me weird errors.  I am confounded by the whole thing, and am probably not using it correctly. 

     

    Nat

     
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  • C_Nataraj
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    10. C_Nataraj,
    Sep 14, 2012 6:45 PM   in reply to C_Nataraj
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    Sorry for multiple posts.  But I thought I could provide more information.  Here is the analysis from mediainfo.  Thanks in advance. - Nat

     

    Format                               : AVI
    Format/Info                          : Audio Video Interleave
    File size                            : 37.4 MiB
    Duration                             : 15mn 30s
    Overall bit rate                     : 337 Kbps
    Writing application                  : Lavf53.21.0

     

    Video

    ID                                   : 0
    Format                               : MPEG-4 Visual
    Codec ID                             : MP42
    Codec ID/Info                        : Microsoft MPEG-4 v2 (pre-standard)
    Codec ID/Hint                        : Microsoft
    Duration                             : 15mn 30s
    Bit rate                             : 198 Kbps
    Width                                : 1 138 pixels
    Height                               : 640 pixels
    Display aspect ratio                 : 16:9
    Frame rate                           : 30.000 fps
    Compression mode                     : Lossy
    Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                   : 0.009
    Stream size                          : 22.0 MiB (59%)

     

    Audio

    ID                                   : 1
    Format                               : WMA
    Format version                       : Version 2
    Codec ID                             : 161
    Codec ID/Info                        : Windows Media Audio
    Duration                             : 15mn 30s
    Bit rate                             : 128 Kbps
    Channel(s)                           : 2 channels
    Sampling rate                        : 44.1 KHz
    Bit depth                            : 16 bits
    Stream size                          : 14.2 MiB (38%)
    Interleave, duration                 : 46 ms (1.39 video frame)
     
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  • John T Smith
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    11. John T Smith,
    Sep 14, 2012 8:09 PM   in reply to C_Nataraj
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    >From a program called Active Presenter - it is a screen capture software

     

    Hmm.... back in #5 I posted a link explaining why H.264 will not work inside an AVI wrapper

     

    That makes me think that MP4 also will not work when wrapped up as an AVI

     

    Does your screen software provide any other options?

     

    Or, do they provide software to convert their files to anything else?

    
     
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  • C_Nataraj
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    12. C_Nataraj,
    Sep 15, 2012 7:35 AM   in reply to John T Smith
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    Hi John,

     

    Yes, they provide WMV, WebM, and MPEG4.  Since I posted last I have been experimenting with WMV (same codec, by the way).  It behaves a little better than AVI (with Premiere Pro).  The source monitor plays it fine, but the sequence monitor has various problems including stuck video, cropped video, etc.

     

    Nat

     
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  • C_Nataraj
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    Sep 15, 2012 9:09 AM   in reply to John T Smith
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    Thanks.  I might try the Windows Expression Encoder.  However, as your link shows, WMV would be the wrong one to edit.  I am still seeking a solution from the software company that generates these files - they have been quite responsive.  Let me see.

     

    Nat

     
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