Exported an avi file, but doesnt want to import it.

[Maldrien]

Hi, i got a clip about 50 min long and i exported in an avi file. I had to cut it in 3 pieces to be able to put it on 3 dvd. But now that i know, (at least i think)i can put it on one dvd, when i import it in premiere pro 1.5, it says unsupported file format or damage file. I can watch the film with quicktime, but doesnt play with Windows Media player. Can someone help me?

 

[Maldrien]

I try to import the movie with premiere pro v7.0, with the same result. Unsupported format or damage file. Can someone help me?

 

[Akribie]

It would be helpful if you could say exactly what format the problem file is in and how you chopped it up.

eg

What CODEC, frame rate, frame size, audio format?

Did you export complete AVIs or did you use some other utility to chop up a complete AVI into smaller files?

It might also be possible (I'm guessing here) that your AVI files came off DVD as read-only, and this might just be upsetting Premiere. Worth a look/try, anyway.

 

[Maldrien]

I used premiere to chop it in 3 parts. i think i used the MICROSOFT DV AVI codec. And i burned them on DVDs. How can i fix that?

 

[Akribie]

In that case, the key question is what format are the AVIs in after you read them back off the DVD. (I assume you burned them as data, not as DVD-compressed videos.)

You could use Gspot to find that out if you haven't any other way. Visit

http://www.headbands.com/gspot/.

 

[Maldrien]

Your right again. When i use Gspot it says it's a QUICKTIME (.MOV/QT).

 

[Akribie]

Did the .MOV come from a PC or Mac? If from a Mac, then there may be file format issues to resolve about which I am ill informed.

http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/329350.html

includes QT/MOV as a legal format for PPro. So I suspect there might be a format problem with the files or with your facilities for replaying them.

What happens if you use GSpot to 'render' the files?

BTW, the PPro 1.5 ReadMe includes the following advice:
If you will be working with QuickTime movies (.mov files), be sure to install QuickTime version 6.1 or later. For best results you should select the Recommended install option. QuickTime is not included as part of the Adobe Premiere Pro installation. You can download it at

http://www.apple.com/quicktime.

 

[Maldrien]

I am on a PC and i got Quicktime 7 pro installed. GSpot cant render my file :S . Unsupported file type again. But i can read it with quicktime.

 

[Akribie]

Unfortunately for you, QuickTime services are not used within Premiere Pro, which is possibly why QT will play the file but PPro not. I'm not familiar enough with Gspot to know how significant the failure to render might be, but I think it uses Direct Show for that feature, in which case QT might not be a viable source format for the process.

If you have one of the earlier Premiere's (5.x or 6.x) you might be more lucky and be able to export in a different format for PPro.

Otherwise, you might be able to use a conversion utility like Virtual Dub to convert into a PPro-compatible format.

 

[Maldrien]

i am trying to export my movies using Quicktime pro. we'll see. Thanks alot for your help

 

[Akribie]

Good luck. Please say if it works and what output format you used from QTPro.

 

[Maldrien]

i tried to encode using QUICKTIME 7 PRO and the codec CINEPAK wich gave me a very poor quality film. Started at 2gig the sequence to 188meg. But premiere pro accepted it. So i just hope i'll find a CODEC with still some good quality. I got 10gigs on video that i have to fit on 1 DVD with a good quality.

 

[Akribie]

You can get over an hour of good video onto a single-layer, single-sided DVD.

If you have the disk space, and assuming you have that export option, you could try exporting your intermediate movie uncompressed, which would avoid the quality hit, albeit generating a seriously-large file on disk.

 

[Maldrien]

Finally i got my movies working in Premiere. With Quicktime Pro, i exported my movie with DV CODEC. The file was 2gig before and after it was 1.8gig. Should i try to export my movie with Premiere or should i find a CODEC that will fit in ENCORE or Nero Vision?

 

[Akribie]

You should minimise CODEC changes, because they are most likely to cause some loss of quality.

If the movie is shorter than about 90 minutes, then you have a choice - export as MPEG for DVD from Premiere, or as DV and transcode afterwards. If the movie is long, you may find it easier to let Encore work out the reduced bit rates to fit on your media.

Personally I prefer to use Pro Coder for conversion because I have found it gives better results on difficult footage. The other advantage is that you can frame serve from the Premiere timeline into Pro Coder, which saves making an intermediate file.

If you don't have Encore

 

[Maldrien]

my movie is 50mins long for 10gig. So i think i'll put it all in the DV format with Quicktime and put it on a DVD using the Premiere option.

 

[Maldrien]

after exporting my 3 files, it's only the first one that can be read in Nero Vision and in Premiere Pro. I used Gspot to find the CODEC but again it's an unsupported file. Let's for another test and error

And since i cant find a thread about Premiere and video recorded in HD, i'll start a new one. So if your very familiar with HD come help me. plz