File with negative (-) duration

[parishan]

Hi -
I have a large AVI file (about 5.6GB) which I would like to import to adobe premiere time line. The file plays fine with windows media player but after importing it to premiere, it shows nothing when I drag it to the timeline window. The properties of the file shows negative (-) duration time. When i try to dubble click the avi file, it brings up the clip window but with negative (-) duration. I even tries to change duration and speed but nothing is helping this file. It does not play in premiere. I am using permiere 6.0. Any one had this kind of expreience?
My other small file are fine and works great. Thanks in advance.
Parishan.

 

[Akribie]

Have you updated to Premiere 6.01? If not, that might just help (no promises!).

 

[HubertP]

Well, I've never seen this happen before, but I do know that a negative duration could mean that the clip is set to play in reverse. (I don't know how it got set like that, though....) Anyway, try right-clicking on the clip and go to "clip speed" or whatever it is. If there's a hypen in front of the number, delete it, or vice versa. See if that does it. Or, does the clip just need to be rendered? Good luck.

 

[parishan]

Thanks for your feedback.. Believe it not but problem was related to "HollyWood" plugin. After removing Hollywood plugin, my software (premiere) is working fine and I can now play with large files.