Unable To View Video In Program Monitor or Time Line 1

[Caligari8349]

Hi. I'm just starting to learn Premiere 6 and need all the help I can get The problem is that while I can watch a clip in the project and source monitors just fine, if I play it on the program monitor or time line all I get is audio but no video. Appreciate the help.

 

[Akribie]

What are the source clips? DV? Something else?

If something else, it is likely that Premiere 6 cannot edit that format if it will not play on the timeline.

When you play in a clip window, you are using Windows facilities, not Premiere's, which is why some clips play as you describe but you cannot edit them.

 

[Caligari8349]

Hi. Thanks for the info, much appreciated. The source material was a movie trailer I downloaded off the Internet. I've been trying to figure out how to re-edit trailers like they do on YouTube, but having great difficulty figuring it out. Thanks again

 

[Akribie]

If you want to use Premiere 6 to edit such footage, you'll need to convert it to an editable format. The best choice is DV.

A free program called Virtual Dub (

http://www.virtualdub.org/)

can do the conversion.

When you've finished, you'll probably need to transcode again into a format for the web (if that's what you want). It's possible that one of the Premiere export options will suit. If not, output to a DV AVI file and use Virtual Dub to transcode into your target format.

This assumes that Virtual Dub can handle the formats you're using.