.cfa files in Premiere

Hi anyone knows which are these files, as I open them in Premiere? every time you import a video extension. avi in Premiere Pro CS5.5 I get an error adjustment

I can't read your error message, but .cfa files are generated to
your media cache when you import media files with audio.
If you are getting errors pointing to your media cache files (.cfa),
I would start by cleaning your cache files and allowing them to
re-generate next time you open Premiere.
Move or clean the Media Cache Database

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Hi Bracmanf,
bracmanf wrote:
I am using Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. My aim is to export an mpeg file with closed captioning embeded for network television.
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bracmanf wrote:
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bracmanf wrote:
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Am I running into problems because I am not on the Creative Cloud?
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bracmanf wrote:
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I have just done a bit of reading, here. All of the quotes that follow are from users who have posted in that thread.
It seems that there isn't one solid answer on this subject. The thread that I linked to was started 2 years ago, and replied to just 4 ago, so it's relatively current.
I noticed a couple different interesting statements:
posted by mmontgomery:
In the case of .MOD, you are actually getting a MPEG-2 file. The way
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algorithm and a file wrapper (or extension). A JVC .MOD file is a
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posted by futball8:
I edit with Adobe Premiere Pro CS3. All I have to do is simply rename
the .MOD files as .MPG and then import into PP CS3. It takes a small
amount of time to conform the audio, but no file conversion is
necessary. It's a pretty slick workflow and I've never encountered any
problems editing them this way.
(posted 5 months ago)
One can only assume that simply re-naming the extension from .mod to .mpg works in some circumstances, and doesn't work in others. I assume it depends largely on the editing software being used. Perhaps there are still issues that futball8 was simply unaware of or never encountered.
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posted by macksgarage:
While Elements 'supports' these files, it is markedly unstable and frequently crashes while using the files, though the application is otherwise reliable. The solution I have arrived at is to repair the container using ffmpeg. (see #3)
(posted 5 months ago)
2. Use a file conversion utility of your choice that will covert .mod to .avi, or another desired format. Import the resulting .avi file into premiere pro cs4.
3. Use FFmpeg. This seems to be the best solution as it does not convert any audio or video:
posted by macksgarae:
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learn, but it's not only useful for this, but functions as a video swiss
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about any format into just about any other format.
ffmpeg is an open source project from the linux world, but it has
been ported and is supported on windows. Fetch it here and place it somewhere handy
on your system.
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that doesn't make applications die, WITHOUT rerendering video or audio
itself, I use this command.
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around unmodified video and audio data, yielding a file which works much
more stably with Adobe applications, and presumably others as well, as
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All of the things that I've quoted here came from the same thread, so I don't know how accurate any of this is, but the people that have posted these things seem fairly knowledgeable. If someone reads all of this and can confirm or deny any of it, it would be much appreciated.
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