Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0 & .MTS "Canon HG20"

I've been using adobe premiere elements 4.0 for quite a while and like it. Recently, I've considered purchasing a Canon HG20 "I want to film in HD" which I believe records in .MTS. Is this compatible or will I need to look at a different camcorder?

You may be able to convert the files using Quicktime Pro ($29 from Apple) -- but that depends on what you want to convert them to!
Is your ultimate plan to burn a BluRay disk or are you ultimately planning to output a standard DVD?

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I just Installed Premiere Elements and there was lag from the start.
I have not installed any new program or OS update, what do you suggest?
While editing I dont run any other software, I have adobe photoshop
installed, but thats it.
I have an Acer Aspire V5-551G-64456G75Mass with 6G RAM. 591Gb free, out of
680Gb on (C:)
One harddrive with 5400rpm.
There is no orange line at all...
The files is .mov files from a canon 5d mark2. Thats all I know about the
camera.
Ill try using as administrator.
2015-01-09 17:04 GMT+01:00 John T Smith <[email protected]>:
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Projects settings for AVCHD MTS files in Adobe Premiere Elements 8

Hello,
I have read several discussions already, about importing AVCHD MTS file in Adobe Elements (version 8), but I'm also confused a littlebit, so I would like to confirm if I'm correct.
FYI, I have a Canon Legria HFR26 camera and am using Adobe Premiere Elements 8 (with the latest updates installed).
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The ability to work natively with AVCHD files was not added until version 10, Michiel. So you'll still have to render while you work in version 8.

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annejennifer
What are you using as your Add Media/ for the import of your .mts on the SD?
Not sure if the following is a viable question, but....
What happens if you transfer the .mts on the SD card to your computer desktop and then try to
import the .mts into Premiere Elements 12 with its Add Media/Files and Folder/Project Assets?
But on reflection, if your OS and Premiere Elements are both not seeing the file, this does not
present as a Premiere Elements issue, rather an issue between the .mts format and your Mac computer.
If that is a valid observation, have you gotten any input on this from Apple?
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ATR
Add On....could you give us more information about the .mts file that you said that you have on your new
computer desktop and is being recognized by the OS and Premiere Elements 12?

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Thanks for any assistance that you can provide.
John

Steve,
Thanks for your help. You are correct that there is another file with the same name without the ".THM" extension.
What I said was incorrect. I was trying to import the file without the ".THM" extension and getting the afore mentioned message.
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John

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Thank you so much for your reply.
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Did you get a disc for the software? Are you sure you are installing version 12?
See if the following helps: Error unable to validate serial number | CS6

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Hello,
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These are not specifically for PreElements, but since other Adobe products have the same "core" in many instances, worth reading
As well as the below, right click the program icon and select Run as Administrator, which is NOT the same thing as running the computer with the Administrator account, and which fixes several "odd" problems... To create a two layer DVD (or a BluRay?), you MUST have Encore set to use the Run as Administrator option
Run as Administrator http://forums.adobe.com/thread/969395
Odd Errors http://forums.adobe.com/thread/670174
Long File Names or odd characters cause problems
Read http://forums.adobe.com/thread/588273
And #4 http://forums.adobe.com/thread/666558
And This Message Thread http://forums.adobe.com/thread/665641
Things and Software to AVOID when authoring/burning a DVD... says Encore, but also applies to Premiere Elements and disc burning
Start --> http://forums.adobe.com/thread/608660
#2 has WHY Explained http://forums.adobe.com/thread/607390
Plus http://forums.adobe.com/thread/562941
Create an ISO (Encore) or folder on your hard drive (Encore or Premiere Elements) and then use the FREE http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download to write files or folders or ISO to disc for DVD or BluRay (send the author a PayPal donation if you like his program)
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Adobe premiere elements 11 says, "not responding" and asks me if I want to close the program. I have done this multiple times and nothing has worked. I am getting very frustrated and am not impressed by this program. What can I do to fix it?

hunttofilmt
Here is what I was like you to look at and determine if this workflow behaves any differently than the one that you are using now. I am assuming that you are having similar problems with Go Pro Hero 3's 960p @ 48 progressive frames per second and with the Canon's 1080p @ 24 progressive frames per second.
Let us confine these initial tests to the Canon 1080p24, for now to avoid any complications of editing 960p48 in Premiere Elements.
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DSLR
1080p
DSLR 1080p24
or
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1080p
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Here is a description of the process from my blog post. Please cross check what you are doing with the steps that I used in the blog post demo.
http://www.atr935.blogspot.com/2013/06/pe11-project-assets-organization-for.html
If that is not successful, then stop and let us know.
If that is successful, then let us look at the 960p48...there is an atypical format for Premiere Elements. Here we are going to set the project preset manually as in the case with the Canon, but here we are going to use the project preset of:
NTSC
DV
Standard
or
PAL
DV
Standard
depending on whether you have a NTSC or PAL install for your Premiere Elements 11.
Before you exit the new project dialog, be sure to have a check mark next to Force Selected Project Setting for this Project.
Then continue with the import and trimming of the video in the Preview Window as you did with the 1080p24 footage.
Looking forward to your results.
Thanks.
ATR
Add On....By the way, how is your external hard drive formatted NTFS or FAT32? Depending on the results from the above mini tests, please look at importing/trimming one of your 1080p24 in the 1080p24 project but import the 1080p24 from a computer desktop save location instead of the external hard drive.

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ANy help would be appreciated...

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gone through some of the troubleshooting tips from adobe.com
uninstalled and reinstalled PE7
did a system restore to several days ago when it was working fine
The movie I am editing is over an hour long, and has a variety of movie clips, pictures, narration, and music. When I press play it works pretty good, but when I want to move the narration around or "clear" a certain clip, it goes crazy!! Here's a few of the error boxes I've seen:
Premiere Elements Debug Event
[..\..\Src\Sequence\TrackItemTrack.cpp-480]
and also this one
[..\..\Src\VideoSegment.cpp-55]
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This has also come up before the file opens:
Found default catalog. Trying to open the default catalog.
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The licensing subsystem has failed catastrophically. You must reinstall or call customer support.
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I am not a computer whiz, but If you need any more info, let me know, and please respond ASAP!!
Thanks!

Well, it's not working again. Here's what happened:
I opened that other file this morning, like I told you. I edited for a few hours, then I added a picture, then tried moving some clips that were grouped together, but instead of moving them it did something else (not sure what) and then it said there was an error and it had to close down (I was able to delete the picture off the timeline, just in case that was causing the problem, which I don't think it was). I was glad to have gotten so much editing in, but really disappointed it wasn't fixed completely like I'd hoped. So I opened PE7 again and it said I needed to save the file as another name. So I did that and kept editing for another few hours, with no major problems. Then, when I was moving something around again there was an error message and it closed down. At this point I was thinking "This isn't good, but hopefully it will open again and work like last time." But no, this time, the file wouldn't even OPEN!! This is the worst it's been. Those same error messages come up (PE Debug Event) and a new one too:
Microsoft Visual C ++ Runtime Library
Runtime Error
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This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information.
I've been having a few minor problems with Windows Vista as well, such as the scroll bar on the Internet going up and down like crazy for several seconds, and also a runtime error (similar to the one above) when I open a folder under my computer. Could it be I have a virus? I have Vipre antivirus installed on my computer so hopefully that is taking care of anything like that.
I can open a copy of the movie file I made earlier today (but I'm not sure yet if I can edit with it or not - I don't want to make a bunch of changes and lose my work!), but not the latest file I worked on that had the last problems. Here are my project presets:
(this forum won't let me copy and paste!)
General
Editing Mode: DV NTSC
Timebase: 29.97 frames/second
Video:
Frame size 720 horiz. 480 vert. 16:9
Pixel Aspect Ratio: D1/DV NTSC Widescreen 16:9 (1.2)
Fields: Lower Field First
Display format: 30 fps Drop-Frame Timecode
Audio:
Sample rate: 48000Hz
Display format: audio samples
Capture format: DV capture
Video Rendering
Maximum bit depth (not checked)
Previews:
File Format: DV NTSC
Compressor: DV NTSC
Color Depth: millions of colors
Optimize stills (checked)
The narration is a .wav file,
the pictures are .jpg
the videos are all .avi (some were conformed from .MTS to.avi with PE7 under SHARE)
By "assets, stills, video etc. on the timeline" do you mean I should tell you everything I have on the timeline in order? Or did you mean something else? I was a little confused by that (I'm a visual person and so new to this!).
Thanks so much for your help!!

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>meet the requirements for Adobe Premiere Elements
There have been MANY discussions here, and in the Premiere Pro forum, about Adobe's requirements
The general concensus HERE is that the Adobe marketing people want more people to buy the program, so they list MINIMUM requirements, not EFFECTIVE EDITING requirements
In the PPro area, but This message has a really good picture showing requirements
Click the picture to expand to readable size - http://forums.adobe.com/thread/810750

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The big questions I have are:
Is Premiere Elements 13.1 an actual update...and is it actually available?
If so, where on earth do I download it and install it?
Elements 13 (64 bit): No sound on .mts video - works in Elements 11

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I recently had to re-install Adobe Premiere Elements 9.0 to my new hard drive.
All of a sudden I am no longer able to import AVI files.
I have done this literally thousands of times in the past and now I am prevented from doing so.
There is probably a simple fix and I'm not sure about Codecs nor do I need to learn about them,
I just want to import some simple AVI clips. help. HELP. HELP ME PLEASE before I go mad
(I am a windows user)

LucyC
Thanks for getting back to us on this issue.
Based on what you just wrote, let explore the following direction for the troubleshooting. If this approach works, great; if not, we think about this some more.
If you say that these untouched .avi files are from the Canon Powershot, I am guessing that they probably are MotionJPEG.avi. That MotionJPEG video compression can be a nuisance to deal with at times. Sometimes it appears that the matter is more the availability of this video codec to the project rather than its absence in the system.
Did the Canon Powershot come with a utility that you had installed on the old hard drive? And, did you reinstall that utility after the hard drive replacement? If not, that is a consideration. Some believe use of the camera's utllity is a way around the Premiere Elements MotionJPEG issue when it pops up.
Another approach would be to download and install the tryout Morgan MotionJPEG codec (for now for troubleshooting purposes) so that we can rule that aspect of the issue in or out.
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/audio_video/codecs/morgan_m-jpeg_codec.cfm
We will be watching for your follow up when you get a chance.
By the way, did you remember to reinstall the 9.0.1 Update for version 9?
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4929
Thanks.
ATR

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