Cant' import MPEG2 in Premiere elements 12 since today !!

my Sony DV Cam creates MPEG2 videos and i was able to use them in Premiere elements 12 but today it tells me I don't have the codec to read them !?
Any ideas ?
Os : Windows 8.1
Thks

hay1700
What is giving you the message about the missing codec....Premiere Elements 12 when you use Add Media OR
Windows 8.1 when you go to use one of its players?
What are these MPEG2 files, MPEG2.mpg from HDV data capture firewire into Premiere Elements 12 Capture Window are something else?
Please excuse the question, but I do not want to take anything for granted...
a. Are you importing MPEG2.mpg files into Premiere Elements 12 via its Add Media/Files and Folders or are you doing HDV data capture
firewire into the Premiere Elements 12 Capture Window
b. What are you or the project setting as the project preset for this project? If you do not know, please see Edit Menu/Project Settings/General and the readings for Editing Mode, Timebase, Frame Size, and Pixel Aspect Ratio even if the fields are grayed out.
c. Is your MPEG2.mpg in a project and are you trying to import the project file (project.prel) into another project file (project.prel)? Or are you trying to import a MPEG2.mpg file into a project.
d. What happens to your issue if you start a new project?
Please review the above. We will watch for your result and, based on that, we can decide what next.
Thank you.
ATR

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You should expect to have this issue with any .mod widescreen file that you obtain from your Canon FS200 camera.
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Add On...If you are depending on the program to set the correct project preset, you may want to check into what it is setting based on the properties the first file you drag to the Timeline. A manual setting of the project preset may be in order. Please see
ATR Premiere Elements Troubleshooting: PE11: Accuracy of Automatic Project Preset (New Project Dialog) Setting

Cant' import MPEG2 in Premiere elements 12 since today !!

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