Exporting to .AVI Problems

Why when I export to Quicktime .AVI, it looks low resolution, blury, and bad quality?

AVI is just a container and it can hold hundreds of codec combinations. Those that use it are either to lazy, misinformed or stupid to understand that they would be better served by more modern containers like MPEG-4.
A standard Quicktime to AVI export on a Mac would use the ancient Cinepak Video codec developed over 15 years ago. Slow, clunky and very bad video quality.
Because AVI no longer has any industry support it has no rules. Anything goes and no standards exist. Once you learn to avoid it you'll also be making better quality more compatible files.

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Problem exporting uncompress AVI

Problem exporting uncompress AVI. The output file will have in-between frames that appear like this:
Help!

Thanks for response! It's not the player's problem (it's mpc btw), I import it into Premiere for post editing and it's disaster to see the failed rendering.
Mmm need time/Everest to find out the system info. Generally render setting is just straightforward AVI lossless/best quality with no codec assigned.

I get the error message in QuickTime "operation stopped the operation is not supported for this media" most times when I try and export an .AVI file as something else (.m4v). I have not touched the file in any way (no trimming, clipping or other editing)

I get the error message in QuickTime "operation stopped the operation is not supported for this media" most times when I try and export an .AVI file as something else (e.g. .m4v). I have not touched the file in any way (no trimming, clipping or other editing), all I want QuickTime to do is export the file in a compressed format. Bizzarely, if I shutdown and open QuickTime many times I can occasionally export a clip as another format (maybe one in 10 times). I have seen that other users have had a similar problem after clipping files in QuickTime but this seems to be a slightly different bug in that all I do is open the file and then try and export the file as is - either way, this is a very annoying bug

@Z_B-B, thank you for taking the time to respond to my cry for help. However, the link you supplied does not address the problem: I am not trying to export from Final Cut Pro to QuickTime, I am trying to export from QuickTime to the rest of the world (like people's iPhones and Ipads) in .m4v format (so I am not emailing my freinds such huge files).
If I were to spend hundreds of Dollars on a copy of Final Pro I could export directly from there and not have to bother with QuickTime, but I do not take enough video clips to justify the cost. I must say that I never had any of these problems before I decided to switch from Snow Leopard to Mountai Lion.

Why is "Export Video" greyed out? I need to export an AVI (PP2.0)

Yes, I'm still on PP 2.0. I've never seen this until today where Premiere won't allow me to export my AVI with video as Microsoft DV AVI. It will if I switch it to Microsoft AVI. (See screen print image.)
I've re-booted, I've tried importing the settings that I had previously saved for times like this. Still nothing. When I open ANY project, now, I have the same issue. Any ideas?
I remember with an old version of Premiere when something quarky like this happened we'd have to delete the prefs and then re-open the project for the prefs to reset. Is there something like that for this?

Problem solved. In the past, I have actually had Video mistakenly uncheck and rendered out AVI's that were audio only. (I only work with DV AVI's, although it's entirely possible a setting got switched to the non-DV.) So this time I simply panicked when I saw it grayed out and don't ever remember it being like that. Hunt, you are right that even though it was grayed out, it was still checked, so I did a test movie and the video IS there. I'm a bit embarrassed that I didn't try this sooner. I simply panicked. Thanks guys!

No option to export as AVI?

Hi,
I am having problems with AME CS6 - having upgraded from 5.5. Initially running AME CS6 was a nightmare and it hung on loading the QuickTimeEncoder - the best fix for which was reply 15 (Seth) here: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4540908 - thank you so much.
Now, however, I have no option to export as AVI - I had to completely reinstall and then overcome a "not activated" issue to get more export options than just H264 and FLV - once I did that and got a more comprehensive export list, it still omits AVI - has it been dropped as a standard? I doubt it, but I am at a loss - any help would be appreciated!
Thanks

Ah, I had not made that connection. I have known export options like wmv from my mac in the past, but have recently switched to AME. For backwards compatibility, where windows can export dv, mov etc which are mac compatible, I feel the same should have been true for mac! For my colleagues with windows machines locked down by admin control who cannot install any decent encoders, I need to export as mpeg1 (yes 1 of all things) or avi for powerpoint purposes! At a bit of a loss now what to do to get my .mov files out to windows users with a limited system - them changing their system is not an option!

Suddenly Media Encoder won't export to .avi from a Premiere Pro sequence

Came back to work today and out of the blue Media Encoder just won't export to .avi from a Premiere Pro sequence. Working with CS5 on Windows 7. That was the last thing I did yesterday before leaving work and it worked just fine, and it has always worked without any problems ever since I upgraded from CS4.
Here are the steps I always take: go to Export-->Media from the Premiere Pro sequence and the settings open up, I select Microsoft AVI - PAL DV, click the queue button, AME opens up but nothing loads, the queue remains empty and nothing happens.
I tried the same but selected MPEG-2 instead and it works that way.
I also tried opening the sequence directly from AME and it does it but it doesn't give me the option to export it to Microsoft AVI, it's just not on the list.
I deleted all preferences and old metadata options saved from all applications but that didn't help.
Didn't install any updates whatsoever that might have changed anything at all from yesterday till now.
If anyone knows what the problem might be and how to fix it, that will be truly appreciated, thanks in advance.

After a couple of hours going through the registry and every folder and file inside "Program Files--Adobe--Media Encoder CS5" and trying to find the problem, I did.
Thing is, the ExportAVI.prm plug-in file wasn't missing, it was there in the "Plug-ins--common" folder together with every other exporter and importer file, it just wasn't being loaded by AME for some reason. So i found a folder named "txt" and inside it there was a file named "AddExporterList.txt" which I opened and, as you could probably imagine from its pretty self-explanatory name, it contained a list of the exporter files that AME was supposed to load, and the AVI one wasn't on the list.
I wasn't sure wether it was best for me to edit that text file and add the AVI exporter to the list or just delete the damn thing, so i checked on an older PC with the CS4 suite installed in it and the "txt" folder didn't even exist, so I just deleted it and opened up AME again and it loaded every single exporter .prm file including the ExporterAVI.prm of course and it works just fine now, so that's a load off my shoulders, hope this might help someone else in the future.

Export to .avi causes windows to dump QT pro

qt pro 7.1.3 XP sp 2:
ALWAYS dies if I try to export to .avi
Any ideas?

What compression are you attempting to use? Avi is a container so it can use any of numerous codecs to compress the content and the one you are using could be the problem. If you are not sure what codec is used then click on Options in the Export window and the Settings window should tell what compressor is in use.

Export DV AVI QT

I'm exporting different video in DV format in an avi file. It worked fine with QT 7.0.1
Since I've upgraded to QT 7.0.4 or 7.1.1 or 7.1.2 the video play jerkily. I don't have this problem if I export in mov files, but I need the avi file.
I have tested this on a G5 and a mac mini.
On the mac mini, if I want to reinstall the QT 7.0.1 with the reinstaller, my desktop disappear when I reboot the computer.
Does anyone know how to resolve this problem on QT posterior to QT 7.0.1 or how reinstall QT 7.0.1 on a mac mini.
Regards.

Hey Piero,
Thanks for the comments - I've actually been down that path, and it didn't appear to help.
HOWEVER, I'm pretty sure I've figured it out! - By default QT Pro will "export to AVI" using Cinepak compression - Change that to "DV/DVCPRO-NTSC or PAL" and the output is "palatable" to my Windows app
Cheers,
Ian
Message was edited to clean up NTSC/Pal formatting

FCP 5 export to .AVI for Windows client? Advice needed!

I have a Windows platform client that wants my Exported FCP 5 Sequence in .AVI format.
Obviously, I normally always use Export to Quicktime Movie in FCP, and I do know that their is not a direct choice in FCP to export/convert as an .AVI file. (I usually hand off the FCP file to another facility that does DVD Studio Pro authoring work, and haven't had a need to make different file formats).
This has made me to ponder of few bits of info, that I'm sure I could get great ansers to, here.
My normal "workaround" for making an .AVI for a Windows user is to Export as Quicktime Movie in FCP, like normal, and then open that exported file in Quicktime Pro, and use Export Movie to AVI in Quicktime Pro. Is this the best method? Secondly, I am a little unsure as to the best settings I should use in QT Pro to achieve this. For example:
I just did a routine NTSC 48k,16 bit stereo, 30 second ad in FCP, and my normal, Export to Quicktime Movie was about 260 meg in size for the finished, self-contained movie file.
I opened this in QT-Pro and ran Export to AVI. In the settings dialog, I chose "uncompressed" for video and 48k-16 bit stereo for audio. The resulting export was about 680 meg in size! Because of file size restrictions for the clients product, what settings change or choice should I be making in QT-Pro to get an "equivalent" of the 260 meg file the FCP is exporting? Should I not get an equal file size of the QT-Pro AVI versus the FCP export (both 260 meg?).
If the answer is compression, what is the best settings in QT-Pro? Cinepak? Intel Indeo?
Perhaps, I have always misunderstood what FCP Export to Movie is giving me, but I thought that was uncompressed video? If so, why do I get the 260 meg out of FCP, and then 680 meg from QT-Pro Export to AVI (uncompressed) for the same 30 second clip? Is it simply a data rate difference?
Lastly, I have actually had a Windows user take a FCP Export to Movie file, straight from me, and they say it opened fine in Windows Media Player as is for viewing. However, there is no (dot) file extension name on the end of the filename. They can simply click File/Open in Windows Media Player and choose the "unrecognized" file because of no extension, and play it just fine to at least view the clip.
So what exactly is the file type that FCP is creating? It's not a .MOV and not an AVI file. What would be the equivalent file type association (just for my curiosity).
Thanks for any help to the above as I value the more-experienced users here.
Wade

Hi Wade,
Sorry for letting your post unanswered for two days, we were all busy (I know, it is not an excuse).
Seriously, I think the reason you are not getting answers is you have asked too many questions in one post. Don't know about others, but I get slightly confused.
Let me tell you what I do with FCP material when I send it to our sound department where they work with Nuendo on PCs. I export sequence using QT Conversion. My settings are: Format - AVI, Compression type - DV-PAL, Compressor quality - Best. I do not bother much about the sound. I sent the resulting file over network to a Maxtor FireWire external drive connected to a colleague's PC and then take the drive down to the sound guys. If the AVI file is smaller than 2 GB I can burn it to a DVD and a PC can open it, if it is larger, PCs cannot open. Also, the sound guys ask me not to use Cinepac, they do not like it. Therefore, I use DV-PAL; I guess you may safely use DV-NTSC but it depends on who will open the AVI file. Ask your client what it wants.
I think my routine is a bit more streamlined than yours - I export straight from FCP and do not bother with QT. You are wrong in saying that there is no direct way in FCP to export AVI.
Hope this is a starter for more answers. Also, have you tried searching the forum? I am sure all the answers are already there.

Exporting to pdf problem

Post Author: achaithanya
CA Forum: Exporting
Hi
I am new to crystal reports.we are converting actuate reports to CR XI.While converting we are facing lot of formatting issues.
Normally we get pdf from actuate and we need to create report pdf from CR XI.
The problem is pdf which created from CR XI is not exactly matching with Actuate pdf though in designing side everything is perfect
It would be great if you can give me a exact solution for this or do we have any alternate solution for this problem
I strucked up with this problem
Thanks in advance
Regards,
Chaithu

Post Author: synapsevampire
CA Forum: Exporting
Does "The problem is pdf which created from CR XI is not exactly matching with Actuate pdf though in designing side everything is perfect " mean that when you export to PDF from the CR designer it looks right?
And then from some other, unexplained process it does not?
Try describing more fully your environment and when the problem exists.
There's already a language barrier, not supplying technical information makes it even more tricky.
-k

How to export in avi in premiere pro cs4 on MAC?

Hi,
How to export in avi format in premiere pro cs4 on MAC?
MAC 10.6.2
downloaded div x for mac and did not get any option in export settings.
Regards,
Vinay

I have checked the supported file format in premiere pro cs4 for windows and Mac.
pre pro cs4 does not have that option.
is there any alternate to this ?
Regards,
Vinay

CSV Export - Foreign Character Problem

Hi,
We have created a report which queries records from various countries. The problem we are having is with foreign characters (eg: Ã¼, Ã, Ã, Ã¤ etc). These characters are being displayed correctly in the browser however when we export to Excel (CSV) file they get turned into something like (Â¼, Â¤, Â¶, Æ).
Could someone please explain why this might be happening and if possible suggest a fix or workaround?
Many thanks,
Richard.

Hi,
I've been looking into this problem a bit further and it appears that all of the foreign characters are being correctly written to the .CSV file during the export. The problem is when Excel tries to open the .CSV file. I'm guessing that my characters don't fall into the .CSV's UTF-8 format, therefore Excel swaps them with other characters.
If you're interested here is my work around to this problem:
1) Open the .CSV file in Notepad
2) Select All then Copy
3) Paste into blank Excel document
4) Highlight Column A and select Data -> Text to Columns
5) Select Delimited then make sure only Comma is ticked
6) Click Finish
-- My original characters are now intact.
7) Finally save as .XLS
Regards,
Richard.

Is there an "export as AVI" file size duration limit?

I would have thought this question had already been addressed, but my choice of key-words didn't find any recent discussions.
I created a 5-minute movie (iPhoto stills w/ Ken Burns effects). Saved as H.264 encoded QT movie at 768x576 size, but it will be shown on a PC, and I'm uncertain as to whether I'll find the most recent version of QT (or, ANY version) on the PC. I noticed iMovie HD has an AVI export option under the expert settings, so I tried exporting an AVI version. Compression time was only a fraction of the H.264 compression (big "plus" as I'll be doing one of these a week), and the quality was excellent... so, what's the "but"? No matter what option combinations I try, only the first 30 seconds of my movie are exported (which explains the short compression time).
Since the H.264 version is under 400 MB, there's room for a copy of the QT for Windows installer on the CD, so I just need to arrive early enough in case I need to install QT (I'll want to transfer the movie to the PC's hard drive anyway), but I'm curious to know whether there is a known reason for this limitation, or whether I'm missing something obvious.

QuickTime Pro doesn't export to Windows Media Player formats without additional software and expense.
I understand that, but when you're choosing an export option in iMovie (not explicitly in QT), one is not likely to make such an otherwise tangential association.
Can I infer (from your reference to QuickTime Pro) that the export to WMV option in iMovie would appear only when a QuickTime Pro license is present?

How do I export in avi with square pixels?

At present I can only export in avi without my computer shutting down as I need more power. YouTube has become very unhelpful since Google took over and my widescreen exports don't load properly. There used to be a buttong to fix it but that's gone.
I also used to have a tic box for square pixels, how do I select this on CS5.5?

In the 'Video' tab of export settings scroll down until you find 'Aspect' field:

Export to avi with the same quality. How ?!

Hello,
I'm using Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 to edit my video but i don't know how to export to avi file with the same quality...?!
In the previous version Premiere Pro CS3 i can export the video into avi with the same quality using Windows Media Video 9 Codec but in Premiere Pro CS5 i don't know how to do it...!!
Best Regards,
Q8Xbox

After you have downloaded and installed Lagarith and UT, reboot and just choose to Export to MS AVI, and then in the Compressor drop-down, choose the one that you want.
Good luck,
Hunt
I am agree with you Bill but how can we import these codecs into adobe premiere pro.Because it expects only .epr extension for importing presets.Is there any other way then let me know.Thanks in advance

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