Importing AVI; no audio

I'm getting no audio when importing AVIs from Camtasia (TechSmith + MPEG Layer 3)... any particular compression that's needed afterwards to get it to work in PP?

DV codec with uncompressed PCM audio is the best choice for Premiere. Problem is, I don't that that's an option with Camtasia. I myself prefer a hardware scaler solution.

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Importing .avi (.xvid) audio only, basically no video

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In that case, you are left with working with the .VOB's. Remember that that material has already been pretty heavily compressed to MPEG-2 already. Quality has been compromised. This will become evident, if you then output to DVD-Video again.
Other than the mechanics of ripping the MPEG-2 from the .VOB, you might want to consider another NLE program. There are some, that will allow for "smart rendering," which will not re-Transcode material that has not been altered. I do not have a list of which NLE's will allow for this, unfortunately. I have heard that Sony Vegas offers this but do not know, as I have never used it. Some folk have mentioned a Corel product, but again, I have no experience. You might want to Google for "smart rendering," and see which programs show up. Also, others here might well have good recs., and experience. I just do not, as I seldom am faced with having to edit from .VOB's. When I am, I just point out the quality hit, and urge the client to get the original material. Guess I'm just lazy. Heck, I might even have a program that does do smart rendering, and just do not know it... ?
Good luck,
Hunt

Imported AVI - Audio OK - Video will not advance

Long time PP user. Running PP CS4 most current version. Captured DV video with PP CS4 is perfect (PCM Audio Codec; DVC/DV Video codec; 29.97 fps). Used Camtasia 6.01 to capture software training screen & mouse & audio tracks and save as 800 x600 AVI file (Audio codec 0x0055 MPEG-1 layer 3; Video codec tscc TechSmith). The audio & video codecs are installed properly per GSpot v2.70a. Computer is Pentium 4,3.2 GHz,4GB RAM. The Camtasia generated AVI files work fine in Camtasia and in Windows Media Players(9 & 11). When imported to Premiere Pro the audio plays just fine (from both preview and when placed in timeline sequence) - but in all instances (even post render & export) the video will flicker but not advance any frames. The computer is not locked up or frozen in any way. Problem occurs even when captured screencast is at 30 or 15 fps - so it doesn't seem to be an audio-video synchronization problem. It is almost as if the video is waiting for some permission/script/cue to allow the video to advance. In digging through clip properties, settings & project & timeline toggles & options I cannot find any switch that could be related to stopping/freezing the video. To determine whether it was Camtasia software I downloaded some well known other screencast programs and their AVI files (with Audio codec 0x0055 MPEG-2 layer 3; Video codec MP43 S-mpeg 4 verion 3) had the same problem when imported to PP CS4. Any suggestions would be extremely welcome. Thanks.

Marc,
I ran into this problem just last week. Limit your exports from Camtasia to 3 minutes, 30 seconds or less and give it a try.
If your screen caps are longer than that, export them in chunks from C6.
-Jeff
PS - One clue as to whether or not a given clip will exhibit the problem is in the Interpret Footage dialog. If the field order shows up as "unknown", then the clip will not play.

Half of audio missing when importing .avi

Hi, I am having some trouble with importing avi-files in Premiere Pro 5.5. I searched forum, read and did the troubleshooting guide at the wiki plus searched through the Adobe Premiere Pro Help without any result.
Today I've been editing for 8 hours and everything worked fine. I imported some clips and used some of them. But then I messed up the bin-structure so I cleared the whole bin and started importing them again. I also deleted the sequence so no clips where in use.
But now when I try to import the exact same file that worked before, The audio gets out of sync exactly half of the movies length. Like the audio starts in the middle of the clip while the movie starts from the beginning. So half way through the file it gets quiet because the audio ends there.
I rebooted my laptop and restarted Premiere Pro. Now I've also reinstalled it. The files play fine in Media Player, VLC and Quicktime.
Thankful for any kind of hints that could solve the problem
Edit: now there is no sound at all - sometimes.. it kindof differs
Edit2: now it started working again - although sometimes it works and sometimes it don't.. sooo annoying
But if any one else gets this problem: restart restart restart restart, ;<

Thank's a lot for the help and the reading! I got a lot more wiser about codecs and the details behind the file extension.
I shot the video (and audio ) with a Nikon D300 DSLR.
Here is the specs of the camera if needed.
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2009/7/30/nikond300s#specs
I ran the errored file through G-spot and this is the result. This is currently the only file that isn't working. Before, another file didn't work, but then it started working and now this file isn't working. At this point I imported all the other files into Premiere and they seem to work at the moment.
Also, there is a red line above the video clips in the timeline even before adding any effects. The project is 25 fps and my videos are 24 fps. I didn't realize until now, hehe. Here is my sequence information.
Properties
6_Middagen
1280 x 720
00;11;20;05, 25,00 fps
48000 Hz - Stereo
Settings
However I also tried importing and adding the same video clip on a Sequence with the settings
Editing mode: DSLR
Timebase: 24.00 fps
Display format: 24 fps Timecode
The rest of the settings are the same as in the picture above. This time I didn't get any colored render line. But the audio problem was still there.
This is my project. You can see the waveform disappearing right after my timeline marker.
I Googled "Nikon D300s h.264" and got a lot of results saying it does use it. I know my video files didn't work in CS4 before but the Nikon support said they would work fine in future updates of Adobe Premiere Pro. I am using Adobe Premiere CS5.5 though.
The weird thing is that one file randomly stopped working. Then it started working again and now another file isn't working.

Audio only, no video, when importing .avi - VP60

I'm trying to make a machinima (Sims 3) and am new to "serious" video editing and Premiere (I have done little projects on Windows Movie Maker and stuff like that before). I'm using the trial version of CS5.5.
My problem is that whenever I try to import .avi clips, they import as audio only and no video. The files open fine in Windows Media Player. The weird thing is that this has only started happening in the middle of my project, after I've already successfully imported and worked with several files recorded in the same way (and so I assume they were the same format).
After researching this issue as much as I've been able to, I downloaded the oft-recommended Gspot utility and took a look at some of the problem files. It says the codec is VP60, but that I already have it installed.
I haven't, to my knowledge, done any kind of converting or compressing of any of the videos before this happened. Another weird thing, though, is that files that imported correctly before are now only importing audio just like the newer ones.
I have tried converting these files to mp4's and other formats, which brings the video back into Premiere, but at a great loss of quality. I've also tried updating/reinstalling Quicktime and even a system restore, all without any luck.
Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated, as I have a deadline FAST approaching!

This is a distribution format, not intended to be edited, because of the heavy compression. You have several options:
1. Try with consumer editor, like Magix, or WMM.
2. Convert to something editable and accept the quality loss.
3. Get the original, not compressed material from the copyright owner.

AVI file import only the audio track

Hi
When I want to import AVI file from a camcorder, I only get the audio file and not the video. I can view those avi file with VCL which mean (?) I have the necessary codec on the machine. So, know someone what do I do wrong?
Claude

Claude,
I can view those avi file with VCL which mean (?) I have the necessary codec on the machine.
While VLC Player is very good, there is one aspect of it, that can give one a false "sense of security" - VLC Player contains many CODEC's, that are not installed on the system. The same is true for MediaPlayer Classic HC - it also contains many CODEC's, that are not installed on the system.
Usually, an AVCHD (H.264 CODEC) file will have an MTS, or perhaps MP4 format. Wrapping such a file in AVI is not standard.
If you look at the file in MediaInfo (Tree View), the exact CODEC should be determined, and listed.
If it IS H.264, then my next question would be whether you have the latest version of Apple's QT Player installed, as that should also install the Apple version of H.264.
If you have an MJPEG CODEC file, wrapped in the AVI wrapper (much more common), then you will likely need to install an MJPEG CODEC. Here, it can get a bit tricky. Two suppliers of "generic" MJPEG CODEC's, MainConcept and Morgan, will usually work just fine. However, more and more camera mfgrs. are heavily tweaking the MJPEG CODEC, to suit their purposes. In those cases, the MainConcept, or Morgan, might not work 100%. In those cases, I recommend that one install the exact MJPEG CODEC, that came with the camera, whether Nikon, Canon, Panasonic, Olympus, or other. The exact MJPEG version will most likely be on the utility disc, that came with the camera, but it might install as a separate entity (not as common, as it should be), it might be installed with the camera's driver (a bit more common, but no where near universal), or it might be installed along with either an editing, or cataloging program, on that disc (most common, and not that intuitive). For instance, I have 5 MJPEG CODEC's on my laptop - one from Morgan, MainConcept, Canon, Nikon and Panasonic, as I have cameras from those companies.
Again, MediaInfo will tell you what the CODEC is, inside the AVI wrapper.
Good luck,
Hunt

How to fix dropouts in imported AVI files?

I am having audio problems on imported AVIs. Using FCP4, i have imported some 45 min AVI files and rendered them on the FCP timeline. ON a timeline of 7 subclips, the first 4 clips play and the remaining 3 clips are silent, even though all display waveforms.
And there's another problem. Of the first few clips that DO play, there is a choppy dropout happening, like the audio drops one frame every half a second. It's a continuous rough and choppy playback effect on the audio. The video portion of the files is fine.
thx
John

Try converting the AVI files to a QuickTime codec that matches your FCP Sequence settings prior to import. AVI is a wrapper or container the hold A/V content that could have been made from any number of codecs, not all of which work with FCP very well. Chances are that the files you imported are one of those.
Also make sure that the files you import are not on the boot drive (desktop, user's home folder, etc) and that all hard drives have at least 15% of free space available.
-DH

Importing *.avi files created in Audition 1.5

Any of you Adobe boffins taking notice here? Hope so, cos here's a job for you.
Get any *.avi file you like, then load it into Audition (any version, doesn't matter, I've tried this with all of them)
If you are, in fact, lucky enough to get Audition to open the file you've chosen, muck around as much as you want with the audio stream, then export the entire Multisession as an avi, with mp3 audio codec. What I've essentially done here is recreate the audio stream as a 192kbps 48000Hz 32bit mp3, and interleaved it back into the video.
Next, try to get that to import into Soundbooth CS4, or Premiere CS4, or Adobe Media Encoder CS4. I've had nothing short of a pain in the *** to get it to work. It just keeps coming up with, "Unsupported audio rate in file".
Now, remember what I've done. I created this file using Adobe Audition 1.5, and now your super duper mega-expensive piece of **** Soundbooth won't let me work with it, and the other video-editor/creator programs in this 'suite' won't work with the file either!
I've been working with this type of software since the days of Syntrillium's Cool Edit - the program you used as the base for Audition. I've also been remixing music as a DJ for over 20 years, doing video editing for almost 15 years, plus I'm not exactly running a piece of **** machine here. I have all the latest codecs and Windows Updates installed. With that in mind, I will be offended at any such lack of respect, like the, "Have you tried, (Basic no0b-level ******** thing to do)" that you self-proclaimed 'tech-heads' usually reply with. This 'Creative Suite 4 Master Collection' of applications has just cost me $5000, so you can believe my disappointment that it doesn't work!
System specs:
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 motherboard
Intel E6850 Core2Duo CPU @ 3.2GHz
4096MB Corsair Dominator PC2-8500 RAM
Twin ASUS EAH2900XT VGA cards (in Crossfire)
Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty Pro sound card
Twin Seagate Barracuda 500GB SATA-II hard drives in RAID(0)
Operating systems (dual-boot): Windows Xp Professional X64 SP2 / Vista Ultimate X64 SP1
CS4 Suite installed on Xp X64 SP2, with all latest updates/codec packs, etc. fully installed and activated.

Now, make sure you read and understand
i everything
I've written in this reply.
(quote)"AVI is a very, um, "open" format, and heavily dependent on the OS (in your case Windows). "(endquote)
Tell me the truth. You're an American fresh-out-of-college no0b fuckwit, with no 'hands-on' experience at all. (actually,the 'hands-on' experience you
i do
have is limited to your hands on your dick! For you to send a reply such as the one you have to me, it shows you obviously haven't taken note of my system specs, nor my level of experience with both computers in general and audio/video encoding.
If the correct codecs are installed, it then becomes heavily dependent on the
i software
and whether it has the capability to 'read' the file. Thing is, even after exporting an 'uncompressed' *.avi, Soundbooth CS4 keeps coming up with, "Unsupported audio rate in file." Remember, this is a 'fully-fledged' install, straight from the DVD discs in the package box, and fully registered with all the Soundbooth CS4-specific codecs it puts in post-registration.
You ask what codecs were used in creating the file that Soundbooth won't open. NONE, you fucken idiot! Uncompressed means exactly that - NO FUCKEN CODEC COMPRESSION! This has happened
i after
processing the *.avi through VirtualDub, the most widely used
i codec-independent
program on the planet for uncompressing *avi's, irrespective of what codec has been used to
i create
the interleave.
What part of my message, "I've also been remixing music as a DJ for over 20 years, doing video editing for almost 15 years, plus I'm not exactly running a piece of **** machine here. I have all the latest codecs and Windows Updates installed" didn't you understand? I actually
i re-write
my own versions of Windows, you fucken goose - that's from Windows '95 right up to Vista 64 Ultimate! Maybe you also didn't read the part of my message where I said, "I will be offended at any such lack of respect, like the, "Have you tried, (Basic no0b-level ******** thing to do)" that you self-proclaimed 'tech-heads' usually reply with"
When I say the program doesn't work, I fucken mean it! I'm 40 years old, mate, and haven't got time to be treated like a dumb ****! I've just spend FIVE FUCKEN
i GRAND
on this software, based on what Adobe has told me about its' capabilities, and when it's not working due to you fuckwit tech-heads not getting it right for an operating system that's over SIX YEARS OLD now, you can expect blokes like me to go off their nut when you treat us like schoolkids!
(quote)"Auditions MP3 exporter, when working with AVI, does not allow 48k sample rate nor does it allow 32 bit sample depth."(endquote)
Well that's just fucken stupid, isn't it? When the program encodes and resamples audio at those bitrates, it won't export it? Honestly, grow a fucken brain and realise how dumb that statement actually is! There are a number of other audio/video editing programs that DO open, render and re-encode at these bitrates. Every other program I use for encoding *.avi's allows me open and work with the files that Soundbooth CS4
i won't
open on the same OS, namely NeroVision 4 (for DVD-authoring) and other encoding software such as Cucusoft and ConvertX-To-DVD. Even your own program, Audition 1.5, has no problem in splitting 'movie.avi' into audio and video streams - both of which are fully viewable in the multisession.
Soundbooth CS4 is a ****-up, mate, plain and simple. Get a patch out that allows this piece of **** to open an ordinary everyday uncompressed *.avi file, or I want every cent of my money back!

Premiere CS5 import avi clips without sound. How can I import avi clips with sound without convert?

Dear Adobe Forum,
I have the following problem, please help:
I would like to import avi clips in adobe premiere. All clips have the same avi codec. But unfortunately my adobe premiere does not import the sound of a few
avi clips. It is wired because about 10 out 70 avi clips which have all the same avi codec does not work with sound in premiere CS5. In the timline premiere import the video and audio line but there are no audio waves in the about 10 avi clips. additonally premiere plays the 10 avi clips in the source monitor without sound. Furthermore when I open the 10 avi files without adobe premiere they have sound, but with premiere there are no sound in the 10 avi clips.
What can I do, so that I can import all avi files with sound. I do not want to convert each of the avi files because then they have not a good quality and it is to complicated and it takes to much time to convert all files in this video project and in the other video project in my future.
Consequently How can I import all avi files so that they have immediately sound? Do I have to change some premiere settings?
Thank you in advance
Leonardo

Now I show you details of 2 files:
the first video clip which you can import with sound (works):
Video:
1280 x 720
data rate: 4259 kBit/s
total bitrate: 4387 kBit / s
Single bit rate: 29 single images / second
Format                           : AVI
Format/Info                      : Audio Video Interleave
File size                        : 63.5 MiB
Duration                         : 2mn 1s
Overall bit rate                 : 4 388 Kbps
ID                               : 0
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC           : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames        : 4 frames
Format settings, GOP             : M=3, N=15
Codec ID                         : H264
Duration                         : 2mn 1s
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 4 248 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                 : 4 001 Kbps
Width                            : 1 280 pixels
Height                           : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate                       : 29.970 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.154
Stream size                      : 61.4 MiB (97%)
Audio:
Bitrate: 128 kBit/s
Channels: 2 (stereo)
sampling rate: 48 kHz
ID                               : 1
Format                           : AAC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version                   : Version 4
Format profile                   : LC
Format settings, SBR             : No
Codec ID                         : FF
Duration                         : 2mn 1s
Bit rate                         : 128 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L R
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Stream size                      : 1.85 MiB (3%)
Alignment                        : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration             : 21 ms (0.64 video frame)
the second video clip which you can import without sound (doesn't work with sound):
Video:
1280 x 720
data rate: 4278 kBit/s
total bitrate: 4406 kBit / s
Single bit rate: 29 single images / second
Format                           : AVI
Format/Info                      : Audio Video Interleave
File size                        : 69.3 MiB
Duration                         : 2mn 11s
Overall bit rate                 : 4 407 Kbps
ID                               : 0
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC           : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames        : 4 frames
Format settings, GOP             : M=3, N=15
Codec ID                         : H264
Duration                         : 2mn 11s
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 4 267 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                 : 4 001 Kbps
Width                            : 1 280 pixels
Height                           : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate                       : 29.970 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.154
Stream size                      : 67.1 MiB (97%)
Audio:
Bitrate: 128 kBit/s
Channels: 2 (stereo)
sampling rate: 48 kHz
ID                               : 1
Format                           : AAC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version                   : Version 4
Format profile                   : LC
Format settings, SBR             : No
Codec ID                         : FF
Duration                         : 2mn 11s
Bit rate                         : 128 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L R
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Stream size                      : 2.01 MiB (3%)
Alignment                        : Split accross interleaves
Interleave, duration             : 21 ms (0.64 video frame)
Consequently, as you can see, they have both nearly the same information
Both video clips have the following audio codec:
AAC
In the folder where all raw video clips exist there are a few new files with the codec ending: .AVD ("the name of the file".AVD)
But the 2 video clips mentioned above does not have any files like .AVD oder something else like that. But the first one works and the second one doesnt work.

Importing AVI

Hi im a Newbe here coming from the world of Audio Edeting.
I have to import AVI Video files (DV-PAL 25) in Final Cut. there are a few problems now. first FC says these files are not optimized for fc, so how to optimize them? those filse been captured in windows via premiere. so what are the most important thinks i hav to know importing avi in final cut.
ah and is there a way to export them with compressor as a avi again. im only able to make mov files.
thanks for any awnser.....

Hi,
AVIs are not best for use with FCP, however, you could ignore that warning and edit your AVIs with no insurmountable issues or convert the AVIs to QTs. but that may add undesired compression steps.
Yes Compressor allows you to compress as AVI:
In Compressor settings tab there's a button with a plus icon on the top right corner. Click it and in the popdown menu choose Quicktime Export Components.
You've just created a new untitled setting. It sits at the bottom of the settings in the untitled folder.
Double click it and/or see it in the inspector window. Give it a name and in the encoder type choose AVI.
Now if you click Options button below you can change a number of settings. Remember, the higher the bit rate the better the video will look but greater wil be the size of the video.
Do some tests to find best settings.

Can't import .AVI files in QuickTime Player

Hi there - Okay,,I'm a real Noob,,but I can't understand why I can't import .AVI files when apparently I should be able to. I have just purchased a Toshiba Camelio S20 and have taken some test movie shots and when I've tried to open them in iMovie or just open them in finder I get the following message
'The document “IMAG0002.AVI” could not be opened. The movie is not in a format that QuickTime Player understands.'
The Quicktime player I'm using is Version 10 and I'm working with MacOS X V 10.6.4.
What am I doing wrong ?
Pls help ?
Thanx

Heya - thank you so much - have done what you suggested and now i can import the clips into iMovie - no problem!
But,,,,and,,golly,,don't know if I'm being really really stupid but by converting to DV or MOV I lose all audio from any of the clips that I'm importing...
Can you help some more - sore to be pain in buttocks !! Am completely new to iMovie so am struggling a bit!!!
Thanking you

Importing AVI file problem

I am getting the message " Selected file does not contain video data, is not a supported video file format, or video codec required is not found." I have used and still use Audition 1.5 with no problems. My other video editing programs have no problems. I unsucessfully tried importing AVI into Audtition 2 when it came out and after a few days gave up and stayed with 1.5. I want to upgrade, but I need to be able to import AVI files reliably. I have the most current codecs and they all seem to be working properly.

>So, do other audio editors handle video easily, or is Audition like other editors? Reason I ask: I'm going to be working with video in the very near future. I've got 1.5 and from the sounds of things, it's the Adobe audio product that plays best with video.
By all accounts, some other editors handle it better. But since I stopped editing video years ago, I can't tell you which. There have been threads about it though - it might be worth a search. By and large, I think that it's the more expensive ones that do this, though. If you have AA1.5 it's worth trying this to see if it fits your needs though - it's about the only version that can easily be used for voice-to-picture work - as ryclark attests. It's particularly useful in this case, because you can keep the talent in a quiet place with just a mic and monitor for company, and no PC...
>And if Audition doesn't handle video as well as other 'primarily audio' editors, is that cuz Adobe's trying to nudge people toward their video products?
I think that they're trying to nudge people towards SoundBooth, but this doesn't exactly recieve universal approbation in terms of audio for video, to say the least...

Why can't I import .AVI files?

I got the new iMovie and am not sure I like it over the older version. For once, it won't let me import .avi files. What's up with this?

For once, it won't let me import .avi files. What's up with this?
An AVI file like any MOV file will not import to iMovie '08 unless both the audio and video compression formats are "edit" compatible with iMovie '08 and the container does not contain any "extraneous" tracks such as a "Tween" track. iMovie '08 does not automatically perform conversion of files at the finder level as they import, supposedly assuming that whatever compression format you import is the one in which you wish to edit your files.
I got the new iMovie and am not sure I like it over the older version.
Many people feel the same way. Most use both HD and '08 to optimize their work flow depending on the project requirements. I am mainly interested in changes between the two and how this may affect future applications but rarely do any real "creative" editing projects in either.

Importing AVI files into Final cut creates a pop

How can I stop getting a popping sound when I import AVI files into Final Cut. I figured it must be the type of file itself but I cant seem to find a free converter to convert my AVIs into what ever is need (which is what? .mov files?)
Please help

The very basics of non-linear editing is to know what video and audio codecs your particular NLE works with natively. FCP works with many video codecs but only a few audio codecs. Typically it works best with AIFF at 48khz, 16 bit.
You can find out all the various native codecs and formats in the User's Manual, Help Files or by looking through the Easy Setup list.
FWIW, both AVI and MOV are not really codecs at all; they are both merely containers that could contain video and audio made from any number of codecs. So saying you have an AVI file or a MOV file is kind of like saying you have a car ... it doesn't really tell anyone much at all.
Both QuickTime Pro and Compressor (which you most likely already have installed) should be able to convert to a native codec for use in FCP.
-DH

Issues with Importing 'AVIs' into CS3

I have CS3 and am trying to import AVIs, but am getting no audio or no video, however it seems to be a bit unpredictable. On one computer one file will play with both on the other I get either audio or video but not both.
Have done a lot of reading tonight and can see that I need to be using DV AVI Type II, problem is I have been trying to do that! I have been using Format Factory and have had no luck both with the AVIs and the MPEG files that I have converted. So obviously it is not converting into a usable format.
Can anyone suggest a program that will convert to DV AVI Type II. I have looked at the list on Videohelp but none of them specify that they convert to DV AVI Type II.
I understand that I may loose quality, but am editing videos to go in school seminars and so need to use clips that are relevant and interesting for the students. And given that I have just purchased CS3 I would like to work out how to make it work!!
Any suggestions would be much appreciated!!
Thanks!!

Jeff,
To my *knowledge* it only uses the installed system CODECs. Only tip to this was when I added Lagarith, HuffYuv and Black Magic CODECs to the system, they suddenly were available in DMC. Now, this does not prove that it only works with system CODECs (it might have some of its own), but these three were not available, until I installed them.
Over the years, it's proved to be a good program. Yes, it does choke on occasion, but usually very stable, simple and I've yet to have a converted file (unless there was gross OE) not work in the intended app.
So far, 99% of my work with it has been going to DV-AVI's. It has been virtually flawless, even with some odd CODECs in the original files.
I have only tried a handful of others, but have not seen any that I'd rather have to replace DMC.
Hunt

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