No Option to Import AVI in CS5

I created a Premiere Pro CS5 DV-NTSC project. I am trying to import all my avis, but under File Types, "avi" is not even an option. Nor is "All File Types". What's going on?

Here's what I see. You see something different?

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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.

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.

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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.
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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.

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Hello. I've just switched over from the dark side to Mac and I need some help using FCE. Here are my basic questions:
1) Best settings/method for importing AVI files from a hard disk?
2) Best export settings for high quality use in powerpoint and/or DVD/CD?
Now for a little more info...
I work with athletes in the areas of sport science and performance. I have tons of video saved on multiple hard drives in AVI format that we did video analysis of technique using DartFISH. They were originally captured with good quality digital video cameras via DartFISH as AVI files. These are large files and high quality video (200-300 MB for a 1 min clip) .
RIght now, if I choose "import: from file" I get a message saying the clips are not optimized for FCE and I should recapture them. Unfortunately, all I have are the files on HD and not the original tapes, etc.
What is the best way to import the AVI clip files into FCE for editing? Settings, etc. Do I need to convert to a Mac-friendly format first with a third-party app like QuickTime Pro, VLC, MPEG StreamClip? Use iMovie?
My overall goal is to not lose quality/suffer degradation of the clips in the conversion, edit, export process. I'm not that concerned with file size, but I also don't really want to go through 3 or four steps and create multiple large files for the same clip.
My desired output is for continued work with athletes so they can take video home (DVD or CD of clips) to review and academic presentations (powerpoint). So seeing fine detail in the clips is important. An edit/output set-up that I will use a lot is merging two clips to play in a PIP, side-by-side, or overlay format. i.e., athlete A with perfect form on the left, athlete B with flaws on the right and the clips play simultaneously as one final output movie.
Is the basic Quicktime export function the best for my needs?
I've got a decent background in computers and basic video editing. Clip splitting, marking in/out, timeline, transitions, and other edit functions are no problem. My main area of weakness is all the different video formats, codecs, compression options, and other similar settings. There weren't many of those types of choices in my old system. I've produced some movies with FCE already, but the quality in the videos dropped from the original clips to final output.
Thanks,
TD...

Tom--
Thanks for the response. Using MPEG Streamclip solved my import problems. Using the default DV25 compression seemed to yield a file of similar size to my original AVI files. Is there much benefit in using the DVCPRO25 or DVCPRO50?
I'm still having some troubles with export format settings. Using the default Quicktime movie export, the finished clips looks to be fine in Quicktime. But using the .mov clip in Powerpoint yields some degraded quality. The picture appears to have "lines" and generally looks less crisp/clean. I thought this might have been just some Microsoft flaw in the Powerpoint movie engines, but I tried the same thing in Apple Keynote and got the same result. I have some screen shot image captures I could send you, but not sure how on the discussion board.

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*Pooja*

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I can reproduce the crash. It's seems to be related to Importing all layers to Stage, and selecting the "Place objects at original position" option. All other combinations seem to not crash, so at least it helps isolate what's happening and provides an option for you to import your artwork and continue with your site. I will file a bug and send this to the correct folks for evaluation - I'm not too sure what the conflict is between the AI file and Flash (it's not due to not having AI installed).
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Importing .avi files in iTunes

Importing .avi files in iTunes can be done as follows ( this comes from the Quicktime tutorial site) :
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Epiphan screen record imported to PP CS5 problems

Hello,
I am using the Epiphan VGA2PCI-e internal screen recorder to record an external device. External device is running at 60Hz and the recorder is too. I am getting a very smooth .avi clip. I used the compressor that they recommended "Epiphan recommends using ffvfw MPEG-4 Codec for signal capture."
When imported into PP CS5 and increase the scale I get this:
Basically it is blurry unlike the .avi played in WM player.
I setup the sequence like this:
Editing Mode: Desktop
Timebase: 60 fps
square pixel
Progressive scan
checked Maximum render quality
Is this a terrible compressor / codec to use?
Why does the .avi look great but terrible when imported?
Thanks in advance

DUDE - you and I are having the EXACT same problem. See my post: Capturing webcam as DVAVI type-2
I'm using one of ephiphans VGA to USB devices too. YES - every codec I've tried is crap in Premiere and After effects, even though it plays fine in Windows Media. In After Effects, I got repeated, jerky frames etc. And rendering it didn't help. So, I re-encoded the whole thing in Media Encoder. It played fine in AFX then, the problem is that it encodes at about a rate of 10hours/per hour of video.
You don't have to use the Epiphan software to capture, as your computer sees the device as just an ordinary webcam. It seemed like an easy thing: just download the cedocida DV codec, load it in to any number of software titles and capture as DVAVI type 2. As a 2nd choice, I'd take H.264, as long as it plays back smoothly in Premiere or AFX. I've tried both (with DV codec just mentioned and the x264vfw codec). Terrible results either way. I've tried Virtual dub, Captureflux, Epiphan, Debut Video and GraphEditplus. Failure in every case.
I'm suspicious that our problem may stem from the inconstant frame rates that the epiphan device spits out. Debut video allows you to change the frame rate of the device. It thought this would fix it - setting it at 29.97 or 30. But it doesn't. The software crashes. I also had high hopes for GraphEditPlus, as the software allows so much flexibility. But so far, I have not figured out how to import the DVAVI type2 codec. And I don't know how to force the frame rate in graphedit either, but I haven't looked in to this much.
Oh, and here's the Cedocida codec: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/cedocida_dv_codec.htm
Epiphan can see it, but it can't encode to it because of the frame rate (gives an error message). I haven't tried the Panasonic codec, but I've heard it's outdated and really buggy anyway.
I still think our best bet is software that can force the frame rate somehow, whether with the DV codec or H.264
I am working pretty much full-time trying to find a solution to this problem, as I need something ready to go by next Monday. If you find a fix - PLEASE POST IT!!!

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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.

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.

Problems importing AVI files

Can someone give me some pointers on tricks/tips importing
AVI files? I imported a file that was 9 Meg, which resulted in a
published captivate project of 34 Meg.

MikeCrockerMike said - quote:
quote:
I am a bit dissappointed with the captivate folks that they did
not chime in with this solution in the beginning.
Mike, regards the lack of "chiming in" you mentioned,
unless you are talking about conversations you had privately with
Adobe Tech Support (see link at the bottom of every page), I think
you misunderstand the concept and use of these forums.
There are
no "captivate folks" reading your posts in these forums!
All of us here are regular old users, just like you.
As a matter of fact, actual Adobe employees seldom read the
posts to this bulletin board for the simple reason that is it a
peer-to-peer support group ... and if you are disappointed in "us",
I don't know what to say, since "we" are unpaid volunteers who do
our best to provide free help, and being human, sometimes fail
regardless of our best efforts.
I am glad you found a solution that works for you. This
option wasn't mentioned earlier (by me) because it will only work
for those who can afford the purchase of - and the time spent on
the learning curve for - Flash 8.
For those who are already Flash owners, there was no point in
mentioning it because for them, it would be stating the
obvious.
Have a nice day.
.

Controlling imported AVI with AS

I am trying to control an imported AVI clip with AS
When I import this AVI with the option to place on the stage,
the resulting
movieclip has the timeline expanded to accomodate the
relevant numver of
frames.
Now when I Insert-NewSymbol-MovieClip and then drag the AVI
from the
Library to ste new MC, stage it is just one frame and it does
not as whether
to expnand the clip tilmeline.
What I am doing wrong?

Flash 8.
What implications are involved by flv?
How is this connected with my problem?
Where this flv is placed?
I noticed that sometimes an flv is added to the relevant
folder - but this
happens not every time thought I knownly do nothing about
conversion to flv
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video format you
import is "automatically" being transcoded to the flv format.

I have the new macbook pro from late 2011. when i try plugging my cannon gl2 into the mac via firewire 800 it does not show up in iMovie as an option to import from. i even have gone into my settings on the camera and changed it to vcr.

I have the new MacBook Pro from late 2011. "the one before the new ritina display" i have a cannon gl2 video camera which is mini dv. when i plug it into my mac via firwire 800 it does not show up in the iMovie. i have set the settings on the camera to vcr mode and changed it to av->dv out. when i click on the import from camera on imovie it doesnt even show my camera in it. it just gives me the option to import video from my facetime camera. the camera is turned on the wires are connected i know for fact that its a firewire and not a usb. i know what they each look like. i bought the firewire cable and it was marked down cause it was an opened and used item. would it be possible that it could be deffected and if that is not the reason what other options do i have?

I would say that odds are high that you have a bad cable. Maybe that is why they returned it.
I would suggest trying a different firewire cable.
You can find Firewire cables inexpensively at monoprice.com. You need a 4 pin to 9 pin firewire cable.
Here is a link.
http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10301
Other things to check:
Is your camera plugged in to wall power (not to batteries only). Must be hooked to an AC power source to import.

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I have downloaded the Optional Plug-ins for Photoshop CS5 but when I double click on the zxp file I get a message:
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I have tried selecting "choose application" in the same message window and navigating to Applications>Utilities>Adobe Installers but the only option there is greyed out.
I am using Mac OS 10.6.8.
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From http://www.adobe.com/exchange/help/about_exchange.html
»What is an extension package?
An extension package (ZXP/MXP) file is compressed installation file containing the extension(s) to be downloaded and installed by the Adobe Extension Manager. Note ZXP format extension package can only be installed by Adobe Extension Manager CS5 and later.«
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