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Adobe Premiere 6.5 : video not showing

Postby annako » Sat Aug 26, 2006 3:26 pm

Well I recently recieved Adobe Premiere 6.5 as a bday present and am very excited to create an amv with it. The problem is:

I have video clips on my computer that are .avi files. I import them into the primiere, and the video is able to play on the "source" window. I can see the video and hear the sound and everything. It's all fine and dandy UNTIL I pull the video into the timeline, and the "program" window does not show the video, does not play the sound and is instead a black screen with a white cross at the corner.

I TRIED renaming my files into .mpg files, but to no avail (the "program" window does play the sound however, but not the video)
I tried renaming to .mpeg, and when i try importing i get told that "This clip was recorded at an unsupported speed" or something like that.

I tried downloading codec programs but have no clue how to work them.

And I tried importing the sample videos that came along with Primiere, and they had no problem loading.

Please help ;_; I really want to use Primiere, but I can't if it doesnt work.
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Postby jbone » Sat Aug 26, 2006 4:33 pm

You should read the site's video guides to learn how to do what you want to do.
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Postby annako » Sat Aug 26, 2006 5:22 pm

jbone wrote:You should read the site's video guides to learn how to do what you want to do.


I did, but none of them deal with Adobe Primiere 6.5. The closest one I've found was Adobe After Effects, which i don't have, and it doesnt deal with "importing files that are unsupported".

Thanks for the help =3
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Postby Corran » Sat Aug 26, 2006 6:50 pm

Change your preview codec in the project settings to the same thing your source clips are. Otherwise, you need to render previews to see it.
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Postby annako » Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:18 pm

Corran wrote:Change your preview codec in the project settings to the same thing your source clips are. Otherwise, you need to render previews to see it.


I'd love to, but in the project settings there isnt an option to change the preview codec =(

thanks for helping me btw! I really appreciate it ^_^
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Postby reddragon_syndicate » Sat Aug 26, 2006 11:10 pm

Thats strange. You should be able to change the settings. Try making another project and see if you get an option to change the settings there. As for your problem . I dont really know what to do there.. if you go through Virtual Dub / Mod and re-encode it using something like lagarith or huffy your gonna lose quality. So the best thing I guess would to try making a new project and see if you can change those settings.
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Postby Pwolf » Sat Aug 26, 2006 11:13 pm

don't use xvid?

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Postby annako » Sun Aug 27, 2006 12:10 am

reddragon_syndicate wrote:Thats strange. You should be able to change the settings. Try making another project and see if you get an option to change the settings there. As for your problem . I dont really know what to do there.. if you go through Virtual Dub / Mod and re-encode it using something like lagarith or huffy your gonna lose quality. So the best thing I guess would to try making a new project and see if you can change those settings.


;_;!! Firstly, Thank you so much, this is more useful than 5 days reading up Primiere tutorials and How-To-for-Dummies books. ;_;

Anyways *dries up tears* This is what I clicked in order:

File ---> New Project (Standard 32kHz) and then the timeline opens with the source window, and then i click:

Project ---> Project Settings ---> Video

...And thats where Im stuck X_x; I don't see anything that says anything about codecs. X_X;;; Im so sorry, I'm really stupid X_X;;

Thanks much again =D
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Postby annako » Sun Aug 27, 2006 12:12 am

Pwolf wrote:don't use xvid?

Pwolf


XVid @_@ the codec, right? Sure, how do i change it? @__@;;; Im so sorry that im stupid T_T

Thank you so much for helping me =D
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Postby BasharOfTheAges » Sun Aug 27, 2006 12:16 am

annako wrote:
Pwolf wrote:don't use xvid?

Pwolf


XVid @_@ the codec, right? Sure, how do i change it? @__@;;; Im so sorry that im stupid T_T

Thank you so much for helping me =D


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Postby Scintilla » Mon Aug 28, 2006 7:23 pm

reddragon_syndicate wrote:As for your problem . I dont really know what to do there.. if you go through Virtual Dub / Mod and re-encode it using something like lagarith or huffy your gonna lose quality.

Um, no. Lagarith and HuffYUV are lossless codecs; they're exactly the kind of codecs you want to use for this kind of re-encoding, because you WON'T lose quality.*


* Excepting, of course, a negligible decline if converting from RGB to YUY2, but XviD/DivX uses the YV12 colorspace, so that won't happen.
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Postby Shazzy » Mon Aug 28, 2006 10:34 pm

Scintilla wrote:* Excepting, of course, a negligible decline if converting from RGB to YUY2, but XviD/DivX uses the YV12 colorspace, so that won't happen.


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Postby gangstaj8 » Tue Aug 29, 2006 12:10 am

annako wrote:...This is what I clicked in order:

File ---> New Project (Standard 32kHz) and then the timeline opens with the source window, and then i click:

Project ---> Project Settings ---> Video

...And thats where Im stuck X_x; I don't see anything that says anything about codecs.

You're in the right spot, what you're looking to change here is Compressor. What is currently selected?

Might I also suggest trying a different editing mode? Under the Window Menu, select Workspace, then click on A/B Editing. See if you have any better luck with that.

annako wrote:Im so sorry, I'm really stupid X_X;;

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Postby Zkage » Fri Sep 01, 2006 3:50 pm

hey all..just recently joined the forum. Decided to give amv making a try..
iv been going over all the guides and have looked into problems by ppl...seems i have the same problem

i recently got a hold of premier pro. or version 7.0. and like evceryone said, it doesnt import xvid or divx. I tried the compressor part ppl mentioned, but it was greyed out, whatever workspace i selected, that was in dv edit mode-

i did a custom project settting and set the editing type to video for windows.now the compressor shows 3ivx d4 4.5.1 pro video codec. No others are available for options.

I understand from most topics that using virtual dub to convert these avis/xvid files into the said formats is the best way to go?-->am i on the right track?

Thanks for any info
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Postby BasharOfTheAges » Fri Sep 01, 2006 6:53 pm

Zkage wrote:I understand from most topics that using virtual dub to convert these avis/xvid files into the said formats is the best way to go?-->am i on the right track?


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