Can Premiere Pro read AVS files?

[bira]

Hello!

Can Premiere Pro read AVS files?

Thanks a lot!

[DDogg]

I don't have it to check if it can read them directly, but VFAPI or makeavi should serve them with no problem (I would think). That's how I do it in Vegas. Search this forum for VFAPI.

[bira]

I would use several(more than 30) short avs files. The originals are DV avi files.

Would that be a problem? I mean frameserving several files at the same time?

[DDogg]

Yes, I don't think that should be a problem. First, download and install ffVFW. (http://cultact-server.novi.dk/kpo/avisynth/avs_cvs.html)

Once you have that installed, and I also assume you have avisynth installed, try using MakeAVIS to load one of the example AVS files in the avisynth examples directory and make a pseudo or fake AVI file. See if it will "play" in Windows Media Player. If so, then see if that will load into Premier Pro. Let me know if it does. Try at first using no color conversion in MakeAVIS. If you have problems try yuy2 and/or RGB. One of them should load. I do not have Premier Pro installed at the moment so I am just guessing a little.

Once you get it working go and read the avisynth docs. Specifically about the avisource command. Note the syntax to load multiple avi files. If that does not work out, VDub should do it. Keep me posted.

Also, as an additional method, read this post (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=47194&highlight=ddogg+vfapi) as background, but don't do anything yet until we see if MakeAVIS works.

[bira]

Originally posted by DDogg
Note the syntax to load multiple avi files. If that does not work out, VDub should do it. Keep me posted.


I was thinking about having multiple fake avi's instead of a single avi with multiple dv clips inside. It that ok? Actually, I don't know if that's good or bad as premiere is concerned.


I don't have Premiere Pro installed yet. When I was using Premiere 6.5, I had a plug-in that would import avs files. Here is the link http://www.ox.compsoc.net/%7Eflend/avisynth/index.html


Maybe someone can test it.

[bira]

DDogg,

MakeAVIS works. It was not fully tested, but it worked.

Now, if it only had a batch creation mode... You see, I have like 40 clips and creating fake avi's one at a time is to much work. Maybe, someone could add that feature. Selecting several files from a folder and then creating the fake avi's using wildcards, like "* - avis.avi"

[DDogg]

creating fake avi's one at a time is to much work. You should not have to do that.

Say you had files: cap.00.avi,cap.01.avi,cap.02.avi,cap.03.avi

This script would load them all:

SegmentedAVISource("drive:\path\cap.AVI")

Then you would load the script into MakeAVIS or better, Link2 or VFAPI, and make one pseudo AVI. Does the above make sense to you? BTW, MakeAVIS is not real solid and has some problems.

From AviSynth docs:SegmentedAVISource / SegmentedDirectShowSource
SegmentedAVISource(string base_filename[,...], bool "audio", string "pixel_type")
SegmentedDirectShowSource(string base_filename[,...][,fps])

The SegmentedAVISource filter automatically loads up to 100 AVI files per argument (using Avisource) and splices them together (using UnalignedSplice). If "d:\filename.ext" is passed as an argument, the files d:\filename.00.ext, d:\filename.01.ext and so on through d:\filename.99.ext will be loaded. Any files in this sequence that don't exist will be skipped.