Import AC3 Into Premiere?

huntermc · 20th August 2006, 03:47

Hello,

Can anyone tell me if there is a plugin or some other way to import AC3 files into Premiere Pro for editing?

I've been using my set top DVD recorded to capture from old VHS tapes and now I want to edit the raw footage, but it records the audio in AC3 format which Premiere doesn't support natively. I've tried demuxing the vob's and then converting the AC3 files to wav's with BeSweet, but when I export the final video from Premiere, the audio and video are out of synch.

any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

setarip_old · 20th August 2006, 14:00

Hi!

I'm just curious to know if you've first played your recorded DVDs to determine if they're in sync?

huntermc · 21st August 2006, 07:23

Yes, the recored DVDs play back fine. Even playing back the VOB files on my computer they're fine. However, after trying to re-synch the audio and video in Premiere tonight, I've discovered that the problem isn't the audio as I thought before. When going through frame by frame on one particular 3 minute clip, I see that there were actually 14 extra frames of video repeated. When I cut those out, it synched up fine. So I think I'm going to try different methods of demuxing the VOB (I was using VOBrator) and see if that doesn't fix the problem.

20th August 2006, 03:47	#1 \| Link
huntermc Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 5	Import AC3 Into Premiere? Hello, Can anyone tell me if there is a plugin or some other way to import AC3 files into Premiere Pro for editing? I've been using my set top DVD recorded to capture from old VHS tapes and now I want to edit the raw footage, but it records the audio in AC3 format which Premiere doesn't support natively. I've tried demuxing the vob's and then converting the AC3 files to wav's with BeSweet, but when I export the final video from Premiere, the audio and video are out of synch. any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

20th August 2006, 14:00	#2 \| Link
setarip_old Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 13,243	Hi! I'm just curious to know if you've first played your recorded DVDs to determine if they're in sync?

21st August 2006, 07:23	#3 \| Link
huntermc Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 5	Yes, the recored DVDs play back fine. Even playing back the VOB files on my computer they're fine. However, after trying to re-synch the audio and video in Premiere tonight, I've discovered that the problem isn't the audio as I thought before. When going through frame by frame on one particular 3 minute clip, I see that there were actually 14 extra frames of video repeated. When I cut those out, it synched up fine. So I think I'm going to try different methods of demuxing the VOB (I was using VOBrator) and see if that doesn't fix the problem.