Cannot import AGK AVI files into Premiere CS4

[Claudia Barrington]

Auto GK avi files imorted into Adobe Premiere CS4! That's the reason I downloaded the Auto GK. If I am not in the right place to get this info, then someone please direct me there...

Can someone please help me? I bought Premiere CS4 because I have a lot of reel to reel family footage from the 50s that I first had transferred to DVD which I now have transferred to avi files using Auto GK software in order to get then into PremiereCS4. I can watch them on my computer, and can import into Premiere, but then they aren't useable in Premiere. I can only see the thumbnail and then they speed up for a second and stop, or won't play at all. (I also have various other digital and analog source material and I don't feel I can go on working with Premiere until I have mastered getting all these file types into CS4. Digital is no problem...I've done that fine.) For now, I just REALLY need some pointers on getting the Auto Gordian Knot AVi files into Premiere successfully. I don't know if I have settings wrong on the VOB to AVI software- AutoGK, or if I need to adjust settings within Premiere. Hope someone sees this and can help. I'm desperate. Thanks, Claudia
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[Inspector.Gadget]

Don't compress before importing into Premiere, if you can afford the hard drive space. Use AVISynth with the proper input plugin or just convert to raw YUV before importing.

As for your current problem, does Premiere have a built-in decompressor for MPEG-4 ASP? If not, then that's your problem, and if Premiere uses DirectShow, you need a DS MPEG-4 ASP decoder installed.

[Claudia Barrington]

Thank you so much. First I'm going to google to find out what some of those terms that you used in your reply mean, and then I will try it, and reply again. I can't tell you how much I appreciate your help. Claudia

[dat720]

File formats supported for import (http://help.adobe.com/en_US/PremierePro/4.0/WS01FCC81E-8CF6-437a-AAD7-A2D8F9175BF0a.html)

According to the list above Premiere can import MPEG2, which is the format used by DVD, so you should be able to directly import the video from a DVD disc without first converting it to AVI.

[Claudia Barrington]

OK. That's what I thought I could do...thank you. I'm not giving up untill I do it. Claudia