Can't import AVI into Adobe Premiere 6

[pdbowling]

Hi all.
I have a VOB that I ripped to AVI. I need to do some editing on it but I can't seem to get Premiere to understand the file. I get the error:

"Unable to open that file. File uses an unsupported compression format."

Well, it understands AVI because I can import other files.

The one I'm trying to import now is from a VirtualDubMod encoding.

I've used Cinepak, huffYuv, DivX 5.2.1, and Uncompressed as save options and I still get this error.

Am I doing something wrong? All the files play in Media Player fine.

I use the VOB file as the source when opening the video file in VDubMod and 'save as' AVI.

Hints? Tips? Suggestions?

Thanks everyone


OK, made progress. I demuxed the audio from the video and the video imported OK. Now the difficulty is.... when I press Play on the Monitor in Premiere, it doesn't play. It just presses the stop button on its own.

Any other ideas out there?

Thanks
PB

[exobyte]

Personally, the way I do this is encode to huffyuv, then visit premiere. By then, the source, vob in your case, is irrelevant. It sounds like it fails for a re-encoded vob, but works for everything else. Maybe describe it better. I've done that before, around 4 years ago, and it worked just fine, so I'm not sure what you're doing wrong. I would avoid virtualdub mod, but that's just me.

[pdbowling]

Yes, I'm encoding a VOB to huffYuv for use in Adobe Premiere 6.

Do you have a suggestion on an encoding software that does the same job as VDubMod while maintaining quality?

As a footnote, I checked it out in Adobe 1.5. It works there but that is old software.

Thanks
PB

[Zarxrax]

As a footnote, I checked it out in Adobe 1.5. It works there but that is old software.

No, Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 is far newer than Adobe Premiere 6.

[pdbowling]

Oh, just assumed with the numbers. OK, I'll stick with 1.5.
Thanks everyone.