Adobe Premier Pro crashes

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Adobe Premiere Pro crashes whenever I am attempting to load MPEG files larger than 1GB in size. I have been making backups of shows recorded on my Tivo. I burn onto a DVD with my stand alone Sony DVD burner, place them on my PC with DVD Decryptor, and create the MPEG (NTSC 780x420) files with Womble MPEG-VCR.

I am new to Adobe Premiere Pro. I can import the files into a Bin. I can place the file into the Timeline and play it in the Program monitor. When I attempt to load the file into the Source view the program crashes. I have installed the latest patches, and have attempted a full reinstall (Add/Remove Programs, removing all of the folders and files in Windows explorer, and hacking the registry in order to remove all of the keys). I am awaiting a response from Adobe tech support, but I was hoping that someone has had the same problem before.

I have had no problems when viewing the same files, no matter the size, in Adobe Encore DVD 1.0.

My System Specs:

AMD Athlon XP2800+
AOPEN AK79D-400Max motherboard
1.5 GB DDR400
525 GB HD Space (NTFS) with 250 GB dedicated to Video Editing
2 - Sony DRU530A
Windows XP SP1a
System Defraged weekly
Nothing running in the background unless necessary when using Adobe Premiere Pro.

[pijetro]

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Adobe Premiere Pro crashes whenever I am attempting to load MPEG files larger than 1GB in size. I have been making backups of shows recorded on my Tivo. I burn onto a DVD with my stand alone Sony DVD burner, place them on my PC with DVD Decryptor, and create the MPEG (NTSC 780x420) files with Womble MPEG-VCR.

Man, what are you doing??? Let me get this straight. First of all Adobe Premiere supports .AVI files. Your captured disk is .MPG in nature.

Secondly, you don't need DVDDectryptor to put the files to you H.D.D.

Thirdly, why would you create another MPEG with Womble?? I'm not familiar with TIVO, so if you can please clarify??
What is the final product you're looking to achieve??
If your Tivo is creating DVD compliant Mpegs, then simply put the Mpeg into an authouring program, and create your final DVD??

Good luck!!!!

[bbllc]

I use TIVO to record all broadcasts on my DirecTV. I do not have a capture device, so I use my stand alone DVD recorder. I use DVD Decryptor to rip the files to my hard drive, and I use MPEG-VCR to create editable MPEG files. Adobe Premiere Pro supports both MPEG and AVI, but I am only having problems with mpeg files larger than 1 GB in size.

from http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/overview.html
Extensive video format support - Import and work with MPEG-1, MPEG-2, DV, AVI, Windows Media 9 Series, and QuickTime formats.

[pijetro]

Well, yes and no. I'm not familiar with Tivo, but let me tell you what little i do know..

Unless you spend within 6 digits, you'll never edit MPEG2 correctly. It's not made for editing. The best you might get with it is cutting sections out, like commercials maybe. MPEG was made as a final format, and not intended for editing, unlike .AVI. It's like comparing water to ice cubes..

Unless your material is encrypted (which i don't think it is), then you wouldn't need DVDDecryptor. Simply drag 'n' drop your info onto the H.D.D.

As far as format support, yes, it has a plugin to export to a compatible DVD Mpeg, but the fact of the matter is, don't expect any miracles in the editing department.
I did have some luck, in that i use a frameserver program like AVISynth, to serve DVD data to Premiere, but even then, i'm creating an intermediary .AVI file...

With your method, i could expect degredation of quality. The fewer the steps, the better..
Again, I'm not familiar with Tivo....
Does it slice and dice cucumbers??

[schematic2]

Had same issues with Adobe PP. I was simply editing large avi files. Had nothing but crashes. Built a new computer to Adobe spec. Still the same bug. No help from Adobe. Switched to Vegas.......life is good!

[pijetro]

Depending on what codec you're using, sometimes Premiere is known to crap out...
If you're using DV, or Quicktime, there shouldn't be any problems. If you're using Divx, you might get kicked out of Adobe...

Oh well, as long as life is good.....I'm not familiar with Vegas personally...

[bbllc]

I solved my problem. After ripping the files onto my hard drive, I use Womble MPEG-VCR to create the Mpeg2 files. I then use Virtuadub-Mpeg to encode the files into AVI files.

Settings:
1 Video - fast recompress, Divx 4.12 codec
2. Audio - full processing, AC3

I have had no issues with Adobe Premiere Pro since.