Xvid audio Problem

[tonemgub]

Ok, I have been given an Xvid video that was somehow converted to that from a mini DVD (from a camcorder). The file is 22 minutes long, 550 megs and plays fine in Windows Media Player with sound and video.

I imported it into Adobe Premiere 2.0 where it shows it has some kind of audio track, but premiere doesn't know/recgnize/strips it/I don't know. In short, once it was in Premiere, the video had lost it's sound.

Browsing some Premiere help places, I found this: http://ppro.wikia.com/wiki/Software#Xvid which basically states that Xvid and Premiere don't get along and to convert the video to either Uncompressed AVI or DV AVI. I downloaded STOIK and tried both conversions (hello 63GB video file) and both time it would give me a video with no sound.

I went and downloaded Goldwave to try and extract the sound out and re-add manually once in Premiere, but when I load the video into Goldwave, it opens fine, but just shows the video as being silent as well.

To make sure I wasn't insane, I go watch the video and it still works fine, video and audio.

Any idea what the heck is going on?

[jagabo]

Use Gspot to determine the audio type. Probably AC3. If so install an AC3 filter.

[tonemgub]

That solved so many problems, it's not even funny. Now a straight import into Premiere works like a charm. Wow, can't believe I missed that.

Thank you sir, you've done more than advil could of done for this headache of a problem

[jagabo]

Glad to help out.