Adobe Premiere and MPEG2 Support

[mancuj1]

Can anyone tell me the best way to archive an Adobe Premiere project. My goal here is to keep some version of the source(AVI) files along with the project files, so that if I ever need to redit the project I can.

I would like to convert the AVI source files to MPEG2 and save them with the rest of the project so that I can then burn them to DVD for archiving purposes.

My problem is that Premiere can not import MPEG2 files directly. My thought was to convert the MPEG2 files back to AVI files so Premiere can import them. I have tried VDub, DVD2AVI, etc. and after MANY MANY hours have had no luck.

The original AVI files were created from a miniDV camera and I have converted them to MPEG2 using TMPGEnc (720x480 29.976fps, 4000k) for archiving.

Any guidance would be most appreciated.

Regards,
-Joe

[Megahurts]

Hi Joe

What happens when you try to import a mpeg2 file in Premiere 6? I have no problem loading them.

Chas

[mancuj1]

Chas,

I only get the AUDIO track. No video at all.

I have tried encoding 10 different ways, with no luck. I can import MPEG1 files without a problem, BUT not MPEG2.

Would you mind if I gave you a call to discuss?

-Joe

[kickbxn5]

Adobe Premiere 6 doesn't support MPEG2 without a plug-in. It only supports AVI, MPEG 1 and quicktime files for video.

[mancuj1]

Thank you for your feedback. Can you please tell me where I can find a plug-in for Adobe Premiere that will allow me to import MPEG2 files?

-Joe

[eskimojan]

I use bbMPEG which is both standalone and a plug-in for Adobe Premiere 6.0 and best of all Freeware - http://www.divx-digest.com/software/avi2mpg2.html

[Faceman101]

I never heard of bbMpeg being able to import MPG2 into Premiere, learn something new everyday.

You can also use frameserving. VFAPI or AVS, they make "fake" AVIs that actually point to the location of your MPG2 file and allow you to import them into any program that supports AVI.