Can't get video to import into Ulead, premiere or vegas

[nagihcim1]

I have a mpeg4 that is uses divx as the codec. I have downloading the codec and it will play in WMP but it still won't import into an editing program. After messing with it for a couple days I've resorted to asking for help. I'm including a screenshot from Gspot for more info on the file. Any help would be greatly appreciated

[Rudyard]

I have to convert divx or xvid files to another format before I can use it in those programs.

Have you used super before? It is a great file conversion program that will convert just about anything to a format your editors will accept.

[Bjs]

Welcome nagihcim1

Take a good look ... anything stick out .

Some programs might have an issue because of the file's extension being MPG and not AVI

Try renaming the file ... remove mpg extension , replace with avi , then see what happens .

[nagihcim1]

I have used Super to get it to work but I didn't want to encode it using Super and then encode it again using the editing program. I changed the extension to avi and it will import just fine. Now I can kick myself the rest of the day for spending so much time on something so simple. Thanks guys.

[guns1inger]

Divx is a very poor format for editing. If you created this file, think about using a better codec up until the final encoding.

[nagihcim1]

I didn't mean to encode this file using divx originally. That's why it's taken me so long to get around to converting it. I record most things in mpeg2 format and then edit and burn to dvd (or convert to mp4).

[Rudyard]

As you mentioned earlier you didnt want to be recompressing files avoid recording to MPEG2 if you are going to then edit it. I dont know what sort of file sizes you record or what type of editing you do but recording to MPEG2 is not a good editing format either as it is already compressed.

If you have the room record to AVI or DV AVI or a less lossy codec, then do all your editing and then export to MPEG2 for DVD or whatever your final format will be.