Is it possible to import an MPEG2 file in Premiere?

[mrspangle]

Hi,

Ive got a movie in SVCD format .mpg - i want to open it up in premiere so that i can join/edit the files. It keeps giving me an error - i guess my version doesn't support it. (ver 6.0) is there a plug in or a patch for it?

Thanks

John

[BJ_M]

not for version 6 ... but you can frame serve to it w/ dvd2avi and vfapi reader codec

[procrastination]

Is it possible to edit MPEG2 in premiere 6.5 without converting to an AVI first?

I want to record TV and kill commercials later, but whats the point in capturing in anything less than RAW AVI if I have to convert to that before editing anyway?

thanks

PRO

[BJ_M]

there are better programs for editing mpeg2 than premiere.

[q1aqza]

Ulead Media Studio does a fairly tidy job of editing MPEG2.

[ADS Ivan]

The following apps support MPEG-2 Editing:

Ulead Media Studio Pro 6.5 & 7.0
Ulead VideoStudio 6.0 & 7.0
SoFo Vegas 4.0


Adobe Premiere 6.5, although publishing to MPEG-2 cannot edit a compliant MPEG-2 stream. Hopefully 7 will catch up and offer this feature.

Regards,
Ivan