AVI import not working! Please help

[little bird]

Hi All,

Using intel quad core, 2gig ram, 300g hard drive, windows sp2

On this computer I can't import AVI's into anime pro for some reason. I just get a broken graphic. The footage I am trying to import is from a DV-avi camera (canon gs300) captured using adobe elements 2.0.

Avi's work perfectly in premiere, windows media, movie maker. And had no probs with anime import on previous computer using adobe capture with all the same settings.

While trying to figure out issue I got the following error when I tried to use anime to open the avi (using "Open with" command) - 'COULD NOT OPEN FILE' - Bad file header: (RIFF avi)

Note that when I try and import the movie into an anime project via the import comand (file- import- movie) I get no error message just a broken graphic.
Also when i checked the codecs for the avi i am trying to import it says "DV Video Decoder".

PLease help as this supposedly geat computer will be usless to me if I can't import avi's into anime pro.

Thank you all.

regards,

Little Bird

[myles]

On this computer I can't import AVI's into anime pro for some reason. I just get a broken graphic. The footage I am trying to import is from a DV-avi camera (canon gs300) captured using adobe elements 2.0.

Avi's work perfectly in premiere, windows media, movie maker. And had no probs with anime import on previous computer using adobe capture with all the same settings.

Hi Little Bird,

did the previous avi imports also come from the same camera?

As far as I know DV-AVI comes in 2 flavours, type 1 and type 2, and not all applications handle both flavours. I think the capture program often just writes the incoming data stream to a file, so it uses whatever flavour the camera produces. There are converters to change one format to another, so that might be worth a try.

What's more, AVI is a container format, so it can contain all sorts of weird and strange formatting that a program may not recognise, unlike more rigidly specified formats.

As a slightly clunky workaround, seeing you have Premiere Elements, you should be able to open the DV-AVI file in Elements and write it out (possibly a re-render) as an AVI file using a different codec instead of DV (of either flavour), which may then be more likely to open in AS.

Hopefully someone more knowledgeable will chime in with more information, better solutions, and possible corrections to my limited understanding.

Regards, Myles.

[little bird]

THank you I'll try your suggestion. And also thanks for all your other forum entries. You have already taught me a great deal without even having to ask.

Regards,

LB