A friend had the same problem recently. I did not have the Sony software
on my computer and in desperation tried
Windows Movie Maker to capture the footage via USB as avi. Worked well
. At least Movie Maker was good for something.
Imported the file into PP2 and was able to edit.
Uwe
Lee Menningen wrote:
>
> I never extract the audio from an mpg, and it sounds quite unnecessary to
> me.
>
> Your first part is right - CS3 does not access the camera directly through
> an I/O port, so yes, you have to download the files from the camera using
> the included software (or, in my case at least, I can use Windows Explorer
> and drag the files down).
>
> Once the mpg files are in a directory CS should be able to import
> them. Once
> imported you should see "indexing" activity status in the lower-right,
> followed by "conforming" activity status. They both take awhile, and the
> audio won't play in a preview until the conforming is done.. After
> those are
> done you should be able to preview both audio and video by dragging an mpg
> file into either the Source monitor or a sequence, hit the space bar, and
> they should play, audio included. Actually you may be able to preview
> it in
> the Program Panel also (I have CS4 now, and testing in CS4 it works).
>
> Hoping this helps...
>
> Lee
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