The good news is, I don't think this is a problem with Premiere .... The bad news is, I think its a problem with your codecs.
That canon camera (the same one I use) stores its AVIs in MJPEG format. It sounds like one of your installs/updates changed (or perhaps even removed) the MJPEG video codec from your system. If you fix that, the rest will fall into place (I think). Do you have QuickTime Player installed? Will the clips play in QuickTime Player? (Right click your clip and use "open with" to try and open them in Quicktime Player.) I believe QT uses an apple codec for these other than the one Windows probablly was using. I'm not 100% sure, but I think windows uses the cinepak codecs for MJPEG AVIs by default. This comes with DirectX I believe ... you might try updating/reinstalling directX and see if that fixes it. You can also run dxdiag (from the start-> run) to see if Windows can find any problems with your DirectX install (look especially on the "DirectX Files" Tab). Alternatively, I found a place where you can download a free MJPG codec which might work (I haven't tested with this codec myself): *http://tinyurl.com/39em64* You can use the below steps, btw, to find out what video codecs you have on your system (Although they aren't always named in such a way that you can tell which one handles what). # Go to the START MENU # Select CONTROL PANEL # Select SOUNDS AUDIO DEVICES ... (I know its strange, but this is actually where you'll find the video codecs =P) # Select the Hardware Tab # Hightlight Video Codecs # Hit properties - Dave On 7/8/07, rusted.gate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello! > > I'm looking for anyone with any experience using Premiere Elements. I > have a sort of complicated problem that needs solving asap. > > I used to use a Canon SD400 digital still camera that I imported AVIs > on to my computer with. All the files are stored on one external > disk. I have been working on a project in Premiere with all this > footage for a few months now. > > I just got a new camera, that uses mini-DVDs. In order to read the > DVD-RAM disc, I had to install a special driver. I still had some > problems because the files were IFO files. I downloaded some freeware > and some more codecs, trying to be able to use these files. > > Meanwhile, I'm use my old camera and when I got to take my AVIs off of > the card, I notice I have no thumbnails. When I open the file, it > plays, with no video image. Same in Premiere. When I open up this > old project I was working on, all of my AVIs are without video... in > the timeline and also on my harddrive. > > I removed all my video-type programs, except Premiere, including all > the drivers and DivX and Xvid. Then I could see all of my files when > I viewed them straight off of my hard disk.... !!!! but I couldn't see > them in my timeline. > > I don't want to revert and I don't want to delete Premiere. I want to > do something like refresh all of my clips that are placed in the > timeline but can't figure out how to do it. I'm not sure this is the > fix I need, but I'm getting desperate cause I need that project. > > Any suggestions, advice would be greatly appreciated! > > Please email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > thanks in advance. > joanna. > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- http://www.DavidMeade.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
