Exporting to Premiere CS4 at DVinfo.net

Pete Cofrancesco · December 13th, 2009, 08:45 PM

I'm having trouble getting Premiere to import SD video from FCP. I tried a few ways:
1. Quicktime (won't import)
2. Quicktime converstion as an AVI using DV compression. (imports but red line with no visible video).
3. Quicktime converstion as DV Stream (imports red line)

Why is Premiere having a problem? I used DV compression for all the exports.

Robert Lane · December 14th, 2009, 07:28 AM

Silly question but do the sequence settings match the clip you're importing? So far I haven't had any issues importing a clip that originated from FCP including as SD clip from a Sony handycam (man those old vids look like crap!) without issue.

You could also check the clip itself to make sure none of the resource forks are broken; if you have a copy of either DiskWarrior or Digitial Rebellions FCP Maintenance Pack either one of those can diagnose clip-specific problems.

Pete Cofrancesco · December 14th, 2009, 05:22 PM

I figured it out.

I needed to install Quicktime pro on the window machine. Even exporting as an avi must still be a quicktime and Premiere doesn't have the ability by itself to import anything wrapped in quicktime even if its compressed using the DV codec.

December 13th, 2009, 08:45 PM	#1
Pete Cofrancesco Inner Circle Join Date: May 2004 Location: USA Posts: 3,005	Exporting to Premiere CS4 I'm having trouble getting Premiere to import SD video from FCP. I tried a few ways: 1. Quicktime (won't import) 2. Quicktime converstion as an AVI using DV compression. (imports but red line with no visible video). 3. Quicktime converstion as DV Stream (imports red line) Why is Premiere having a problem? I used DV compression for all the exports. Last edited by Pete Cofrancesco; December 13th, 2009 at 09:50 PM.

December 14th, 2009, 07:28 AM	#2
Robert Lane Go Go Godzilla Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Scottsdale, AZ USA Posts: 2,823 Images: 15	Silly question but do the sequence settings match the clip you're importing? So far I haven't had any issues importing a clip that originated from FCP including as SD clip from a Sony handycam (man those old vids look like crap!) without issue. You could also check the clip itself to make sure none of the resource forks are broken; if you have a copy of either DiskWarrior or Digitial Rebellions FCP Maintenance Pack either one of those can diagnose clip-specific problems.

December 14th, 2009, 05:22 PM	#3
Pete Cofrancesco Inner Circle Join Date: May 2004 Location: USA Posts: 3,005	I figured it out. I needed to install Quicktime pro on the window machine. Even exporting as an avi must still be a quicktime and Premiere doesn't have the ability by itself to import anything wrapped in quicktime even if its compressed using the DV codec.