AVI and Adobe Premier 5.1c

Using Premier Pro and Canon A70 - I got the following solution:

Use Windows Movie Maker (in XP, under 'accessories'>.) and Import your AVI clip.
Drag it onto the timeline, then File> Save Movie and you get various format options to save into, including WMV files. These can then be imported into Premier Pro (not sure of Elements, but I’d imagine so)

Gee, every other program opens ANY AVI I have.. Why is that the 700 dollar Adobe PRemier can’t do it....??????

the trick with renaming avi to mpeg works well also with the discussed 'mjpeg'. no additional installations of codecs not required.

Thanks fraser! I had the same problem, WMM fixed it!

Virtualdub came to the rescue with flying colors!!

Another solution:

just go to the folder where your movie is and rename it mymovie.AVI to mymovie.mpeg

worked for me!

Canon Powershot S2-IS, renamed .avi to .mpg, worked like a charm! Thanks guys! (And especially kaneb).

Canon Powershot A85. Renaming the files from .avi to .mpeg works perfectly for me. Thanks !!!

Thanks kaneb!

I can’t believe this worked.... it works for 6.5 too!!!

Guest I had the same issue with Premier 6.1 and a Canon G5. This one definately worked for me:
- Create New Project
- Open the Import File window (control-i)
- Select (but do not open) the file you want to import
- Change the file type at the bottom to: QuickTime (mov)
it will appear that there is no file to select but it should import

See prior posts!!
thank you so much!!!

I have the same problem. Did you find a solution

I have Canon powershot A610. How can I import avi file to Premiere PRO 1.5?

WOW! Kaneb’s solution did it for me!! Thanks dude!!

kaneb’s solution worked for my for MJPEGs from my Canon SD700IS and Premier 6.5.

taitai’s solution works too, but editing is a bit more difficult (the computer really struggles to scrub the clip for some reason).

Thanks guys!

Yes, taitai’s soultion works for me on SD600.

Install this and it should work.

http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/codecs_and_filters/ffdshow.cfm/rev__610__20061201

I have an A70 and was trying to get the files into AfterEffects. None of the shortcut tricks worked, but it was a simple matter to install the M-JPEG codec from www.morgan-multimedia.com, and that worked like a charm.

I will also note that I’m using Windows XP Pro, and the only way I could find out the codec for these files was to do a Google search - which led me here. Astonishingly, Properties does not even tell you what file type it is - much less the codec. (Had to enable file extensions in that folder to even know it was .avi.)

this doesnt work for me!!

im trying to upload a .avi file, but it’s not from a camera, its from a movie that im trying to edit. i tried kaneb’s way and it did upload to my project window, but it does not show up, its just a white screen the whole time. the .avi file is not from a dvd, its simply the same type of file as any of my other videos.

i also tried the other technique with opening it in wordpad, and since its so big the computer just spazzes out...

what should i DO?!?!

tried taitai’s method with Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 and Canon A95 and works OK