Can’t import your AVI file to Adobe Premiere Pro CS4/CS5/CS3/CS6/CC? It is officially stated that AVI is supported by Adobe Premiere. However, when importing an AVI file, Adobe Premiere including the recent Premiere Pro CC sometimes returns the error “Unable to open that file. File uses an unsupported compression format.” Sometimes it doesn’t show video, only the audio with. So what’s the matter? Read on to find the reason and the easy way to fix the AVI and Premiere Pro incompatible issues.

In this Adobe Premiere tutorial, I show you how to fix common render and export errors! Comment below with which fix worked for you - Additional links below. Some HEVC footages were recorded in variable frame rate (VFR), which will fail to import to Premiere Pro or cause video and audio out of sync issue. Although Premiere Pro CC 2018 (12.0.1) and later versions offer the Preserve Audio Sync feature to relieve this situation, it inevitably cannot give consideration to all kinds of program versions, systems, hardware configuration, etc., and H.265.

According to Adobe official website, Adobe Premiere Pro does import AVI files. However it only imports DV-AVI. If you try to add other AVI files like DivX-AVI, MJPEG-AVI, Xvid-AVI, 3ivX-AVI and more to Premiere, it either ends in fail or encounters some audio or video problem. Searched widely and I got some tech support for loading AVI files into Adobe Premiere Pro correctly.

1. Select your imported AVI file from the project view in Premiere and then
2. Go to File > Interpret Footage.
3. Inside the Interpret Footage dialog box, check the Ignore Alpha Channel option.

This makes your AVI file completely visible. If the video still appears blank, try re selecting the clip in order to refresh the video viewer.

Another possible cause of reduced image quality when importing video into Premiere is Frame Blending. Right click on the video and uncheck the Frame Blending option.

I tried the solution, but the video playback is still jerky. I’d struggle to find another good one. In this try, more than one people suggest to convert AVI to a Premiere Pro most compatible format e.g. MPEG-2, which will ensures a perfect AVI importing, playing and editing workflow with Premiere Pro CS5/CS6/CC.

Here is the step-by-step guide on transcocding AVI to MPEG-2 for Premiere Pro CS5/CS6 on Mac OS X with Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac. This video app can help you change AVI into a different format (e.g. .mov, .wmv, .mpg) with least quality loss. You should then be able to import the new file into Premiere with smooth editing without any trouble. If you are Windows users, please get the Video Converter. Below is how to.

Converting AVI files for Adobe Premiere Pro

Step 1: Run AVI to Premiere Converter for Mac and you can import AVI clips to the program through “Add Video” button or “Add from folder” button. If you like, check the “Merge into one” box to join AVI clips together.

Step 2: Choose output format. This video converter offers optimized format preset for Adobe Premiere. Just click “Format” menu firstly and then follow “Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas” to set MPG, MOV or WMV format.

Tip: If the default settings do not fit you requirement, you can click “Settings” icon to and enter “Profile Settings” panel to adjust video size, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channels.

Step 3: Click “Convert” button to start encoding AVI to MPEG-2(.mpg) for Adobe Premiere Pro CS5/CS6 on Mac OS X.

When the AVI to Adobe Premiere Pro conversion task is finished, click “Open” button to get the exported files for transferring to Premiere Pro CS5/CS6 with easy playback or editing.

Additional Tips: This AVI to Premiere Pro Converter not only can help you convert .avi to Adobe, but also enables anyone with AVI files to use in any non-linear editor like Final Cut Pro, iMovie, FCE, Avid Media Composer, etc as long as transcode AVI to a recognizable format.

To export a file using Adobe Media Encoder, select a format in the Export Settings dialog box for the output. The selected format determines the preset options that are available. Select the format best suited for your desired output.

Adobe Media Encoder is used both as a stand-alone application and as a component of Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Prelude, Audition, and Animate. The formats that Adobe Media Encoder can export depend on which of these applications are installed.

Some filename extensions—such as MOV, AVI, and MXF —denote container file formats rather than denoting a specific audio, video, or image data format. Container files can contain data encoded using various compression and encoding schemes. Adobe Media Encoder can encode video and audio data for these container files, depending on which codecs (specifically, encoders) are installed. Many codecs must be installed into the operating system and work as a component inside the QuickTime or Video for Windows formats.

Depending on other software applications that you have installed, the following options are available.

Note:

As of September 15 2017, Adobe Creative Cloud apps now rely on your operating system (OS) to decode/encode Dolby Digital and Dolby Digital Plus audio formats. Adobe no longer bundles the native libraries from Dolby with Creative Cloud products.

For information about how this change affects Dolby audio playback in your product, see Adobe Creative Cloud apps use native OS support for Dolby.

Note:

MXF is a container format. Adobe Media Encoder can encode and export movies in the Op-Atom variety of MXF containers using the DVCPRO25, DVCPRO50, and DVCPRO100, and AVC-Intra codecs. Premiere Pro can export MXF files containing the MPEG-2 essence items that comply with the XDCAM HD format used by such systems as Avid Unity. The stand-alone Adobe Media Encoder can also export files in this format.

Still image and still-image sequence formats that support match source

• Animated GIF
  
• Bitmap (BMP; Windows only)
• DPX
• GIF (Windows only)
• JPEG
• OpenEXR
• PNG
• Targa (TGA)
• TIFF (TIF)

Avi Codec Adobe Premiere Plus

Note:

Toexport a movie as a sequence of still-image files, select ExportAs Sequence on the Video tab when a still-image format is selected.

Adobe Premiere Pro Avi Codec Download

• Advanced Audio Coding (AAC), Version 1, and Version 2
• Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF)
• mp3 format
• Waveform Audio (WAV)

• Facebook 720HD
  
• Twitter 720P
• Vimeo 480p SD, 480p SD Wide, 720p HD, 1080p HD
  
• Web Video DG Fast Channel 480/512 MPEG-2
• YouTube 480p SD, 480p SD Wide, 720p HD, 1080p HD, 2160p 4K

Codecs support for Adobe Media Encoder installed with other products

Avi Codec Adobe Premiere Pro

• With Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Prelude: All codecs are supported. However, HEVC is not supported during the trial period in Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Prelude.
• With all other products: All codecs are supported except
  • AS-11 SD
    
  • HEVC
    
  • MPEG-2
  • MPEG-2 DVD
  • MPEG-2 Blu-ray
  • MXF OP1a