Importing AVI file into Video Studio 9

AlanD · Post by **AlanD** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 6:33 am

I am trying to edit some old Celluloid 8mm Cine films. I had them "Tele-Cine" converted into digital mini DV AVI format. I do not have a Camcorder but borrowed one to download these AVI files onto my Hard Drive. I can see them all listed (some 10 files totalling 24.6GB) but cannot acces them or import them into VS 9.
What must I do to be able to cut and edit them please?

BrianCee · Post by **BrianCee** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 1:05 pm

You haven't actually told us what you tried to do - are the 'tele-cine' videos now on a Mini-DV tape ? - did you put this in the camcorder which is connected to your PC via firewire ?? - is the camera in 'Play' mode ?? - did you get a 'pop-up' from Windows asking what you wanted to do with the files ?? - was one of the options 'Capture with VideoStudio ?? - did you open VideoStudio and click on the 'Capture' Tab and then choose 'Capture Video' ? - is your camera showing in the 'source' box ? - when you click the second 'Capture Video' did you see any thing in the preview window ??? - - etc. - -etc. -- etc.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 9:21 pm

Please look down the list of entries here:
Video Product Tutorials there are several articles that may assist you
notably
Recommended Procedure by JC Hunter
From Camcorder to DVD
Converting Super 8 Films

AlanD · Post by **AlanD** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:09 am

Thanks for your replies, here are my responses in turn:-
Reply to BrianCee:-1/ Yes all old Super 8s are now in MiniDV form 2/. Yes I borrowed a Sony Camcoerder and "FireWired" onto the HDD 3/. Yes I did "capture" them and put them in the E:\ drive under E:\Raw Video\DFH edit#2 06b_06_06.avi.
Now when I try to open one of them I get the following error message "Unable to open file E:\Raw Video\DFH edit#2 06b_06_06...Catastrophic Failure....[17101;70:2]
Whjat does this mean? Can you help please?
Sorry about the delay in responding but health matterrs intervened!
Regards
Reply to sjj1805:- Thanks for you tutorials I have read a lot of them and wish I had read them all before I began any of this Video Editing business!
Do any of my replies to Brian help at all?
Regards

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:17 am

May or may not work. Computers sometimes get a bit funny with some filenames
Try renaming
DFH edit#2 06b_06_06.avi.
to something simple like
video01.avi

AlanD · Post by **AlanD** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 6:08 am

Thank you very much Steve, unfortunately your fears were realised. It did not work!
In fact the programme refuses to acknowledge any .AVI files!
Is this a clue somehow?
Regards
Alan

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 6:18 am

Has it ever acknowledged avi files?
These programs are designed to work with DV which is a form of avi.
Other formats such as MOV, MPG, WMV and so on could be regarded as a bonus!

If you have the boxed version of VideoStudio 9 you could try running the installation program again and select the 'repair' option, otherwise it sounds like you need to Re-install

AlanD · Post by **AlanD** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 6:54 am

Dear Steve,
Thanks for your so quick response. Alas the programme after being repaired/reinstalled still doe not recognise .AVI files. It only recognises its own .VSP files.
Would all this be cleared up by buying VS v 10?
I am not clear about video file formats but presume that somehow or other I must have got the right sort, some time, to have achieved any editing at all.
Regards
Alan

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 6:56 am

vsp files

Please view:
http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic. ... 1120#91120

heinz-oz · Post by **heinz-oz** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 7:43 am

I sounds to me like these files, whilst classified as DV-AVI, are either corrupted or not exactly to DV standard.

When you connect the camcorder to a TV via the RCA plugs (AV out), can you view the tape content that way?

What were your capture settings in the VS capture module?

heinz-oz · Post by **heinz-oz** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 7:46 am

AlanD wrote:Dear Steve,
Thanks for your so quick response. Alas the programme after being repaired/reinstalled still doe not recognise .AVI files. It only recognises its own .VSP files.
Would all this be cleared up by buying VS v 10?
I am not clear about video file formats but presume that somehow or other I must have got the right sort, some time, to have achieved any editing at all.
Regards
Alan

I doubt that VS 10+ would fix any of this. No harm in downloading the TBYB version to try though.

From your post I gather that, at some time in the past, you did capture files and edited with VS, otherwise you wouldn't happen to have a vsp file. Were these files from the same source or different?

AlanD · Post by **AlanD** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 7:34 am

Thanks to both Steve and Heinz for your replies. The reference you quoted Steve explains a lot to me and indicates what might be the problem. When transferring the AVI files I had Adobe Premiere Elements in the ccomputer and had intended to use it in place of Cyberlink Power Director 5 with which I had been having many problems. When I found that there was no "auto scene-detection" in Premiere I tried Video studio and all seemd to work well until I thought I ought to tidy my Hard Drives a bit and erase(Using Ashampoo Erase) all what I thought were superfluous files. I now sometimes get an error message saying "Cannot find file Adobe etc etc..avi and ever since have made only negative progress!!
Is there any way around this or will I have to go back to square one and reload all the avi files into a new project or is there a way of resurrecting the file address? (perhaps creating a new file address that matches what VS seems to be wanting and copying my .avi files into that address)/
Regards
Alan

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 10:05 am

If you have saved a vsp file and later by misfortune delete one of the required avi files you should get a message asking that you relink the missing file. Simply navigate to wherever you now have a copy.

lazael · Post by **lazael** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 12:13 pm

AlanD wrote: Alas the programme after being repaired/reinstalled still doe not recognise .AVI files. It only recognises its own .VSP files.

Don't have VS, but clicking on a .VSP extension will launch the Editor programme, *.AVI's have to be imported once the editor is running.
How exactly are you doing the 'import' ?

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 1:16 pm

If you don't have VideoStudio you cannot open a vsp (VideoStudio Project File)

It would be like trying to open an excel spreadsheet without excel
or a Microsoft Access database without Microsoft Access.

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