Adobe Premiere Elements 10 AVI Files No Video

[Soulraptor]

So I use Premiere Elements 10. I import the avi files. The screen shows nothing, but the audio is playing. Fun fact: I recorded a long gaming session to upload to youtube in parts. So I split the same file in half in Premiere and uploaded it. Forgot to save. Now I come to split it again in the same place. No video.

Any help?

 

[kenrivers]

Have you tried importing the files again? What did you use to record the gaming footage? There may be a problem with the video codec and that could be the reason you are seeing only a black (empty) screen and just hearing audio. Try importing the footage using a different preset or use something like MPEG Streamclip or Handbrake to encode it to a file type Premiere Elements will be able to recognize.

 

[Soulraptor]

Have you tried importing the files again? What did you use to record the gaming footage? There may be a problem with the video codec and that could be the reason you are seeing only a black (empty) screen and just hearing audio. Try importing the footage using a different preset or use something like MPEG Streamclip or Handbrake to encode it to a file type Premiere Elements will be able to recognize.

Yes I've tried importing the files again. I'm using Fraps to record. Now I don't want to be re encoding every damn file I record, because I have lots of files I need to upload.

 

[kenrivers]

I understand not wanting to re-encode so many files and would not want to either. Maybe someone who knows something about Fraps will be able to help. Sorry I couldn't offer a decent solution.

 

[Soulraptor]

I understand not wanting to re-encode so many files and would not want to either. Maybe someone who knows something about Fraps will be able to help. Sorry I couldn't offer a decent solution.

It's fine, but Fraps is not the problem, it plays fine in all the other software I have, but Premiere is my main editing program.

 

[kenrivers]

Just out of curiosity what format does Fraps save the video files as and what settings are you using to import the files into Premiere?

 

[randomizer]

FRAPS uses its own codec (FPS1) and stores them in an AVI container.