MPEG2 -> AVI or WMV

[roop]

I have a *deep breath* Hauppauge WinTV PVR USB2 which lets me record MPEG2 direct to disk. I want to import these files into either Windows Movie Maker or Adobe Premiere Pro but neither will do it.

Does anyone know of a program that will convert my MPEG2 to (prefereably) AVI or failing that, WMV...?

Even better would be an MPEG2 import filter for Prem Pro. It aparrently handles MPEG2, but mine certainly doesn't.

Any tips appreciated...

[fergusd]

if you use linux there's ffmpeg and transcode . . . whould do the job . . .

Fd

[roop]

Bah, thanks for the info, but I haven't got my Linux box any more I guess I should have added that the converter needs to run under XP...

fergusd said:

if you use linux there's ffmpeg and transcode . . . whould do the job . . . Fd

[ErnestM]

roop said:

I have a *deep breath* Hauppauge WinTV PVR USB2 which lets me record MPEG2 direct to disk. I want to import these files into either Windows Movie Maker or Adobe Premiere Pro but neither will do it. Does anyone know of a program that will convert my MPEG2 to (prefereably) AVI or failing that, WMV...? Even better would be an MPEG2 import filter for Prem Pro. It aparrently handles MPEG2, but mine certainly doesn't. Any tips appreciated...

Did you activate the MPEG on your copy of Premier? Check your help for MPEG and it should show you how to do that...

ErnestM

[john_p]

Won't virtualdub do it? To AVI anyway. To get WMV I think you'll need to buy something

e.g. www.imtoo.com/avi-mpeg-converter.html works well

[roop]

Hrm, I read the help, thanks Ernest. It seems I can export to MPEG/MPEG2 no problem, but I have no filter to import my MPEG2 files from my WinTV...

ErnestM said:

Did you activate the MPEG on your copy of Premier? Check your help for MPEG and it should show you how to do that... ErnestM

[fazz81]

give [url]www.autogk.me.uk/[/url] a whirl, I use it to convert MPEG2 from my video camera to AVI and it seems to work well.

It uses VirtualDub as mentioned above in the background, so may need to install that as well.

I presume you have DIVX or XVID codecs installed on your machine, if not I think you will need to install these as well.

[ErnestM]

roop said:

Hrm, I read the help, thanks Ernest. It seems I can export to MPEG/MPEG2 no problem, but I have no filter to import my MPEG2 files from my WinTV... ErnestM said: Did you activate the MPEG on your copy of Premier? Check your help for MPEG and it should show you how to do that... ErnestM

I will have a rummage for some of my documentation on this. Activating the MainConcept MPEG engine was kind of my "quick and easy". Are your filenames in .MPEG or .MPG? You can try a quick name change. Sometimes that will work.

I just tried to import an MPEG2 file that I have (The STIG in Johnny's Esprit from TopGear) and it worked just fine... (and in PAL no less) I will hunt for some additional trouble shooting stuff - Premier does do it, because I have done it in Premier (Pro V. 1.5)

ErnestM

[roop]

Thanks for all the help guys. I did get Premiere to import at last thanks Ernest but it just crashes as soon as it tries to read the MPEG2 file. It's aparrently a known issue according to some googling I did. Bah...!