[WarmCurb]

I just started using Adobe Premiere (ver. 2). I can import video clips, but how do I get the clip's audio imported? At this time I can't drag and drop the waveform to the audio tracks.

[True Bassist]

If you drag and drop the audio and video to the tracks, then right click and choose the option to unclip the audio from the video then just delete the video track.

[WarmCurb]

Originally Posted by True Bassist

If you drag and drop the audio and video to the tracks, then right click and choose the option to unclip the audio from the video then just delete the video track.

The problem is it won't let me drop any audio into the audio tracks. The only part of the clip that sticks is the video. I tried to drag down to the audio, but it won't let me.

[gordoneye12]

did you try to play the video in the premiere. it may already there.

[WarmCurb]

Originally Posted by gordoneye12

did you try to play the video in the premiere. it may already there.

Played it in both screens and it's just the video.

[fairnooks]

Are these home-made videos or downloaded and/or converted flash video or other formerly commercial tidbits? There's some "junk" put in some of the later types of videos, either as a result of conversions or as protection against ancillary purposes (i.e. remix editing). I have to record just the audio from the original on those types and patch it in.

[WarmCurb]

Originally Posted by fairnooks

Are these home-made videos or downloaded and/or converted flash video or other formerly commercial tidbits? There's some "junk" put in some of the later types of videos, either as a result of conversions or as protection against ancillary purposes (i.e. remix editing). I have to record just the audio from the original on those types and patch it in.

Downloaded .avi files

[fairnooks]

In that case, as long as known audio formats with other video work you could try analyzing the file(s) in question with G-spot and see if there's anything non-standard or odd about the audio. I suspect its the file and not the program anyway because I've had the same failure on at least two occasions and it was file incompatibility, in which case I was able to use AutoGK to render the avi again, keeping the video properties the same but converting the audio to a CBR 160 bps MP3, or whatever is appropriate.

[WarmCurb]

Here's a screenshot. Please let me know if something looks wrong:

[fairnooks]

That looks like an incmpatible audio stream but you'd have to confirm that in G-spot. You probably have to convert it first with something that can handle the audio format, possibly the Divx Converter could, or record the audio from something that can play it back and lay that track in place of the rejected one.

At least the program is good enought to let you know what its having a problem with instead of failing to load the file at all.

[WarmCurb]

Originally Posted by fairnooks

That looks like an incmpatible audio stream but you'd have to confirm that in G-spot. You probably have to convert it first with something that can handle the audio format, possibly the Divx Converter could, or record the audio from something that can play it back and lay that track in place of the rejected one.

At least the program is good enought to let you know what its having a problem with instead of failing to load the file at all.

Hmm...I'm not sure what I'm looking at, but it found this:
0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3
48000Hz 130 kb/s tot , Joint Stereo LAME3.95

[fairnooks]

So if that's the audio stream with that avi it is kind of mismatched or not ideal. I mean for playing its fine most of the time but it'll be hit and miss for editing or further conversion, especially for Premiere I think because it has a reputation for being stable and this might be a combo that it thinks might crash it. For instance I have a problem with MPEG-2 Layer 3 audio mated to a mostly standard avi (little odd dimensionally, but it follows the rule of 16) file in Premiere; when I drag it down to the timeline only the audio goes! Yet it plays fine in everything.
If you convert the audio to ac3 or just strip it off as a wav file and add it it'll work fine or try a less discriminating editor maybe--my Pinnacle product has no hesitation with my Premiere-problematic avi/mp3.

[WarmCurb]

Originally Posted by fairnooks

So if that's the audio stream with that avi it is kind of mismatched or not ideal. I mean for playing its fine most of the time but it'll be hit and miss for editing or further conversion, especially for Premiere I think because it has a reputation for being stable and this might be a combo that it thinks might crash it. For instance I have a problem with MPEG-2 Layer 3 audio mated to a mostly standard avi (little odd dimensionally, but it follows the rule of 16) file in Premiere; when I drag it down to the timeline only the audio goes! Yet it plays fine in everything.
If you convert the audio to ac3 or just strip it off as a wav file and add it it'll work fine or try a less discriminating editor maybe--my Pinnacle product has no hesitation with my Premiere-problematic avi/mp3.

Which software will convert or strip the audio?

[fairnooks]

I'm not sure when it comes just to extracting the audio since I almost never do that, I'm sure there are some competent programs for that though.

As far as video/audio converters go I just use what I have on hand. Premiere, which you can't use of course is great since you can decouple the audio from the video but other than that I use AutoGK and if that doesn't work I try Divx Converter and if not that, Pinnacle Studio. All of these have the disadvantage of processing the video along with the audio so its slow but the quality can be set very low on the video to speed things up. Then like I just mentioned, its a snap to decouple the video and just use the converted audio in Premiere. You might have something else on hand that could do the job like one of the video components of the Nero or Roxio suite, or someone might have another recommendation.