Is there a way to get this software to recognize .wmv files? So far it doesn't do it on my computer. I'm new with this software so I might be missing something basic. I was compiling a pile of video clips with Micro$oft Movie Maker and I wasn't terribly pleased with the final result. The clips were not as good of quality as the original for some reason. Sort of choppy but the originals were nice and smooth. So I decided to use Premiere as I have it at my disposal. I'm hoping that the quality will be much better. But it doesn't seem to be able to view and import .wmv files. Most of the clips I want to use are .wmv files. Is there something that I need to do in order to make them work? Can I convert them to another format. I'm new at this so please help. TIA.

 

I can help you this afternoon when I get home from work. I don't have Premiere here. But if you still need help around 2:30 EST, I'll see what I can do.



Just as a tip, the newest version of Windows Media Encoder will allow you to create movies based on the way you want to distribute them. I've used it to make some videos for DTM Power and the quality/size ratio is amazing.

 

I have premier, but it confused me so i use the thing im used to.

 

Which is?

 

you need mpg's to edit them. wmv's are compressed. there is a way to do it though. i don't know how though lol

 

animation shop 3, i only make gifs, so no need to edit video.



Annd i found this program to convert wmv to AVI and buncha other stuff that i used to convert wmv files so my editor likes them.



http://www.stoik.com/_vti_bin/shtml.dll/pr...30_svc_demo.htm

 

Windows Media encoder, huh? I'll give it a shot. Well, after I convert a pile of .wmv's. Thanks all.



BTW, Lee, I miss that chick that was stripping in your avatar.

 

Haha..



The converted i posted works well.

 

Great, I just d/l'ed and will test it later.

 

I completely forgot to check this post, I'm sorry...



Let me (us) know if you have anymore problems with windows media files!