I have had the same Problem,PP does not handle AVI well.
--- In [email protected], "Keith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi all.
>
> I have been provided 5 mini-dv tapes to use for a new project. The
> provider also has put the video files on an external HD USB drive. I
> have copied those 5 files, ranging from 10gig to 13gig, onto my local
> hard disk.
>
> When I try to import them to PP, my machine gets locked up while
> generating the PEAK files.
>
> I was trying to import them all at once and let it run for over 6
> hours and came back to check and it was generating the peak file for
> the third imported video file and still had two more to go. I just
> tried them one at a time. The first one I chose generated the peak
> file in about 10 minutes, so I thought I was on to something doing
> them one at a time.
>
> The next one I chose, I let run for at least half an hour and it was
> still generating the peak file and the progress bar showed about 90%
> full for most of that half hour, and if I try to do anything in PP
> like save the file, or anything else, the machine locks up. The only
> thing I can do at that point is CTL+ALT+DEL and end the PP process.
>
> If I view the task manager, under applications it says PP is not
> responding, but has my CPU resources tapped at 99%.
>
> Could this be a problem with the video files as captured by the
> provider of the files? Should I just try to capture the tapes again?
>
> This is frustrating, I need to be editing instead of figuring out how
> to get the media into Premiere...
>
> Thanks for any help.
> Keith
>
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