Need some help! Recently recorded some video using the Panasonic HVX200. To transfer the files to my laptop, I used a USB cord. Once I plugged the cord into the camera,a box popped up on my laptop, saying something about importing files, etc. I went ahead and had the files saved to a folder called Pictures. I also had the files saved to my Desktop. Here is where the problem begins:
The files in my Pictures folder are all now .bmp files (still images) and I cannot figure out why. The files on my desktop, however, are videos.
The second part of my problem is that I am using Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 (again, this is all new to me). The video files that I grabbed from my Desktop will play fine in CS4, but there is no audio. I know I had audio because I had an external mike hooked up to the camera and could hear everything. I also had done a test transfer when I first started recording and it all worked fine (pls note: that first group of shots were saved in my Pictures folder and played fine when I imported them into CS4. HOWEVER, they are now still images like the rest of the files in this folder).
Anyone that has used a HVX200 camera and edited video in CS4 or any other version of Premiere Pro I could really use some help. If you could describe to me how this should have gone, I would really appreciate it. Thank you.
nvisionMedia
nvision Media
I don't know anything about Premiere, but there are others here who do.
Taking a stab in the (almost) dark: If you open Premiere and then plug in
your camera what happens? I know in Final Cut there is a "Log and Capture"
box that pops up and I then record everything to a Capture Scratch folder.
Could this be the default setting on your computer? If you plug in any
device it automatically thinks it's a still camera? With my laptop the default
is iMovie so if I just plug in my camera it opens iMovie and wants to load
everything in it's folders.
I don't know - I'm just foundering around
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I am guessing here you have a Windows computer. When you hook up a camcorder via USB, Windows (XP, Vista) treats it as a removable USB disk. Default action for insertion of removable media is to pop up a dialogue box and ask user what they want to do. Based on what kind of media is found on the disk, it will ask you if you want to :
Play music
Play video
Watch pictures as slide show
Import pictures
Open in Explorer
Do nothing.
This is by far the most annoying feature of Windows, for two reasons; first, it pops up EVERY time you insert USB media, i.e. it doesn't remember your selection. Second, it is, for the most part, useless, since vast majority of people do nothing and either open files directly, or launch the necessary software (Picassa, Premiere, MovieMaker, ACDSee, whatever) and access/transfer files from there.
If this is indeed the "box" that opened up, you should ignore it (close it). Instead, open Premiere and from there, import the footage manually. I don't have Premiere with me at the moment, so I can't advise you on that, but some exploration through the manual should explain the process.
I use Premiere CS2 and a Matrox Axio realtime system. The Axio reads the MXF files and 4 audio tracks (stereo internal mic and stereo external mic). Two years ago, I shot a feature with the HVX. I saved USB transfer, like you did, but I also did a firewire transfer right from the camera to Premiere. Those are the files that I use the most.
I know a lot of users use an intermediary codec that reads MXF, like Cineform or Raylight.
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