I'm having trouble importing avi footage into after effects CS5. I've tried using Mpeg Streamclip to convert it but it just shows black is there any way to import this I use a Mac OSX 10.9, The footage can only be viewed in VLC Player and not Quicktime.
Pain is temporary, film is forever!
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Use handbrake to convert it.
Yeah I used that to get it to work. Its not the best but its free and worked so I will use it for now, thanks.
Pain is temporary, film is forever!
- John Milius
To make your After Effects read all these AVI media files smoothly, the best way for you to get rid of these awful situations is to transcode AVI to a native format - MPEG-2 for the demanding After Effects.
After Effects announced on their official website long time ago that it could support AVI videos without problem. But the fact is that some AVI videos are rejected by it. As far as we know, AVI is a 'container' which can incorporate most any sort of video and audio format. That is to say, AVI videos can be encoded by different codecs like DivX/Xvid, which makes After Effects refuse them. Then how can we make all AVI files compatible with After Effects? The best workaround is to encode AVI to MPEG/MOV(AVC)
The best workaround is to have the flexibility and efficiency of working with a professional and edit-friendly codec such as MPEG-2 with a powerful AVI to After Effects converter-Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac. ( http://www.brorsoft.com/video-converter-mac/ )
Source From: Guide on Encoding AVI to MPEG for After Effects
The best workaround is to have the flexibility and efficiency of working with a professional and edit-friendly codec such as MPEG-2 with a powerful AVI to After Effects converter-Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac.