And now in the *right* forum...

[Aneino_Kaijin]

Tried following the guide to pull footage from DVDs... gradually worked though the kinks until I now have *tada!* AVS files that will open in Premiere.

The problem (you know this was coming) is that the footage comes out all black. There's nothing there. I've tried re-saving it, changing the DVD2AVI settings, and yes, I did read in the guide to change the pixel aspect ratio and check that it's 720X480 and such, and still nothing (at least now it's not a line anymore)

Any suggestions?

[turboneko]

Have you tried to open your AVS files in Virtualdub or windows media player? Does it work there?

If nothing else works you can always add the line:

BilinearResize(360,240)

to your script and work with a smaller window in premiere. When you finish your video just delete the line and export at full resloution

For more info, refer to the unofficial AMV FAQ (link below)

[Aneino_Kaijin]

They open in windows media player, though jerkily. Figure I can figure that out when I get them actually working in Premiere. And I've tried sizing it down, but it doesn't fix it, even after a restart.

Yah! I think I was better off just watching the videos.

[jbone]

It sounds like you need to install Huffyuv.

Premiere needs Huffyuv in order to interpret the YUV data in the VOB files. (ErMaC can give you a detailed explanation as to why, I don't recall the exact reason/process Premiere follows).

[Aneino_Kaijin]

Do I have to drop the driver in Premiere's driver folder as with the other, or is it good where it is?

[jbone]

Huffyuv isn't a driver, it's a codec.

[Aneino_Kaijin]

That explains my confusion.

[jescaflowne]

This sounds like the same problem I had when I started too. Not sure if my solution will work for you, but I set my monitor to something like 1920 by 1080. (Well, something like that, all I know is it was small). My footage then showed up in Premiere. Of course, if this works then it should've also worked when you did the BilinearResize to 360 x 240. But that's my only guess.

Then again, you should probably just listen to jbone, he know's way more about this than I

[jbone]

you should probably just listen to jbone, he know's way more about this than I

Nah, I'm just good at sounding like I know what I'm talking about.

[Kinematics]

If you're using AVS files in Premiere, you have to make sure that the source/preview window is at least as large as the video that you're tyring to view. As you resize that window, it will show you the dimensions that the internal clip will be sized to. If it's, say, 300x200, then a resized 360x240 is just going to show up black, never mind a full-sized 720x480. You have to open the window up to at least 360x240 for the smaller version to show up. Better bump up your resolution if you want to see the 720x480.

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David