In this case, you can use Mediainfo to check the information (mainly take a look at video and Audio codec) in your AVI file and then google search to find and install the require codec to fix the problem. For example, after you update to the newest version, some codec is missing. Possible reason 2: Broadly speaking, the major cause is that some required codec is missing so that the file format is not supported. If not, repair it using a professional video repair tool. You can check whether your AVI file can be recognized and played properly using other programs. Possible reason 1: Your AVI files are corrupted. Why can't your AVI video files be imported into Adobe Premiere Pro? You can only add the AVI video to the timeline of Premiere Pro as an audio track, instead of a video track. Or Premiere Pro only imports audio from AVI files for you.
The error message goes like, "File format not supported", "Unsupported format or damaged file", "Codec missing or unavailable".
But the weird thing is that Adobe Premiere Pro sometimes will reject to import some AVI files. This also means a loss of already done work for me."ĪVI file format seems one of Adobe Premiere Pro supported navtive video formats for import. "an issue that's really annoying and bothers me a lot: Due to a new system setup I reinstalled Adobe Premiere and now I'm no longer able to import AVI files in Premiere anymore. "How do I fix this? I can't open the file in quicktime to at least watch the video and when I import it into Premiere, I get the error message that's saying the codec is missing." Are these files I need to convert to a different format or do I need to add a specific codec to the new machine?" "Just installed Premiere Pro CS6(PC)on a new machine.I can see and play the AVI files in bridge but when I try to import it says there's a file issue and won't import. Can't import AVI files to Adobe Premiere Pro due to Codec Missing? 2 Solutions.