most recent 30 from video.stackexchange.com 2025-08-06T01:24:41Z https://video.stackexchange.com/feeds/question/9825 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/rdf https://video.stackexchange.com/q/9825 1 Daniel C https://video.stackexchange.com/users/5302 2025-08-06T02:52:17Z 2025-08-06T23:45:17Z

<p>I am a newbie to video editing and I've been trying to take some files I downloaded from a stream online (public government videos), to make an Adobe Premiere Pro video out of them. Here's an example link to a file I downloaded that I want to edit: </p> <p>mms://stream.miamibeachfl.gov/tv20%20archive/design%20review%20board/drb_20130806.asf</p> <p>The problem I am having is that the ASF files have an issue when I try to import it or just open in the Source Monitor in Adobe Premiere Pro. The "Conforming" notice shows at the bottom right, but it stalls there after about 1% and I have an error in the Events dialog which says the following:</p> <p>"File importer detected an inconsistency in the file structure of XXX.avi. Reading and writing this file's metadata (XMP) has been disabled."</p> <p>I thought the files were possibly too big to use in Premiere (some are over 1GB), so I used some freeware programs to trim them down, thinking this would help. However, even then it doesn't work, or if it does work to trim the file and convert to AVI, I get the following error when trying to open the new file in Adobe Premiere Pro: "Unsupported format or damaged file"</p> <p>Here are the properties of a sample file I am having problems with, which I get from the Premiere Pro menu -> Get Properties For -> File:</p> <p>"File Path: C:\Users\Daniel Desktop\Documents\Google Drive\Consulting\Activism\DATA SOURCES\VIDEOS\plb_20120327.asf Type: Windows Media File Size: 1.4 GB Image Size: 320 x 240 Frame Rate: 29.97 Source Audio Format: 32000 Hz - 16 bit - Stereo Project Audio Format: 32000 Hz - 32 bit floating point - Stereo Total Duration: 11:03:16:05 Pixel Aspect Ratio: 1.0"</p> <p>I am not sure why this issue is happening but based on the file issues, maybe there is some setting I am missing?</p> <p>Any tips or help would be much appreciated. I can't start video processing if it's not possible for the video to load. Thank you!</p>

https://video.stackexchange.com/questions/9825/-/9828#9828 0 AJ Henderson https://video.stackexchange.com/users/2836 2025-08-06T14:28:22Z 2025-08-06T14:28:22Z

<p>The link you gave is for a streaming media file, not a download. Most likely, whatever ripper you used to pull down the file did a poor job and produced a faulty file. It may actually play back since most playback applications are rather permissive when it comes to errors in the file, however a professional editing package like Premiere will tend to throw errors if there are major problems in the file since it won't be able to generate suitable output from the file. The best bet is probably to try and find a non-streaming version, particularly since the quality of the streaming version is VERY low.</p>

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