How to Get .avi files work with Pinnacle Studio 16/15/14 natively

There are a few Pinnacle Studio users have met with AVI files importing and editing problems, in this guide, you can find the easy method to edit all AVI videos with Pinnacle Studio.

AVI is listed as one of the supported formats by Pinnacle Studio, why Pinnalce can't import and open H.264 AVI videos correctly?

"Studio 14/15/16 can import the following video file formats with the allowable extensions for each format noted in parenthesis: AVI, MPEG, SD & HD, and MPEG-4, WMV, DIVX, TOD and AVCHD."

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Well, the problem is mainly due to that Pinnacle Studio is pretty picky with the codecs of what it'll accept; it doesn't like H.264 in an AVI container. That's why Pinnacle Studio 14/15/16 won't open it.

Fortunately, there is an easy way to fix the issue. To get the work done, you simply need an AVI video converter to convert AVI to Pinnacle Studio-friendly format. Here is a step-by-step guide to covnert and import AVI videos to Pinnacle Studio(Windows XP/Vista/7/Windows 8 included).

Now get the tool and add AVI video files to Pinnacle Studio effortlessly. If you want to convert AVI on Pinnacle on Windows, please turn to Brorsoft Video Converter.

Free download the H.264 AVI to Pinnacle Studio Converter:



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How to Convert H.264 AVI for Editing in Pinnacle Studio

Step 1. Add H.264 files

Run the best H.264 AVI to Pinnacle Studio Converter, and click the "Add" button to load .avi videos. If you want to merge multiple clips just need to check the "Merge into one" box.



Step 2: Choose Pinnacle compatible format

Hit the "Format" bar and select “Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas > MPEG-2 (*.mpg)” as output format on the drop-down menu. It ensures the smooth editing with Pinnacle. Or you can choose MPEG-1, MPEG-2 as the target format from “Common Video”.



Tip: You can also click "Settings" to fix the frame rate, bitrate, video size, etc to your needs, that you can play and edit AVI movies in Pinnacle Studio easily.

Step 3: Edit your AVI videos (Optional)

By clicking “Edit” button, you can trim, crop the video, or add watermark and adjust effect to the videos which you will convert.



Step 4. Convert H.264 AVI to Pinnacle Studio format

Click "Convert" button to finish the H.264 .avi to .mog for Pinnacle format conversion.

Once the conversion completes, you can click "Open" button to get the output files effortlessly. Now you have got it right, just to import and edit H.264 encoded AVI files within Pinnacle Studio at ease.

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