Video (MPG) Thumbnails in PSE6?

[jimarnold]

Importing JPG and MPG into Organizer only displays thumbnails for JPG files. Is there a thumbnail for video files?

[ATR]

Are you saying that you got no thumbnail for the mpg video or that you got a blank thumbnail? Did you get any error messages or warnings associated with this issue?

Could you supply the camera source or other descriptions for this mpg video?

I did not have an mpg video, so I went into Premiere Elements 4, created an MPEG-1 (with .mpg extension) from a wmv video that I had, and saved it to the internal hard drive. Then I went into Photoshop Elements 6 Organizer/File Menu/ to bring the .mpg into the Organizer. When I did, the thumbnail for the .mpg was there with opening scene of video represented in the thumbnail. It looked just like the thumbnail for the .wmv version.

If you brought the jpegs and .mpg all into the Organizer at one time with Get Photos, did you remember to highlight the .mpg as well as the jpegs?

Maybe more details will help to figure out what is going on in your case.

ATR

[jimarnold]

Sorry, I should have included more information. My error.

AVI Files seem to work fine.
MPG Files imported from my Sony HandyCam DCR SR220 Hard Disk Drive. There is an Thumbnail but it is a blank with a "film segment" small icon in the middle.

Not sure what you mean by highlighting the mpg as well as the jpegs.

Interesting......when I did a Get Photo from a file I get an error message, "The video file preview is not availablebecause the Apple Quick Time TM could not be initialized"....but it allows me to import the file into the Organizer. Might be a clue.

Thanks much for helping me out.....I'll look into this Apple Quick Time TM issue a bit.

V/R Jim Arnold

[jimarnold]

Just spoke with Adobe Customer support. Apparently, PSE 6 will show the first frame of MPG files as long as they are MPG - 4. My files are MPG - 2 and must be converted to MPG4 before they will display. It is a software limitation.

[ATR]

Thanks for the feedback. It is much appreciated.

ATR

[ATR]

Jim Arnold

I thought that it would be good to report back on some additional information on your Photoshop Elements 6 topic that got incorporated in a recent Elements Village/Premiere Elements Forum thread on Premiere Elements 7 and MPEG2.
First the Premiere Elements Forum thread is:
http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41156

You need to read Hummie’s posts and the replies to Hummie toward the end of the above link. BarbO provides a link for further explanation.http://muvipix.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=2294&p=19259&hilit=+thumbnail#p19119

ATR