I downloaded some 1080P MKV movies from website, and I plan to edit the .mkv movie in Premiere Pro CC, but I can't load my MKV videos into this editing software. The collection were saved in my computer D disk, after run Premiere Pro CC on Windows 8, I click "Files > Import..." and locate the file folder. It's a pity, it's empty. Why?
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Why Premiere Pro Not Import Some MKV Files?
Solution 1. Transcode MKV to Premiere Pro Compatible Formats (100% Working)
Solution 2. Rename the File Extension
Solution 3. Install QuickTime or required codec
About Premiere Pro
Adobe Premiere Pro is a timeline-based video editing software application. It is part of the Adobe Creative Cloud, which includes video editing, graphic design, and web development programs. This software was launched in 2003, This professional editing software supports high resolution video editing at up to 10,240 *8,192 resolution, at up to 32-bits per channel color, in both RGB and YUV. Audio sample-level editing, VST audio plug-in support, and 5.1 surround sound mixing are available. The newest version is Premiere Pro CC. Premiere Pro CC supports a wide variety of video and audio file formats and codecs on both MacOS and Windows, but the software can't read MKV files. Read More: Adobe Premiere Pro Supported Formats
About MKV
The MKV is an open standard free container format, a file format that can hold an unlimited number of audio, video, subtitle tracks or picture in one file. This format offers a richer media experience than any other current format, this makes MKV a popular choice for making back-ups of DVD and Blu-ray discs that you could also play on a computer connected to a TV. Many editing software users needs to edit MKV files, but their program doesn't supports MKV importing, Premier Pro is one of them. How to let Premiere Pro read MKV files? Perhaps some Adobe program users want to download Premiere Pro MKV plugin, but there isn't MKV plugin for Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5. So Acrok MKV to Premiere Pro Converter will be a great help.
Solution 1: Transcode MKV File to Premiere Pro-Compatible Format
Acrok Video Converter Ultimate (Windows Version | Mac Version), as the best Premiere Pro MKV Converter, which can convert MKV video to Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5 supported formats on Windows and Mac. In addition, you can convert MKV to popular tablets, Smart TVs, smartphones best playback video format. And you can convert 2D MKV to 3D MP4/AVI/WMV/MOV for playing on 3D media players and TVs.
MKV to Adobe Premiere Pro Converter Features
- Convert MKV to H.264, MPEG, DNxHD, WMV codec for Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5/CS4
- Transcode MKV to MP4, MOV, WMV, FLV, 3GP, etc
- Convert MKV for iPad Air, iPhone 11, Galaxy Tab S6, Google Pixel 4, Galaxy Note 10, etc.
- Add text, image, and video watermark, add effect onto MKV video
- Encode MKV to H.264 MP4 for playing on HDTV and Smart TV
- Transcode MXF/MP4/MOV footage to Premiere Pro supported formats
- Rip and convert Blu-ray/DVD to video formats supported by Premiere Pro
Free download MKV to Premiere Pro Converter
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How to convert MKV to Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5 video format?
Here the detailed way to convert MKV files to Premiere Pro supported formats on Mac OS X is showed. The way to transcode MKV to Premiere Pro video/audio format in Windows (Windows 10) is the same. Just make sure you've downloaded the right version.
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Import MKV videos
Launch the .mkv video conversion software on Mac and click Add File to load the MKV files you want to convert. Or directly drag MKV videos to the MKV to Premiere Pro Converter. After the files are loaded, you can preview them and take snapshots of your favorite video scenes. If you want to convert multiple MKV files to a single file, simply click the "Settings" button then check "Merge all the file into one" to combine all added .mkv files.
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Edit MKV video via MKV to Premiere Pro Converter
Some video editing functions are provided, letting you personalize your original MKV videos instantly. To edit a video, click the Edit button to open the video editing window. And then you can trim the video, crop video size, add some special video effects, add watermarks and more. If you want to get 3D videos, you can click "3D" to add 3D effect onto loaded MKV videos.
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Choose Premiere Pro supported formats
Afterwards, navigate the formats at the bottom and click Editing Software to select Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas MOV (AVC)(*.mov) as the output file format. Other popular output formats included MP4, WMV, AVI, MPG and many more.
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Start MKV to Premiere Pro video conversion
When all the settings are OK, click the Convert button to start converting your MKV files to Premiere Pro editable files on Mac. When the conversion completes, you will get high quality MOV videos by clicking "Open" button. After that, you can edit all the MKV videos in Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5 to meet your multimedia needs.
Solution 2: Rename the File Extension
Maybe we don't have to make things so complex. To fix import errors "The file has no audio or video streams" and "32-bit QuickTime support ending", sometimes we just need to rename the file extension from .mkv to mov, .mp4, .wmv, .mpg, or other format.
This trick does get many users out of trouble. However, it isn't guaranteed to work. Some people still can't load files to Premiere Pro successfully.
Solution 3: Install QuickTime or required codec
QuickTime comes with many popular and general-purpose codecs, so installing QuickTime may be able to resolve import error caused by missing codec. After installing QuickTime, restart your Premiere Pro and check if it can import MKV video files now.
Step 1: Download QuickTime on your PC. Note: QuickTime 7 for Windows is no longer supported by Apple.
Step 2: Install QuickTime:
1. You should read its License Agreement carefully, and scroll down to see the rest of the agreement.
2. You should choose the setup type between Typical and Custom that should be decided by whether you are a common user or advanced user.
3. Change the Destination Folder from Disk C to other disk to save space in C, and click Install.
Step 3: After finish installing QuickTime, you have to restart your Premiere Pro.
Step 4: Check Whether it can import MKV video files to Premiere Pro.
Important Notice: QuickTime has been officially discontinued on Windows, so there supposedly is a security risk. Windows 10 users may find it doesn't work. This is because Windows 10 does more security things than Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 do.
If you can't install QuickTime or still can't import MKV to Premiere Pro after installing QuickTime, you can download and install required codec from established sources to have a try. Before doing that, you'd better backup all your files because installing a new codec typically causes some video or audio files to become unreadable.
One more thing, Adobe Premiere Pro officially suggests not downloading codec pack software to avoid codec conflicts.
Conclusion
The major cause that Premiere Pro fails to import MKV files is that some required codec is missing and the file format is not supported. Therefore, transcoding MKV file using Acrok software is the most effective yet easiest solution recommended by us.
Besides converting from or to MKV, Acrok Video Converter Ultimate can handle over 300 different video and audio formats/codecs. Better still, it is an all-in-one tool for Blu-ray ripping, video/audio conversion, video editing, downloading and recording. It is beginner-friendly, super fast and stable.
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