Video Converter to AVI

[robbie410]

Good morning, have changed from using Imac for a while onto Windows 7 on laptop. I am trying to convert mpg files to AVI as recommended in Photoshop Elements & Premiere Elements 11.
I have followed the recommendation, on page 398, to download the free converter from www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html. Not much luck just got a lot of other apps which I did not really want and have now deleted from my laptop.
I do have VideoStudio Pro X5 on my laptop, can I use this program to save, and thus convert, video to AVI so that I can use it on Premiere Elements 11? If so how? I have already tried but seem to only be able to save to previous versions of Videostudio.
Any ideas/
Robert

[Steve Grisetti]

It's a bit tougher to find video convertors that are Mac compatible, Robert.

On the other hand, if this MPEG is from a camcorder or from a DVD, you may not need to. Version 11 of Premiere Elements does a very good job of digesting these formats as is! Just make sure it's the first clip on your timeline so that the program will match its project specs to it.

[robbie410]

Hi Steve, thanks for information about just using PE11 rather than converting to AVI first, on Windows 7, using PE11 for Windows. On my Mac I do have a converter which works well to convert to MOV. It was just that I have started to use Windows 7 on Laptop, and will now check how I managed to install project, created on PE11, to continue to work on it with Windows 7.
As promised will keep you informed
Robert