Answers.Body: <p>Looks like a codec that Premiere is unable to read.</p>
  
  <p>I encountered a similar issue with Final Cut when trying to import an MP4 file encoded with H264.  Then came across this advice:  "H.264 is a delivery format, not a production format. You need to convert the media into a suitable format. What that is depends on what the files are and what their frame size is." <a href="https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/986671" rel="nofollow">https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/986671</a></p>
  
  <p>So if you can't recapture with a suitable codec, you'll have to decompress your H264 MP4 file into something Premiere can import.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I recorded my screen in VLC, and I saved that file as an .mp4 on my desktop. I can open and play the recording just fine, but I can't seem to import it properly into Premiere. Have you ever seen this error before?</p>
  
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Tags: <premiere><screen-casting>
Title: How do I get screen captures from VLC to import properly into Premiere?
UserDisplayName: dot_zero
ThreadText: # How do I get screen captures from VLC to import properly into Premiere?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-01-06)
  
  I recorded my screen in VLC, and I saved that file as an .mp4 on my desktop. I can open and play the recording just fine, but I can't seem to import it properly into Premiere. Have you ever seen this error before?
  
  ![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/o5YzH.png)
  
  **Tags:** premiere, screen-casting
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2015-07-11. Score: 0 | Accepted answer
  
  Looks like a codec that Premiere is unable to read.
  
  I encountered a similar issue with Final Cut when trying to import an MP4 file encoded with H264. Then came across this advice: "H.264 is a delivery format, not a production format. You need to convert the media into a suitable format. What that is depends on what the files are and what their frame size is." <https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/986671>
  
  So if you can't recapture with a suitable codec, you'll have to decompress your H264 MP4 file into something Premiere can import.
  
  
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