importing previous projects into new projects

In Premiere 6.5 I would create a new project, then import a number of "mini" projects and put them on the timeline to get a compilation of mini-movies I made. When I try and do this in Pro 1.5, it does not work as well, because I just get the bins the material was located in, I don't get the "sequence" as I did in 6.5.

So I tried to export each project as an AVI, (Matrox RTx, since I have the RTX100 card) then import the AVIs back into my project. They come up as "media off-line" despite their being right where I said they were. If I go to back to the mini-project, I can open and play without any issue. Running the AVI in WMP 10 gives me the same "media off-line" which I kinda expect since I'm not using the Windows codec.

I basically want to export my Matrox-created mini-projects/avis to VHS tape. (One big export is better than a bunch of small ones, hence trying to put them all in one project). I need RTX set in my General settings or I get NO output to my VHS recorder/television. The projects have been recreated in Premiere PRO (as "PRprj") and exported using the Matrox codec.

How do I do this?

Hmm...Seems like a Matrox issue, but not too sure. As a test, create a small project with a 2-3 minute clip using the PPRO presets ONLY. Try to import that into another project with the same preset. Does that work?
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Aanarav Sareen, ACE
Adobe Certified Expert, Premiere Pro

bob, have you opened the bins in PPro's Project Window? The Sequence/s are inside the bins.

/Roger

as Roger says...

I confirm that the sequences are in the bins you imported and it is not a Matrox issue.

So a sequence is automatically created when I import a project? This would make sense. I never saw it because I'm still thinking in 6.5 mode where the project came in JUST as a sequence, not a bin containing it.

I dicked around for couple hours yesterday trying to make anything work but never thought about the sequence thing.

Q.2 How come then, when I import the AVI I created with the Matrox settings, the AVI shows up as "offline" (this is the red page with "offline" written in multi-languages)? How can it be offline when I just pointed to it to import it? If I unlink the AVI, I get the PPro icon for "offline", if I relink, I get this red "offline" page. I also get this red offline page in WMP 10.

Bob, the real interesting cuestion is how WMP 10 can show the same offline page? I have never heard of that WMP shows files on- or offline.

Does this happen if to all Matrox avi's you import?

/Roger

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