Tips Editing OBS files (FLV, MP4) in Pinnacle Studio without any issues

Have you ever run into a situation where you can't edit OBS files in Pinnacle Studio. Fortunately, there is an easy way to fix this issue and you can import them for smooth editing.

Question:

"I just switched to windows 8 in my new tower. Just downloaded the trial version of pinnacle studio 16. Wanted to try it out before I buy the full blown version today. It lets me import OBS mp4 files but will not show the video, only audio in pinnacle. Anyone else have this issue or have a way to correct?"

Pinnacle Studio is a non-linear video editing software application manufactured by Pinnacle Systems, a division of Avid Technology. It is the consumer-level counterpart to Pinnacle's former professional-level software. Open Broadcaster Software(OBS) generally can record FLV and MP4 videos, but it seems that Pinnacle Studio does not like the way. The file type is not compatible with Pinnacle.

To get Pinnacle Studio working beautifully with OBS FLV/MP4 files, the easy workaround is to transcode the OBS files to a format that Pinnacle natively supports.



In this case, Brorsoft Video Converter is the first and best choice for you. The program is the best Video Converter for OBS footage. With this OBS video converter, you can effortlessly convert OBS FLV/MP4 to MPEG-2, which will create an Pinnacle Studio friendly file format keeping the original quality. Besides Pinnacle, this software can also export DNxHD for Avid Media Composer, WMV for Windows Movie Maker and more NLE systems for native editing. Just download it and follow the tutorial below to get the work done.

READ MORE: Open OBS files in Sony Vegas | Edit OBS files in Windows Movie Maker


How to convert OBS for editing in Pinnacle Studio smoothly

Step 1: Load OBS files to the software

Install and launch the best OBS to Pinnacle Studio converter and load source FLV, MP4 clips to it. You can also drag and drop the OBS files to the software directly.



Step 2: Choose output format

Click "Format" pull down list to select Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas> MPEG-2(*.mpg) as the best video format for Premiere Pro. WMV, MOV formats are the good choice as well.



Tip: Advanced Settings You can click the “Settings” button and customize proper video/audio parameters if necessary. Video size, bitrate and fame rate are flexible and can be adjusted as you like.

Step 3. Convert OBS video to Pinnacle

Click the convert button under the preview window; this OBS file converter will start encoding OBS flv/mp4 to Pinnacle Studio.

When the conversion process shows in 100%, you can get the resulted videos from output folder for easier editing in Pinnacle Studio 9/11/12/14/16.

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Source: How to convert OBS for editing in Pinnacle Studio smoothly