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KazuT_G
Inspiring
December 6, 2024
Question

Create Proxies for 2 channel mono RED footage does not work when migrating proxies to another drive

  • December 6, 2024
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We have RED footage that was shot 2 channel mono. When I import the footage into Premiere using Media Browser, then right-click and Create Proxies, Media Encoder creates proxies with 2 channels of audio and connects them to the source clips. However, when we migrated the proxies to another drive and tried to relink, Premiere saw the proxies as being stereo rather than 2 channel mono. I tried creating an Ingest Preset in Media Encoder that had two mono channels (see below); but when I test the proxies by importing them temporarily into Premiere, Premiere is still seeing them as Stereo. I tried creating the proxies in Redcine-X and DaVinci Resolve, and Premiere saw those proxies as stereo. The only way I could get Premiere to recognize proxies as dual mono was to bring a shot from the RED camera into Media Encoder, use an Encoding Preset that was set for dual mono (ironically, it's the same encoding preset that the Ingest Preset in Premiere is using), and bring the rest of the RED shots into Media Encoder one by one so they would use the same encoding preset (I couldn't find a way to bring in a bunch of RED shots into Media Encoder all at once). To put it simply, the "Create Proxies" in Premiere workflow does not work in this instance.

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KazuT_G
KazuT_GAuthor
Inspiring
December 26, 2024

Thanks @Rach McIntire . I won't be back in front of my work computer until Jan 6, but I can reply with specs then.

Community Manager
December 20, 2024

Hi @KazuTa ,

 

Thanks for the message. Welcome to the forums.  That definitely sounds frustrating.  Out of curiosity, is it mapping the A1 A2 to L and R, or is it combining them?

 

If you have time, please give the team a few more details. See: How do I write a bug report?

 

I hope we can help you shortly. Sorry for the pain points.