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lehestro
lehestro
Inspiring
February 6, 2025
Question

Diagonal Lines with Multicam Clips – Why?

  • February 6, 2025
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I'm trying to figure out why I'm getting diagonal lines whenever I drop an entire multicam clip into my timeline. It's like Premiere thinks my mutlicam clip is longer than it is and that media has been deleted from it, but the media in the multicam clip is as long as it is and no more.

 

Does Premiere do a default length for multicam clips or something? 

 

There is no frame rate mismatch between the clip and the timeline. I tried deleting the media cache files to no effect. Running Premiere 2025 on an M1 Max mac. 

 

Why does it think the multicam clip should be longer than it is? This is consistent across all my hundreds of clips.

    1 reply

    Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
    Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
    Legend
    February 7, 2025

    Hi @lehestro,

    I read about your issue. Can you see this FAQ and see if it helps? FAQ: What do I do when I see diagonal lines on clip(s) after moving media? I hope it helps. Return to ask questions if you need more help.

     

    Thanks,
    Kevin

     

    Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
    lehestro
    lehestroAuthor
    Inspiring
    February 7, 2025

    Hey Kevin, I'm familiar with why they show up with source media, but my situation is different. I'm dealing with multicam clips. The source media is online/linked. I looked over that sheet, and none of that applies to this situation. 

     

    Again, it's multicams, so the multicam clip should only be as long as the media inside of it. (the solid part of the clip image is the length of the media that makes up the multicam, if that helps clarify). 

    Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
    Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
    Legend
    February 7, 2025

    I can't think of another reason why you might get the stripes, unless you have identically named clips, which might have ID code related to them. Were these spanned clips acquired by a SD Card? Were they ingested via Media Browser? The other reason may have something to do with the audio file that is embedded. Do you know its format by any chance?

     

    Thanks,
    Kevin

     

    Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
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