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Canelson
Canelson
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February 4, 2026
Question

Premiere Pro misreading WAV duration from ProTools mix

  • February 4, 2026
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I’m trying to figure out an issue with some audio mixes where the duration shown in the Premiere browser and timeline does not match the actual duration of the WAV file, even though Media Properties in Premiere show the correct duration (photo attached).

I’m working on a Apple Silicon Mac running Sequoia 15.7.3, and editing on Premiere Pro v25.6.4 (although this issue has also happened in previous versions of Premiere and macOS). I sent an AAF to the audio engineer, and the mix he sends back from ProTools comes in with the wrong duration when imported into the same Premiere project.

The mix has the initial sync beep, but it appears to be a few frames short at the end. We’ve tested multiple exports:
– 24-bit renders
– Printing the mix internally in ProTools, then exporting

All results are the same.

I also tried importing the file into a completely different Premiere project, and it still reads the duration the same way, so I’m not sure where else to look.

Thanks for any insight.

 

 

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    Canelson
    CanelsonAuthor
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    February 19, 2026

    Adding more information after feedback I collected from other peers:

    • Premiere Project Indeterminate Media Timebase is set to 23,976fps (same fps I’m using in my timelines)
    • Premiere Project Audio Display Format is set to Audio Samples.
    • Exporting from ProTools as a plain WAV didn’t fix the issue.
    • Exporting from ProTools as a BWF WAV didn’t fix the issue.

    Adding some extra screenshots:

    When showing the ‘Audio Duration’ column, the duration is correct, but when dropping the audio into the timeline I get the ‘Media Duration’ which is missing frames.

     

    Here is the audio (yellow) against the same audio exported as a MOV with video reference (blue).

    The MOV has the correct duration.

     

     

    Zoom in to the end of the sequence, showing the missing frame:

     

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