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LuckyArc
LuckyArc
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May 23, 2017
Question

Premiere proxies: All clips freezing at the same point

  • May 23, 2017
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I'm shooting 5k on a Red Scarlet Weapon with the camera creating 2k ProRes 422LT proxies in-camera. I'm importing the Red clips into Premiere via the Media Browser. I'm then right clicking and choosing "Attach Proxies" and then attaching the ProRes proxies that the camera created. Everything looks great. The Toggle Proxies switch works great and turns the proxies on and off. The clips play great but the proxy of EVERY clip freezes at about 5.5 minutes into that clip. EVERY clip freezes at the same point. The clip can be anywhere on the timeline, but about 5.5 minutes after the clip starts, the proxy freezes. If I toggle the proxies off, the Red clip plays fine (well, not SUPER smooth which is why I'm using the proxies). This is killing me as I really want to use the proxies workflow. Any ideas as to what could be causing this?

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    WilliamA15
    Participant
    June 23, 2020

    I know this is 3 years too late but I've encountered this same problem just recently and hopefully it helps someone in the future looking for the same solution. After interpreting my footage and then proxying them it would freeze after a certain time.I found out it was because I wasn't also interpreting the new proxy footage. To do this right click the file on media encoder when it begins proxying and click interpret footage, then change it to the same frames per second as you did in premiere pro.

      Horshack
      Horshack
      Legend
      May 23, 2017

      Do the proxies play correctly outside of Premiere?

      LuckyArc
      LuckyArcAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      May 23, 2017

      Yes, the proxies play just fine outside of Premiere.

      Horshack
      Horshack
      Legend
      May 23, 2017

      What happens if you try to advance the playhead somewhere past the 5.5 minute mark, say at 7 minutes. Does it play fine from there? Or will it not play from any portion of the proxy beyond 5.5 minutes?

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      Meg The Dog
      Inspiring
      May 23, 2017

      Describe where the proxy media is stored and the format of those drives. Are the full resolution clips located on the same drives?

      MtD

      LuckyArc
      LuckyArcAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      May 23, 2017

      The camera creates the proxes in the same folder as the full media clips and that's how I store them. The drive they're on is a 12TB RAID drive connected via eSata. It's REALLY fast.

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