RED proxy workflow - transcoding in Media Encoder

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November 11, 2022
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For RED Raw footage, do you load in the Media Encoder queue just the first clip in the camera card folder? Or load up all the clips, then in the Premiere Pro bin clear out the extra clips? Seems to be a lot of extra work with RED footage - please fill me in.

Kevin J. Monahan Jr.

Community Manager

Hi Lori,

I would ingest the clips via Media Browser in Premiere Pro. Then, select the clips in your project and right-click. Choose Proxy > Create Proxies and Media Encoder launches to begin creating proxies. Does that work for you?

Thanks,
Kevin

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

lori_petersen_waiteAuthor

Inspiring

Thank you for your reply. Yes - this is my workflow. RED has several camera files per shot/clip: A127_A001_103089_001 has multiple duplicate clips labelled _002, 003< 004 etc. (the longer the shot, the more duplicate clips there are). For editing, I only need the first clip, _001 but proxies are made for all the duplicates (002 on up), filling up the bin with unnecessary clips. I then have to manually delete these extra clips. So, I could just ingest the first clip in the folder, _001, but this too requires a lot of repetitive effort: opening up each folder and picking out the top clip and right clicking Import. Is there a workeflow where the user does not need to 'weed out' the extra clips for proxy creation?

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BruceYes&

Participating Frequently

I think the issue here is the difference between FILES and FOLDERS. If you drag a folder from the Media Browser into the Project window, you get the 'duplicate clips' with Red footage. If you drill down the folder structure in the Media Browser and drag files into the Project window, you'll get what you're expecting with no 'duplicates'. If you're interested, I think the file system saves the R3D file in chuncks for better performance. This is sometimes called spanning files. The Media Browser seems to be able to stitch the files together into a single clip if you use at the file vs folder level. Note that this doesn't preserve any of the folder structure of your original footage in the project. In some cases this is going to create an extra step, in other cases you may just want all your clips together in your project. My experience is more with Sony XAVC than Red. Feel free to let me know if I got anything wrong.