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March 18, 2017
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Source monitor displays wrong footage for Speed/Duration modified clip

  • March 18, 2017
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If I time-remap a clip on the timeline via the Speed/Duration function then double-click that clip to load it into the source monitor, the portion of the clip played between my defined in/out points is wrong. The in/out points displayed in the source monitor are correct - it's just miscalculating what portion of the clip corresponds to those points. This happens for both increasing or decreasing the speed of the clip.

Any ideas on how to get the source monitor to show the correct footage? I realize it wont be able to reflect the speed change in the playback but it would still be nice for it to show the correct footage.

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    Correct answer eikonoklastes

    I see it on my two machines - one running Windows 10 and the other OSX. Both the latest CC Premiere.

    Here are the reproduction steps:

    1. Create empty sequence
    2. Open a clip into the source monitor, set in/out points to a subset of the clip. Insert clip into timeline
    3. Double-click clip on timeline to load it into source window. Play in-to-out to verify it plays the correct portion of the clip (shortcut <Ctrl><Shift>+Space)
    4. Use "Speed/Duration" function (shortcut <Ctrl>+r) and set value to 25%, which will increase the size of the clip
    5. Double-click clip on timeline to load it into source window again. Play in-to-out. It will play the wrong portion of the clip.

    So, after a bit of digging, it seems that if your clip is already loaded in the Source Monitor, it will not reflect your speed changes until you reload it.

    Close the clip in the Source Monitor, and reopen it by double-clicking it in the Timeline. It should work correctly then.

    I'm not sure if this can be classified as a bug, even though it can definitely be confusing.

    Perhaps Premiere needs to do an extra check after a speed change is applied to see whether the clip is already loaded in the Source Monitor, and if it is, reload it to immediately reflect the changes.

    Edit: After a little more digging around, this definitely appears to be a bug. The behaviour is not consistent and sometimes it will work without having to reload the clip, but mostly it will not. Adobe definitely needs to look more closely at this.

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    excited_Genie16B8
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    March 18, 2017

    The Source Monitor typically doesn't show effects.  You might need to change your work flow here.

    Horshack
    HorshackAuthor
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    March 18, 2017

    Thanks Jim. Understood - I only expect the source window to show the original footage. But it's showing the wrong footage (wrong portion within clip).

    Ann Bens
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    Ann BensCommunity Expert
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    March 18, 2017

    You need to double click from the timeline into the source monitor.

    If you load from the Project window into the Source Monitor it is showing the original with the last set in and outpoint.

    Those can be different for the in and outpoint used in the timeline.

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