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I'm trying to import footage shot on a SonyA7111 ie normal MP4 into Premiere. As soon as I import, it starts ingesting and encoding the footage, which I don't believe should be necessary, and vastly slows down the computer. Am I doing something wrong? All help gratefully received.
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Your Ingest project settings are set to transcode source footage. Turn that off.
That said, it's always worth considering transcoding source footage to a CODEC that's good for editing and set your Sequence Video Previews to match. I recommend Apple ProRes, but any of the CODECs that support Premiere Pro's Smart Rendering feature is a good choice.
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