app.projectManager not transcoding clips

[faciliteitenn27195538]

I made my own Premiere panel to make a consolidated project. I use the following settings:

pmo.clipTransferOption = pmo.CLIP_TRANSFER_TRANSCODE;

pmo.clipTranscoderOption = pmo.CLIP_TRANSCODE_MATCH_SEQUENCE;

pmo.convertAECompsToClips = false;

pmo.convertSyntheticsToClips = false;

pmo.copyToPreventAlphaLoss = false;

pmo.destinationPath = outFolder.fsName;

pmo.excludeUnused = false;

pmo.handleFrameCount = 0;

pmo.includeConformedAudio = true;

pmo.includePreviews = true;

pmo.renameMedia = false;

Now this makes a folder 'Transcoded_...' and put a copy of the Premiere project in it. 

it also copies the excludeUnused clips but does not transcode clips.

I also tried it with the SDK Sample Panel, but this has the same effect.

Samples/PProPanel at master · Adobe-CEP/Samples

could this be a bug in the API?

[Peru Bob]

@Bruce Bullis 

[Bruce Bullis]

>could this be a bug in the API? 

It's possible, but unlikely. 

The test that would determine that: With the same sequence, using PPro's UI (not the API), does PPro successfully transcode the media?

Project Manager is very, very careful to avoid any behavior which could result in data loss; that may be the case with the project you're testing. 

If Project Manager behaves correctly when controlled via the UI, and incorrectly via the API, then it's an API bug. If the behavior is the same in both cases, it's a "Project Manager is being overly-cautious" bug. 

[faciliteitenn27195538]

The sequence is XDCAM HD422 1080i25. The clip I'm testing with is also XDCAM HD422 1080i25. When I consolidate the project via PPro's UI it all work fine and also see the message 'transcoding media...'

When I do this via the 'SDK Sample Panel' I do not see that message, instead it makes a copy of the project and all I see is the message 'Analyzing Project...'. If I open this consolidated project, the media is also still linked to its original location instead of the consolidated folder.

If it does not transcode the clip, I would at least expect it to be copied, like the PPro's UI behaviour.

[Bruce Bullis]

Understood; thanks for the further details!

It's unlikely that we will fix ExtendScript API bugs any time soon; we are focused on shipping UXP extensibility. [We haven't exposed Project Manager API yet, but if the same issue exists there, we'll fix it in UXP first.]

[Bruce Bullis]

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