Proxy presets are ignored Premiere Pro 2024

[MathiasBerger]

So, I finally made the jump to Premiere Pro 2024 (Version 24.2.1) and creating Proxies is driving me crazy right now.

When I want to create proxies and select the preset I'd like to use, Media Encoder ignores basically every setting possible. I set the custom frame size to 1280x720? It renders 1920x1080.
The preset I created for me is based on Cineform, Quality 1, 1280x720. Media Encoder gives me a proxy in full resolution (3840x2160), the original video file is around 13 GB, the proxy still has around 7.5 GB.

Whatever I try to use as settings for the proxies, they are ignored and it renders whatever it feels like.

I thought presets are made so I don't have to apply the settings to each file individually. My projects are not huge, but it's around 100-150 files anyways.

BR
Mathias

[John V Knowles]

Hey Mathias,
Any chance you could post your preset file (.epr)? We could place it on our systems and see if we get the same results. It should be in  /Users/(name)/Documents/Adobe/Adobe Media Encoder/24.0/Presets

[MathiasBerger]

Hi John,

thanks for your reply. This might sound like a stupid question, but how do I attach an EPR file here? It seems only media files can be attached 😅 I'll gladly provide my preset as soon as I find out how (WeTransfer link maybe?)

Besides: the pre-defined proxy formats inside Premiere are behaving weird as well, since it seems to ignore the custom frame size.

[John V Knowles]

How are you checking the size of the proxy files?

[MathiasBerger]

I'm looking at the filesize in the properties (File Explorer) and check the information in VLC.

[John V Knowles]

Are you sure you're looking at the Proxy file and not the original media?

If you want to send an .epr file you can post it to a filesharing service like Dropbox or even in your Adobe CC cloud storage and send us a link.