custom mogrt duplicates all clips to new folder

[Jonas_B]

Since the last update when I import custom .mogrt files to my timeline, it does create a new folder in my project panel and it duplicates all the video clips that are used in my timeline to this folder. This is VERY upsetting. Why would I like to have all my clips dissorganised in a new folder? And every single time I add a new .mogrt to my timeline it duplicates all my clips in this folder again. I have like 10 versions of each clip in my project panel, this is ridiculous. Am I the only one with this problem? I tried this on several projects with different .mogrt files, it does that thing every time. (I know I could remove all unused clips and then move every duplicated clip to the good folder again but this is very time consuming…)

[The_Wynns]

It's from Motion Array.  A basic location pin animation.  here's the link: https://motionarray.com/motion-graphics-templates/location-titles-967362/?listing_position=9&q=locat... 

Hopefully the new version will fix it, but I won't upgrade until this project is complete.  I've had too many issues over the years with upgrading before the project is complete.

[R Neil Haugen]

If you're on 2022, no reason to uninstall. You and install 2023 alongside it, duplicate the project & test. No risk whatever.

You can also even install the 2023 public beta separately from 2023 shipping.

Neil

[Kevin-Monahan]

Hi The_Wynns,

See if the new version (23.0) or the Beta exhibits the same behavior.

Thanks,
Kevin

[Vladislava Ilieva]

This just happened to me and i think I found a way to clean up a project once you get clips duplicated and messed up.

1. Create a new Project

2. Create a new Timeline

3. Open the corrupt Project

4. Select and copy all files and folders from the corrupt Project, except the Timeline and the Motion Graphics Template Media Folder!!! - Paste them into the new Project

5. Open the corrupt Timeline in the corrupt Project - Select all clips from this Timeline - Copy and paste them onto the new Timeline in the new Project.

This will clean the Motion Graphics Template Media Folder and the duplicates which are inside and will relink your clips which are on your new timeline to the files in their original folders. Only thing it won't fix is your custom color labels. It wont bring these colors back if you had color labeled the clips on the timeline after draging them onto the timeline itself). Hope this works for everyone who has this issue.

[edit58989569]

This is happening to me too, going to try your solve to remove duplicates. Do I need to downgrade or upgrade premiere as well? 

[Kevin-Monahan]

Hi director,

I have heard that this bug is fixed in v. 23, the current Premiere Pro Beta version. Can you check that out? Let me know if you need help installing it.

Thanks,
Kevin

[edit58989569]

I will try in the am--but will it remove the duplicate clips that are already there? 

[Vladislava Ilieva]

I personally did not change the version of my Premiere Pro. This easy fix should work regardless of the version. But I also stopped using Mogrt on my new project. I didn't want to mess up my project again and to have to clean it again ... If you want to keep using Mogrts and add more to your new project though, you would probably be better of if you stay away from version 22.6.2 (until they fix it), because this is the version that is causing me this problem and i see other people above reporting the same issue with the same version. 

Shawn8317 is saying above that he has been using clips of two different resolutions when this happened. I too had a mixture of 1080p and 4K clips on my 1080p timeline. I don't know if this has any correlation to the issue, but i find it an interesting coincidence.

[Kevin-Monahan]

Thank you for reporting on that, Vladislava. I'll let the product team know about your findings.

Thanks,
Kevin

[edit58989569]

Hey Kevin I didn't see a Beta version available to try out. I posted a video below of what is happening. 

[pablogrollan]

I can confirm using clips of different resolutions is not the cause of the problem. It's happening to me all the time in small projects with 1080p clips. Having said that, I'm not sure the project is THAT corrupt. It does generate duplicates of the clip every time you use a mogrt, but they do not seem like "real" duplicates. If you erase any of them, the references on the timeline disappear, too. They are more like duplicate "instances" or "references" contained within the Motion Graphic Templates folder. Yes, that will make the folder a mess but so far it has not affected the stability of Premiere or the project.

[edit58989569]

So I'm on  22.6.2. I tried creating a new project and copying the folders in ---however, it created a duplicate media folder when I copied and pasted and automatically added the Motion Graphics Template Folder. So this solution did not work for me. 

[edit58989569]

I tried this solve in my corrupt project version 22.6.2., and then again after downgraded to 22.6.1. With both versions I wasn't able to get this to work. 

When I tried creating a New Project and copying the media from the corrupt project to the new proejct,  one of the folders was duplicated, and the Motion Graphics Template Media Folder also returned. Video attached ---the first project is the corrupted project, and the second one is the new project, and you can see what happens when I copy and paste the media folder. 

In the corrupt Project, I also tried deleting the duplicates and replacing the files on the timeline, but deleting the duplicates also deleted my original media. 

Does anyone have any other ideas? I can't ignore the duplicates because I can not "reveal in the project" to find the original media location. 

[Vladislava Ilieva]

Hm, what's in your Media folder? Is there a chance you might have put some sequence from the old psroject there by accident? Check the files in that folder and make sure they are only the raw media files, no sequences, no motion graphic files. If you can't find anything else in the Media folder, except the media files themselves, then just don't copy the folder from the old project. Import the folder again straight from your hard drive. Then create a new sequence and copy the edits from the old sequesnce (in teh old project) and paste it onto the new one in the new project, so that you have everything edited so far. Whats most important is to not transfer any sequence or any motion graphic elements from the old project into the new project. Only bare media files.

[DaciaSaenz]

@edit58989569 Unfortunately, the bug is baked into 22.6.x versions. The fix is in any version of Premiere Pro Beta from 23.0 x 24 and after. This means the fix will ship in the next release. 

Apologies for the added headaches this one caused. 

[hoovdaddy]

I have this same issue.

Footage is all ProRes 422.

The issue isn't project specific, it's in all projects.

The ONLY work around that works, is to import a mogrt into a blank timeline.

Importing into a timeline with any media will create duplicate media in a new Motion Graphics Template Media folder.

These are custom mogrts created by our graphics department. 

[hoovdaddy]

forgot to say that I'm on version 22.6.2 (Build 2).

Most of my co-workers are on 22.4 and they don't have this issue.

[R Neil Haugen]

Could you share one or more of those for others to test?

Neil

[hoovdaddy]

I'll see if I can.

[Shawn8317]

Updating to 23.1.0 fixed these issues for us.

[Rolomotion]

Has there been any progress on finding out what this issue is caused by and if it can be fixed? I am experiencing it on 22.6.4 and I DO NOT have "Create Proxies" checked in the Ingest Settings. My organziation has not upgraded to 23 yet for various other issues in that version.

[edit58989569]

No you need to upgrade. 

[Rolomotion]

Ok. Thanks.