Davinci Resolve to Premiere Pro XML _audio not relinking

[lori_petersen_waite]

When I try to import XML timeline created in Resolve, using the FinalCutPro 7 XML setting, when relinking I get the classic error window 'The selected file cannot be linked becuase it as 2 audio channels and the clip was created with 4 with a different channel type.'

There must be a workaround to this.  I'm not the only editor who has attepmted to migrate a cut from Resolve to Premiere for finishing.  How can I re-attach the synced audio to the edited clip, overiding the camera clip's reference recording?

[kglad]

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[R Neil Haugen]

Premiere can't handle differences in perceived audio channels. So care has to be taken through the full round-trip process to keep the correct number of audio channels in the file. And yea, that's a right royal pain.

Including noting whether it's stereo or multi-mono. It's just the way it is.

@Warren Heaton  @Michael Grenadier ... you got any suggestions?

[Michael Grenadier]

Why are you trying to do this?  Generally, I edit in Premiere and then send an xml to Resolve for color correction...  either to do myself or to send to a colorist...   What features do you need in Premiere that are not available in Resolve?  Gotta say that you really need to test your workflow before going down the rabbit hole.  Moving between software programs can always be difficult.    And I'm thinking you should probably be posting on a resolve support board rather than in a Premiere one...

[lori_petersen_waite]

Michael - You are correct to call me out on moving between NLEs mid-project and the risks you run by doing so.  I had edited a narrative feaure in Resolve in 2021.  The application was so incredibly buggy (crashes all the time, audio glitches, etc., etc.) that when I locked pix, I decided I neededs to jettison Resolve for the finishing work, consequences be damned.  During this 'migration' process via XML, I didn't have to bring along the orignal audio since the sound mixer was providing me a final mix and all his stems. Fast forward three years, and of course the director reaches out to me about providing his distributor with deleted scenes.  I quickly found myself back in the Resolve nightmare - the relinking to Red source footage and proxies was spotty and was not working.  Luckily I didn't need to relink to generate the XMLs.  As for the Premiere relinking hangup,  we ultimately found a workaround and was able to connect synced snd, not camera refernce audio, to the pix.  My take-away from this experience is to avoid Resolve completely for editing.  (I have not used it since except for color, as you mentioned.) To know that you could have trouble relinking an archived project is an absolute deal breaker for me.

[R Neil Haugen]

Thanks for filling in the working details! This sort of thing is incredibly useful to see the way things in different apps work ... or don't ... and so how to plan out avoiding messes if at all possible.

It would be nice if one really could easily move betwixt apps. As someone who works for/with/teaches pro colorists, and spends a lot of time also in Resolve, well ... migrating even color work to another app is enough of a chore that colorists have detailed papers for their clients on how to manage the process. 

And still expect to spend up to several hours sorting out the conform in Resolve or Baselight, no matter where the project began the edit.

So hearing where ... and how ... people successfully navigate the quagmire is so freaking useful.

[Warren Heaton]

Is the synced audio a stand alone AIF or WAV?

That would usually be synced in a Multicamera Source Sequence or a regular Sequence in its own Audio Track.  It would not be attached to the edited clips.

[lori_petersen_waite]

Yes, WAV files.  Synced in Resolve - not multicam, though. The XML 'reads' the metadata that's on the timeline which is the edited shot with it's synced audio.  

[Cornelius33942559112e]

I've had trouble lately with Premiere Pro 2024 and the XML to resolve.  It throws everything out of sync (including the clips).  I didn't have this issue before.  

[Michael Grenadier]

Certain cameras record something called "spanned" clips.  Because of the limitations of the format of the recording media, there is aboujt a 4gig size limitation so clips are divided into multiple files by the camera and automatically combined when you import them into premiere and unfortunately the timecode information will not transfer correctly to Resolve via xml...   Tell us the camera the material you was recorded on and we can probably figure out if that's the problem and if it is there are a couple of ways of working around the issue that we can discuss...

Although, theoretically, it shouldn't be a problem, do all your sources have the same frame rate and does that frame rate match your sequence frame rate?    

And are any of your sources from iphones or screen recordings...  If so, your sources may have a variable frame rate that might be the cause of the problem...    

So post back with the answers to these questions and we can figure out how to proceed..