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August 1, 2023
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Exported video from premiere is longer than my premiere timeline

  • August 1, 2023
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Hi!

 

In exporting a recently completed film of mine, I've come across an issue where my premiere pro timeline displays a final runtime of 1:32:37:01 but, once exported, in quicktime/VLC/any media player except CinePlay (which displays the same time as premiere), it displays a time of 1:32:43. There are no loose frames and the framerate which I export at is the same as it is in the timeline (23.967 etc) and I can't figure out what the problem is.

 

If anyone here can help me please let me know!

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Correct answer Mike Dziennik

The few seconds difference is explained by the difference between real-world time (which would match 24fps timecode) and 23.976fps timecode.

Premiere is reporting the duration based on the timecode, which doesn't actually match the real-world duration if you played it back. The other apps are reporting the duration in real-world time: after a while, this will drift off from the timecode. If your video was 24fps then you wouldn't see this issue...it's because 23.976fps video has the same timecode as 24fps but slightly less than 24fps are being displayed every second.

You don't need to worry, your video is fine.

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Mike Dziennik
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Mike DziennikCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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August 19, 2023

The few seconds difference is explained by the difference between real-world time (which would match 24fps timecode) and 23.976fps timecode.

Premiere is reporting the duration based on the timecode, which doesn't actually match the real-world duration if you played it back. The other apps are reporting the duration in real-world time: after a while, this will drift off from the timecode. If your video was 24fps then you wouldn't see this issue...it's because 23.976fps video has the same timecode as 24fps but slightly less than 24fps are being displayed every second.

You don't need to worry, your video is fine.

    MyerPj
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    MyerPjCommunity Expert
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    August 19, 2023

    Great call @Mike Dziennik . I just created a 720p 1:32:37:01 - 23.976 export of tone and bars. Indeed, it shows 1:32:42 as the length in PotPlayer and VLC!

     

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