Film duration is much shorter in Premiere than it actually is

[Ramias5]

I am working on a presentatoion of 6 clips that i will have to match with audio notes. When importing the clips to Premier many clips are way shorter than the original one on my drive.

For example one of the clips is 15 seconds long when imported to  Premier its 3 seconds only.
I tried renaming the file and trying again but its the same result

[SAFEHARBOR11]

What is the source of the clips? If they were shot at a high frame rate (for slow-motion replay), that could be a factor. Another issue is that many newer phones (and screen recording apps) record video with Variable Frame Rate which can be a problem when editing. Check the properties of the source clips and see what the frame rates are. If they are non-standard rates, could be VFR and in that case, one can use the free Handbrake app to convert to a Constant Frame Rate of 29.97 prior to editing in Premiere.

[Ramias5]

Hi

I am not a super expert in video editing, i managed to see that the clips are 6,47 fps and they are recorded from a screen recording app (Snagit). On the drive the clips are in high quality and in full length but Premier is changing the length totally. 

I tried to record the power point presentation from Powerpoint it self by saving the presentation as a MP4 and its 30 fps but premier is not showing the whole screen

[Byron Cortez]

In Project panel right click on the clip / Modify / Interpret Footage ... then in the option "Assume this frame rate:" you put 29.97 fps, for example, or another framerate that you need like 59,94 fps perhaps. This way you will have a Contant Frame Rate without to transcode it in some external application.

[SAFEHARBOR11]

Byron,

Doesn't modifying the frame rate also then change the playback speed? That's been my experience with that feature.

[Byron Cortez]

Correct, but if you set the correct frame rate it will change to the correct playback. Try it with standart framerates like 29,97 fps, 30 fps, 59,94 fps, 60 fps, one by one. 

[Ramias5]

Hi and thanks for the replies but what does changing the frame secquence do?

My issue is the original video is much longer than the one Premier reads.

I have changed the fps as you suggested

[Byron Cortez]

Your clips are in VFR (Variable Frame Rate) and you have to set it in Constant Frame Rate. If you insert a 60 fps clip in a 30 fps sequence, Premiere Pro will distribute the 60 frames of the clip to accommodate the sequence so you will have 30 frames in each second, so you have to tell Premiere Pro (right click / Modify / Interpret Footage ...) that the clip must be at 60 fps, so you will get the original duration and speed of the clip. This is an example, but in your case I had to know the framerate of your clip and set it with that one.