Importing MXF files into Premiere Pro

[WontYouPleaseHelpMe]

Hi PP users

I am trying to successfully import some MXF files from an Avid Project into Adobe Premiere Pro. I have simpy grabed them from my Avid project to bring into a Premiere Pro project. They were originally provided by a transfer house and have not been modified. They are of a single 8 channel multi track audio files recorded on set. In Avid they exists as one 8 channel multi track clip but when I import (using media browser) the same MXF file to PP they come in as 8 separate audio clips and not a multitrack audio file. Is there a setting and/or a method to deal with this to make the MXF files import as a single multi channel clip? After importing I intend to proceed with syching with pix and multicam grouping to prepare for editing. 

Se below for the answer from the Avid community when I posed the same question maybe it will provide some clues

Avid's wrapper for mxf is op-atom (with video and audio assets separated out) where as the other version is op-1a (with audio + video packaged as one). The former is what Avid uses in its managed media environment and the latter is what is used for streaming and camera recording. 

Avid doesn't like op1a in managed folders, but it can use op1a if linked, and will make op-atom if transcoded, or make op1a from op-atom if exported.

There used to be applications that can "re wrap" so maybe you can find something out there that will still do this for you. If it's that short of an edit, I suppose you could export the atom files OUT of Avid and that would do it  

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[Mike Dziennik]

When you say "I have simpy grabed them from my Avid project"...

what do you mean? Were the files already op-atom? Ie. 8x separate files? Is that how they came from the transfer house?

[WontYouPleaseHelpMe]

Hi Mike

Hi Mike I'm not quite sure how to anser this. They came from the transfer house for an Avid project and I just went reveal file in Avid and copied the MXFs over to another drive to use in Adobe PP. In Avid the multiple OMF files are combined into multichannel audio files. In PP the copied MXF files import as single audio channels, See attached Screen grabs from PP and Avid. Also included a converation on this from and Avid forum-quite detailed. Thanks.