Importing OneDrive files into Premiere Pro

Hi Kevin

To have this work you need to have onedrive setup with share point, This will link up your files to your device like google drives desktop app.

1. Install onedrive desktop app https://www.microsoft.com/en-za/microsoft-365/onedrive/download

2. log into SharePoint https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sign-in-to-sharepoint-324a89ec-e77b-4475-b64a-13a0c14c45ec

3. Sync your SharePoint site with your desktop app https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sync-sharepoint-files-with-the-onedrive-sync-client-groove-exe-59b1de2b-519e-4d3a-8f45-51647cf291cd

4. Once it is synced then you should be able to access your files from premiere, it won't show inside of the file importer as a drive so you need to look at this directory to file your files: C:\Users\(your account)\(site name)

I agree that it is better to have the files downloaded and to work on them locally but we live in a time where the internet is fast now and it is possible to work on massive files from a cloud. I hope this helps.

I'm testing out LucidLink's service for remote collaborations in both Team Projects and Productions mode. Which seems almost magical in some ways. That service moves all file metadata and the first frames immediately, so you can use that as your shared storage and actually work.

It does need many gigs of local storage to move files down to your machine that you are currently working with. I don't think OneDrive can duplicate that process.

Neil

>take a long time to download

>import it straight into Premiere Pro from OneDrive

Downloading slowly means the files would have the same slowness while trying to edit, if PPro would even be able to access the files from a remote location

Have you tried to do that to find out for yourself?

Best is to work with local drives.

Use one drive for backups.