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vsbmeza
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February 25, 2024
Question

Multi channel PCM audio for footage is not detected

  • February 25, 2024
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I've been attempting to record multi-channel audio with PCM through OBS. Here are my settings:

I set it to record 2 audio channels

 

 

Whenever I import the resulting file, premiere only ever acknowledges the first audio track it finds.

Please note, that when I change the audio encoder to FFMPEG AAC, it all works perfectly and both channels are detected.

 

This issue exists in

Premiere Pro 24.2.1 (and before)

Premiere Pro (Beta)  24.3 (and before)

 

I've tried all other container formats with and without remuxing in OBS, the results are the same. Whenever I use multi-channel audio with PCM, premiere just ignores them.

 

I've attached a sample recording that has 2 audio channels recorded with the settings above. Everything esle (other players) is able to recognize them aside from premiere.

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    PeterL1998
    Participant
    November 6, 2024

    I too am having the same problem.

     

    The only audio codec I can use within OBS that seems to be supported is AAC.

     

    I'm not sure if Premiere Pro natively supports PCM codecs but given the popularity it this should be standard.

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    Michael306412984e99
    Participant
    October 9, 2025

    I'm currently having this same issue. I record using OBS and then need to create multicam clips and using AAC audio slows editing down to a crawl. Sometimes 10 seconds between hitting the space bar and the video actually stopping. It makes editing a nightmare. This is why I would really like this bug fixed because PCM audio will allow for much faster editing.

    Are there any updates on when this might be fixed?

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      Nori Plays
      Participant
      October 15, 2025

      2025 and this still being an issue is so insane, I genuinely might end up picking up any other editing software at this point (DaVinci resolve or something of the sort...). I genuinely notice a difference in the audio quality going from AAC to PCM, and that Premiere to this day cannot handle this is beyond me when every other editing software out there can. Ridiculous, as Premiere for me at least, only tends to work with the lossy audio encoding. And no, I'm not going about some roundabout way of encoding my audio separately either. Fix it in Premiere, simple as that.

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        shauntron1986
        Participant
        September 27, 2024

        Hi I just wanted to chime in to mention I'm having the exact same problem trying to record multichannel, 32 bit floating point in OBS, and not having my additional channels show up in Premiere. I am eager for a fix!

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        Timothy25956871urf9
        Participating Frequently
        August 29, 2024

        I have tried 24.6 and Beta versions.  Both have this problem.  Spent hours with support trying to solve it with no resolution.  I was hoping it was an easy fix, like some flag or setting in the application to get the audio tracks to import. Support was trying to convince me there was only one track in the video. You think if that was the case, I would not have 3 tracks show up in the 2023 version, with Actual audio that plays. 

        • VLC shows three streams.
        • Handbrake shows all audio. I tried doing a remux as suggested here, but that just forces all the tracks onto 1, which makes separating audio pointless for editing.
        • I've used OBS Studio and Steel Series Sonar for capturing.  Both have the same results.  Tracks show in the older 2023 version, but not in the 2024. 
          Here is an image comparing the versions.  
          Kevin-Monahan
          Community Manager
          Kevin-MonahanCommunity Manager
          Community Manager
          August 29, 2024

          Have you tried 24.6, @Timothy25956871urf9? How about the Beta? Let the team know.

           

          Thanks,
          Kevin

          Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
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          Timothy25956871urf9
          Participating Frequently
          August 28, 2024

          We have 3 of us in the household.  Students whom are all on different computers, accounts, etc. Same issue as stated here.  We all rolled back to Adobe Premiere Pro v 23.6.9 and do not have this problem with that version. Its like the newer versions completely ignore additional tracks.

          Can Adobe help with this problem?

          I posted a new discussion on this with my screenshots.  I spent 2 hours with support and have not gotten a solution.
          Adobe Premiere Pro 2024 Not Importing Multi-Track Audio Properly - Need Help 

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          DJ5FE9
          Participant
          May 10, 2024

          I've been checking up on this for a while but it still seems to be an issue with the latest version of Premiere. Any updates?

            Tom Nord
            Community Manager
            Tom NordCommunity Manager
            Community Manager
            March 4, 2024

            Thank you for the additional notes/sample files. I'll get them added to the bug I logged. 

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              Austin3585125778ch
              Participant
              March 4, 2024

              I went ahead and uploaded a couple example files to Drive for review. Both are after updating to the latest version of Premiere, and one is a test where I recorded on just one audio track.

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              Austin3585125778ch
              Participant
              March 4, 2024

              Just wanted to chime in and say I also ran into this issue in 14.8.0, which is finally what convinced me to update to the latest (24.2.1). I generally like to avoid being on the bleeding edge of Creative Cloud updates because things get broken or removed so often (I'm still salty about the removal of .mkv support), but I figured if I was going to try and get support on this I needed to update first.

              I'm having the same issue as OP, though something I don't see mentioned in the original post is when I import into Premiere, there's no sound at all. I record on three tracks, and only Track 1 is imported, but it's imported without any actual audio data. All PCM encoders have this issue. Remuxing to .mp4 fixes it (using ffmpeg, not OBS) but that's only because that remuxing process converts the audio to AAC, since .mp4 doesn't support PCM (which is why you can't remux in OBS). I tried recording in .mkv, then converting to .mov using mmpeg (basically just changing the wrapper), thinking maybe something was going wrong when recording in .mov with OBS, but same result.

              I have additional files for comparision if needed, but I think the already provided samples as pretty much the same as what I have.

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