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December 3, 2019
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Premiere Pro is changing the clip name on import

  • December 3, 2019
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We are working on PP v14 on OSX 10.15.1

I have footage shot with a C300 mk 2, transferred to our hard drive via Offload. I try to import the footage into our project using the Media Browser. This is the first time I have done this with this updated PP. The file name of the video is something like, "B070C001_1801193R_CANON.MXF"

When I import it into the timeline, Premiere displays it as "CLIPS001". It has the same file name for all the clips I import. 

It does this with older footage too that I have imported in past project with this method and, in the past, it has maintained the file name.

Thoughts?

 

nate

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    Correct answer mayjain7130546

    Hello! I've found the answer to this. Try renaming the folder with those camera files as "CLIP" and it will import normally

    Sorry I just discovered this so long after you posted this issue


    Hi @azizir94806193  ,

    Please check out the latest Premiere Pro version. This should be fixed. There is no need to renaming the folder in the latest version.
    Let us know how it goes.

    Thanks,
    Mayjain

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    fourthlineAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    December 3, 2019

    Here's the answer

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro/all-imported-video-files-named-clips001-canon-c200-footage/m-p/10770716

    rachelcenter
    rachelcenter
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    October 7, 2022

    that is not the answer. its 2022 and i'm having this problem. and its not footage shot from a camera. its footage from a server from a major tv network

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    cam matador
    Known Participant
    March 31, 2023

    Privately I can, but I won't share those file names publically. Bruce Billis who works at Adobe told me yesterday that it's unlikely this issue will get fix. His words:  "Unlikely; As far as I know, PPro will continue to use the Package Name as the project item Name."


    This doesn't surprise me. They just can't figure out how to untangle the rats nest of crap that is Premiere. Adobe made a giant mess in stretching aging pro-sumer software into a professional tool. Premiere is a joke when it comes to media management. Even worse in workgroups and shared environments. They can't even fix the subclip to masterclip relationship and that creates massive problems when trying to restore or reuse media from archive.

     

    As for changing names. Yup. Seen it happen with an issue I posted about last week and seen it happen with some proxy workflows. 

     

    Re: MEDIA INGEST / MEDIA BROWSER Changes Clip Name... - Adobe Support Community - 13679891

     

    There is no good workflow that allows editors to use "library" projects or "log" projects or share resources like selects via sublcips from project to project. All will run into some issue like the renaming thing. It is a joke.

     

    Adobe needs to devote the resources to fixing this crap and pay their people well enough to do it. The entire media management engine needs a refresh. I'm not shy telling all the adobe reps asking my company to buy more of their stuff that they are out of luck until Adobe demonstrates some degree of comptency or care when it comes to their users. 

     

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    Michael Grenadier
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    December 3, 2019

    seem to remember seeing a post about this problem being specific to the canon c300.  Search the forum and see what you can find.   If I remember from working with material from the c300, I think it creates spanned clips (individual files are automatically created when the file size reaches the maximum allowed in a fat32 formatted card which premiere automatically combines).   Take a look at the file structure of the actual files and see if most of them are about 4 gigs each.   

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    fourthlineAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    December 3, 2019

    I wondered if it had something to do with the MXF file structure of the C300 mk 2. But the weird thing is that this wasn't a problem with previous versions of Premiere Pro (I've imported footage into an older version of PP without issues within the last month or so). It's only happened with this update. That makes me wonder if there was a setting that I need to update.

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      fourthlineAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      December 3, 2019

      I should also note that "CLIPS001" is the name of the folder in which the MXF files live. So perhaps Premiere is naming the files after the folder, not the clip. 

      This is happening to us on another computer as well.

      brianm13736688
      brianm13736688
      Participant
      December 3, 2019

      This is happening to us as well.

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