Trasnscribing Merged Clips

[ShaneWalker]

Can someone check to see if this is just me (v23.4)... I cannot seem to transcribe merged clips unless I create a sequence from the clip. Once Transcribed from the sequence, it appears on the Merged clip.

[Stan Jones]

Shane,

Great question: Growing pains, uncharted waters, etc.

@nbechere What is your recommendation for merged clips?

I made a merged clip out of Clip 1 video and Clip 2 audio. I forgot that Clip 2 was already transcribed (source media). The transcript followed the audio, so my merged clip already had a source transcript, and it could be used when I put it into a sequence.

So I created a merged clip with audio that had not been transcribed in its original clip. When I opened the merged clip in the Source Monitor and switch to the Transcript tab, it said there was untranscribed media, but there was no option to transcribe it.

I exported the audio only as WAV. Imported it and opened it in the Source Monitor. Transcription was available, and worked. I had to use the WAV file for the audio in the merged clip, but once I did that, the merged clip showed as transcribed.

This was nico's response in the Beta forum to the issue of source media transcription when the dialogue is not on track 1:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-beta-bugs/text-based-editing-doesn-t-work-with-multiple-...

Stan

[ShaneWalker]

Ah, you triggered a thought... So just transcribe the separate audio first then merge it to the video. Voila!  Make sure you name your speakers before the merge or else you'll be doing it again.

[Stan Jones]

Shane, good idea. And the reminder to ID speakers at that stage!

Stan

[danield25437812]

Yeah I work in all merged clips and I have to put them into a sequence and transcribe them via the sequence, it won't let me transcribe just the source clip. Fantastic feature, just a small bug, looking forward to the fix!