Sharepoint and Premiere Pro

[steveshuler]

Is there a way to import files on Sharepoint into Premiere Pro without having to first download them to a local drive? I have researched and tried to make it work, but can't seem to succeed. My team is looking for a way to allow members to work on the same project file, and our IT department wants us to try the company's existing Sharepoint infrastructure before exploring other alternatives. If we can point the project file to Sharepoint for the media files, it would solve our problem.

If it's relevant, all team members are working on Apple machines.

[WC - Ronald Johnson]

We are considering the same scenario. Have you tried it yet?

[R Neil Haugen]

Working with the project files especially in Adobe's Cloud is pretty stable. Using say the Team Projects process, it's pretty solid after you figure out the few gotchas when getting started.

Media files stored on the cloud is a bit different, as trying to get playback in real-time of mulitple bits of clips stored and accessed via the cloud requires one incredible sustainable up/download capability.

Neil

[Taryn30598976vn7t]

Is there any update on this? Looking to avoid downloading files locally and instead link out to files in a synced SharePoint site.  Adobe Support does not seem to have solutions.

[R Neil Haugen]

I do not know anything about Sharepoint. However, most cloud-distribution services are still based on distributing documents. Spreadsheets, pdfs, the like.

And that is very, very different service from the type of transfer operations are needed for video production. The only one I can guarantee works is LucidLink, which is the "transport" service. That's been used worldwide for a couple years now in heavy use.

This was designed from the ground up to deliver packets across the web in the size and order that an NLE would need from video files.

In my case, my partner is in Cape Town, SA, and I'm in Oregon USA. Almost exactly half a world apart. Our shared media/projects are on Amazon S3 servers in London. (You set where the storage is ... ). Mo is all Mac, we're all PC.

Mo calls me on WhatsApp, he's uploading a folder with subfolders of assets. I bring up Windows Explorer, open the virtual drive my computer thinks is an actual local drive, and within a couple seconds that folder appears. Followed nearly instantly by subfolders and files. Note, this is a virtual folder ... there's actually no media downloaded to my computer.

I can go into Premiere, and import those files. AND ... drag/drop them onto a sequence, even start playback.

And they're not done uploading from Cape Town to London yet! This does take low latency with speeds of 200Mbps or better, preferably 1Gbps, to work with anything more than 1920x1080 files.

In your case, your online storage may be ok, but you may need to use something like LucidLink to be able to transport and use online files on individual computers.

LucidLink's customer service is outstanding, and ... they would know.

Neil

[Ryan28766768g67p]

I have been exploring LucidLink as well. It sounds like the way to go for our needs. They do have plans that utilise existing storage, with Sharepoint listed as compatible. I have yet to test it though as I'm waiting for the okay from my IT admin to set this up (I'm working in a school environment so data privacy/protection, risk management, etc, etc are big hoops to jump through).

The alternative would be to pay for the "with storage" bundle which is double the price (but worth it if it does what I need) and would need to be risk-assessed by our Education department.

[R Neil Haugen]

LucidLink is used by many production companies that have typically required air-gapped computers. So yes, their security is above and beyond.