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Relinking ACVHD media in Premiere Pro CS6
Hi, I am in the middle of a job and for some unknown reason my media files have gone offline. I haven’t moved or changed anything.
I am using a MacPro OS X 10.8.2
The footage was shot on a Sony FS700 the files are AVCHD .MTS
When I try to relink in premiere I can only get as the Quicktime package labelled PRIVATE. All the .MTS files are in there but I can’t access them through the relink feature in Premiere.
Can anyone please help?!
Thank you. Adam
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12 Replies
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Yeah, this is an issue with Mountain Lion. I was just dealing with this with some software used to sync second source audio and needed to get to it.
Mountain Lion treats AVCHD folders as a Package – which is essentially a folder of files, but treated differently by the Finder.
Here’s what you do:
1. In Premiere, Open the dialogue box to reconnect the video.
2. Go to the finder and open up the folder with the AVCHD media.
3. Right-click on PRIVATE – select Show Package Contents
4. Do the same thing for AVCHD
5. Do the same thing for BDMV
6. Now click on the STREAM folder in the Finder and drag it into the dialogue box back in Premiere. Select the first file that it is requesting.I just tested it and it worked for me.
On a side-note, I hate right-clicking on the AVCHD packages each time. I guess it’s nice that QT will play them, but it’s been at the expense of ease of use with other programs. In any case, I created a keyboard shortcut that works in the Finder so that Opt-Cmd-O will open Packages.
Go to System Preferences, then type Keyboard Shortcuts. Select Keyboard Shortcuts. Select Application Shortcuts. Hit the + button. Select “Finder” from the list of Applications. Then another dialogue box should pop up for the Finder. For Menu Title, type “Show Package Contents”. Then add opt-cmd-O for the shortcut (or whatever shortcut you prefer).
Michael Garber
5th Wall – a post production company -
Hi Michael, thank you so much for your reply.
I am trying to follow your directions however when I access the link media option in Premiere, then right-click on the folder marked ‘PRIVATE’ the only option that appears is “Quick Look”.
I tried right clicking on several different folders through the ‘re-link’ dialogue box and none of them allow any options apart from “Quick Look”…
Any ideas?
I really appreciate your help.
Cheers,
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I explained it in my original response. You need to open up the folder *separately* in the Finder. Then you drag the folder into the relink dialogue box in Premiere. It’ll then show up.
Michael Garber
5th Wall – a post production company -
Hi Michael, thank you so much for your reply.
I am trying to follow your directions however when I access the link media option in Premiere, then right-click on the folder marked ‘PRIVATE’ the only option that appears is “Quick Look”.
I tried right clicking on several different folders through the ‘re-link’ dialogue box and none of them allow me any options apart from “Quick Look”…
Any ideas?
I really appreciate your help.
Cheers,
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it sounds to me like you are still finding the folder through the adobe dialogue box. do you understand the difference between the finder and the dialogue box? the finder is your desktop. you need to find the folder from that level. ie click on your hard drive. find the folder location. then right-click on avchd, etc…
follow my notes from my first response. it’s all there. every delicious technological morsel.
Michael Garber
5th Wall – a post production company -
Hi Michael, I must have doubled up on my last response. Yes I was trying to access ‘show package contents’ through the relink dialogue box. Went separately through finder and it’s all linked up now. Thank you so much for your help, I really appreciate your response and patience.
Best, Adam
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Another way to do this is using the SEARCH field in the adobe dialogue box. Search for the name of the offline media (It tells you at the top). You will most likely have several show up because you most likely have more than one project or more than one camera card. You can figure it out by date maybe.
Anyway, I’ve had this happen to me on the same project more than once. Not sure why I keep having to do this. It’s a rather larger project with over 2000 assets of pictures and video and audio so it takes a while Rather annoying CS6 is.
-Trevor Ward
Red Eye Film Co.
http://www.redeyefilmco.com
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Have you met the similar trouble? Do you know Apple has made a change in Mac OS X v10.8 (Mountain Lion)? The change has affected the workflow for importing AVCHD media into Premiere Pro.
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Thanks Michael!
I think I might have spent several hours beating my head up against that wall on this one. I moved my project from the edit suite at work to my laptop so that I could continue working from home over the weekend. I was about ready to give up and head back to the studio when I decided to check the COW.
Sure glad I did! MOOoooooooo!
Production is fun – but lets not forget: Nobody ever died on the video table!
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