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HUGE conforming problem! it’s conforming same files again!
hey guys,
something crazy just happened. i opened the project file and noticed it was going slower than usual. then i realized it was conforming all my files again.
i checked the folder where i have all the files conformed and they are ALL there.
AND the new files that are being conformed again are appearing in that same directory with a “_1” after the same file name.
It took me close to 48 hours to conform the entire project last month, I cant have that happen again.
Why did all of a sudden this happened? I never changed the external drive letter nor did I change where the conformed files are. Is there anyway I can tell the program the files conformed are already there? I mean it’s conforming all the files in the same directory.
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
Vin.
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p.s.
and if i close the program and re-start it, it again starts conforming from the first file till the last, not where it left off last time, so i have not only “_1” after the original conformed file but “_2” if it’s the second time i open…
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Well, the term “conforming” sounds like an older version of Premiere. Yes, if you cancel before it’s done, it will start over, but 48 hours ???
Either you are working on a very old machine, or your project is a season series for a network channel.
In all seriousness, a new conforming (now called indexing and very fast) usually occurs when the files are moved, or if are working on an external hard drive. If the letter changes when you restart your machine, Premiere won’t be able to find the previously conformed files.
Still, 48 hours sounds terribly long. Of course if you are working with non native codec, things can quickly get out of hand.
I think you will probably need an upgrade of some sort.
Vince
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Hi Vincent.
I’m running on PP2, conforming files from quicktime.
Yes, it was insane. Took 48 hours, I only had 512 ram and had over 20 hrs of footage. I have since upgraded 2 gig of ram.
I am working on an external drive, but never had a problem. The letter never changed. And what confused me was when it would conform, it would conform on the same directory where the original conformed files are, so premiere knows exactly where they are but for some reason refuses to recognize them.
I decided to delete all the conformed files and start from scratch. It’s going faster (the upgrade in ram) but the average I noticed is 10 Gigs per hour and I have 200 in total.
It just completely caught me off guard, why would it all of a sudden do that? I hope once I close the program and re-open it, it wont start conforming all over again… now that, that would REALLY suck…
If anyone has any info on the cause of this, that would be great!
Thanks in advance,
Vin.
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Did a little test for you;
PP2 conformed the audio in a 4 minute .mov in about 12 seconds, PP3 did it in less than 2 seconds. Both to the same internal drive. -
Hi Vin,
Something that _might_ work for you, but possibly labor-intensive.
Un-Link the media from the clip, then re-link the now “offline” files to the rendered files on the drive. This could help for some things, but potentially could take longer than just letting things render overnight…-jeff
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A couple more things. First, Quicktime is the reason you actually have to conform, since it isn’t really meant to be used natively. Native codecs such as DV will only need to index the audio.
Depending on the codec used, you may even see other problems down the road with audio sync or pops. If you’ve worked on that project for a while and these issues haven’t come up, you’ll probably be fine.
Also, make sure that you’re external drive has plenty of spece left, and is not fragmented. Past 3/4 full, some drives really start to crawl (The larger the drive, the worse it gets), and combining that with the external factor, you may have to go walk the dog everytime you make a cut.
I would highly recommend external Sata drives for larger projects.
Cheers,
Vince
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pp3 in less than 2 seconds!!! amazing… im running everything off an external drive… and my machine doesn’t have the “best” specs for even PP2. it’s still conforming…
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hi jeff,
unlinking the media wouldn’t work for me, as the second the project opens it starts conforming, linked or unlinked. i decided to delete all the media cache and just conform everything again, which is what it’s been doing since yesterday…
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i did notice yesterday my external drive (where im running everything from) was almost full. but would this cause the program to just conform everything all over again?? i can’t figuire that out…
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[mike velte] “PP2 conformed the audio in a 4 minute .mov in about 12 seconds, PP3 did it in less than 2 seconds. Both to the same internal drive.”
Did PP2 still conform everything, or was that when they changed it to only conform non-native audio?… can’t remember.
On this problem, my first instinct would be to reset the preferences as it could be a corruption problem there , or if that doesn’t help, uninstall and reinstall the application.
TimK,
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