Issues Creating and Attaching Proxies w/Audio

[Evgeny Magata]

I found this thread trying to figure out what the problem with proxy creation in the project I am working on is in cc18. The project contains 8 audio channel fs7 footage which transcoded fine on ingest. Now I added some gh5 footage to the project ( which contain a stereo audio track). I selected “proxy > create proxies” for the gh5 footage and there were no audio options in the proxy creation settings, just the format options of which I chose cineform in a mov container. Media encoder spins up, renders but then premiere can’t connect the proxies. I checked with Mediainfo, the number of tracks and format of proxies and raw footage is identical (as far as I can see) but still it complains about a different number of audio tracks. Is this function entirely broken or what exactly might cause premiere to believe there is a different number of audio tracks?

[Austin Reeves]

So I am sitting here working on a project that includes 3 different cameras. They are:

RED Weapon Helium S35 (4ch Audio)
Sony FS7 (8ch Audio)
OSMO X5 Pro (1ch Stereo Audio)

As others have said you have to match the Audio Settings. Because I shoot a lot of stuff in true 2.40 aspect, I bypassed all the presets in media encoder and built my own QT h264 proxy presets and duplicated them, one for each audio setup. KEEP IN MIND IF PREMIERE BRINGS IN AUDIO AS A STEREO FILE, YOU MUST DUPLICATE THAT IN THE PROXY. For the FS7 I have one proxy setup for 8ch, and the RED has one setup for 4ch. All have not only autoconnected after Media Encoder finsihed, I have since moved the files and reattached them. All seemlessly and have spot checked files 20+ mins into a take and they are all frame accurate to audio and video.

I hope this helps!

Austin Reeves
Cinematographer
austinreeves.com