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.pek File Ridiculousness
Randomly Premiere has started generating .pek files for every video I import and it is littering my computer with them. Premiere puts the .pek files in the same directory that I imported the given video file from.
I’m using CS6.
Is there any way to just turn this off?
Thanks.
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4 Replies
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No. PEK files are conformed audio files and aid greatly in performance. They are generated for all video files (almost all, I think some formats like RED raw are skipped if I recall off hand). All you really have a choice to do is go into preferences and tell Premiere to render them all in Premiere’s cache (one spot) or next to the video file (better if you move the project system-to-system).
I would suggest a feature request in terms of more customization. Adobe takes suggestions as votes, so the more the better. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alexanderfilms/the-librarian-0
Angelo Lorenzo
Fallen Empire Digital Production Services – Los Angeles
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Where in preferences can I tell Premiere to put all of the .pek files in one location?
Thanks.
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Edit > Preferences > Media > uncheck “save media cache files next to originals” should do the trick.
Angelo Lorenzo
Fallen Empire Digital Production Services – Los Angeles
RED transcoding, on-set DIT, and RED Epic rental services
Fallen Empire – The Blog
A blog dedicated to filmmaking, the RED workflow, and DIT tips and tricks -
Acording to the update doc here:
Added Automatic Peak File Generation preference in the Audio category for turning off automatic peak file generation for imported audio. By default, this preference is enabled and matches the behavior of Premiere Pro CS6 (6.0.0).
Don’t know if this might help but it seems updating would give you the customization you’re looking for. I’m updating now so if theres any interest I’ll post my findings. I know this question is a month old but in case someone looking for something similar stumbles upon this thread (Like I just did.) here’s my findings after reading up on some adobe docs.
Omar J. Cruz Rubio
i7 Core Macbook Pro
OSX Snow Leopard
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