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PPro forces sequence to “I-Frame Only MPEG” on ProRes FCP7 XML sequences?
I know I’m probably missing a fundamental difference in workflow paradigms between FCP7 and Premiere Pro, but I’m confused about why it is when I import an ProRes based FCP7 XML into PP (both CS5.5 and CS6), the resulting sequence import is set to “I-Frame Only MPEG” as the Preview File Format & Codec, and the Editing Mode as Sony XDCAM HD 1080p?
When I select Sequence Settings for the imported sequence, all of these options are greyed out, and I can’t change them to another codec, like you can in FCP7’s “Sequence Settings” panel.
This is literally my first day using Premiere Pro (at least since I last gave up on “Premiere” way back in the pre-Pro, version 5.0 days), so I’m assuming that this is one of those cases of me expecting PP to act like FCP7, when it’s designed to work in a completely different way. I’m just lost as to what the “different way” is that will enable me to play my ProRes FCP XML sequences natively in realtime without having to render everything.
I’ve looked at most of the “how to import FCP projects into Premiere Pro” tutorials available on the net, but none of them seem to touch on this aspect of the import process.
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The i frame only mpeg codec is just for preview on the timeline.
When you export your movie from Premiere do not use Match Sequence Settings as it will use this codec.
Choose a preset or set everything manually.———————————————–
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Just to add to Ann’s post…
Adobe Premiere Pro’s default is to ignore renders for output – meaning they’re only for preview.
I-Frame MPEG2 files are quickly generated and don’t need any VBR compression, so it was a perfect fit for adobe, who don’t have their own codec.You could build a custom sequence type where you customize the codec and make it a prores that matches your FCP sequence.
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