[Ryan Patch]

I would like to jump in here. I have had this problem in both 5, 5.5, and now 6 on two different computers. I think it’s the same problem, but I am not sure. The sound files are FINE – doesn’t matter what they are or how they are recorded. They play fine in source window or in Explorer.

However, when you play them back in a timeline, sometimes (and in completely different places most of the time) the sound will just drop out (or, sometimes, just 1 or 2 files will drop out). This “dropout” registers on the audio meters and mixer – so premiere knows it’s not playing the audio back. If you stop the timeline and play again, many times the sound is back. Or sometimes it’s not.

I have not been able to find any solution to this, nor have I been able to find rhyme or reason for re-creating this problem. I have noticed that generally the sound is dropping out when there’s a greater number of audio files, but not as a rule – sometimes very complex audio sequences play and simple ones are fine. Also, there is no frame skipping or anything of the sort.

My instinct is that this is a bandwidth issue from the drive as premiere just sort of decides the audio isn’t there, but that doesn’t make sense, given I have a RAID 0 hooked up over 3.0gpbs eSATA, and a couple of h.264 streams and 4 audio channels shouldn’t bust that up (in addition to the video being fine).

I am running a Quadro 3800 on Windows 7 Pro, 64-bit SP1. Intel Xeon W3565 3.2 ghz, 12gb ram. CS6.

[Ryan Patch]

Right, but are you viewing at full resolution? That’s different than 100%. The 100% is on the left side of the window, but “full” or “1/2” is on the right. Make sure it’s at “Full”.

[Ryan Patch]

I have noticed this too. It is related to unindexed items – Premiere doesn’t finish indexing the clips, and won’t let you search. CS6 bug. Submit a report.

https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

[Ryan Patch]

Yeah, I used PPro in multiseat last summer in an assembly-line style and it worked great! That’s why this sort of snuck up on me when I realized that this small modification (two editors working with the same footage) made such a huge difference in the way projects could be shared.

Would love to see a clean-up script that runs on a .prproj file to not have to go out to XML and loose lots of Premiere’s strengths… if you’ve ever opened one up in a text editor, you know that they are XML-based as well and should be able to be parsed through and cleaned up by a script.

They’re XML-based, but have nothing to do with Apple’s XML standard – to clarify.

[Ryan Patch]

To return your original question:

I don’t know if there’s anything that would be able to speed up your Lacie. If disk tests say it’s faster, it likely is faster. Is there a difference in the type of content between the two drives?

FW800, while not the fastest thing anymore, should be able to be just fine for most flavors of video these days.

[Ryan Patch]

1 – There is no batch copy besides just using CTL+C and CTL+V on individual items. I agree that it would be nice to have “sync metadata” command, like you do in Adobe Lightroom. For embedded metadata (EXIF, or Reel #s, etc) you can get 3rd party programs that bath edit the metadata.

2 – When you change the label in the project window and them drag the clip to the timeline, the clip name is consistent between both. When you change it in the project window AFTER placing it on the timeline, the clip on the timeline does not change. Same thing vica versa, changing on timeline does not effect project name. I always just felt this was a strange quirk, but see how having independent names might help.

[Ryan Patch]

Are you sure that you’re viewing it at full resolution? Premiere works with the original source media, so there should be zero difference in the media look.

[Ryan Patch]

>2gb

[Ryan Patch]

Awesome. What are they saying about this problem?

[Ryan Patch]

Oliver –

You’ve hit on a HUGE problem for collaborative editing in Premiere. It’s the one thing, in my opinion, that makes Premiere Pro unsuited for multi-seat edit environments, something that Avid, FCP, and FCX all have their own way of dealing with.

I would encourage you to go over the Adobe’s feature request and ask them for this, as well. https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform