Sam Lanes
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Personally (and this may not be a way everyone would like), I would import the hi-rez footage into a seperate bin, highlight the corresponding hi-rez clip in the bin, then right-click the lo-rez clip on the sequence and select ‘Replace with Clip > From Bin’.
If the timecodes do match, then this will replace it like-for-like straight away.
Obviously, it will depend on the number of clips you have as to how long this will take.
If you want a reference lo-rez clip on the sequence, you could make a copy of the clip on the track above and repeat the above process on THAT clips, then you can activate/deactiate the high-rez track to check the match.
In any case, I would always make a duplicate of the locked lo-rez version of the sequence before you do anything.
I tend to find utilising multiple, well-labelled bins the safest way to deal with things like this. Having a ‘high-rez’ bin and a ‘lo-rez’ bin gives the best of both worlds for me.
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It is quite tricky in this situation, because as your post suggests – there are quite a lot of variables over which you have no control – namely the way the clips have been encoded/timecoded etc from the supplier of the hi-rez footage.
Did you receive the lo-res footage from the same providers?
I regularly re-link using timecode when I am using stock footage, for example, and have good results where I know the two versions of the file are coming from the same place (although I always watch both versions just to make sure as a matter of good practice).
A situation like this could work one of three ways: you will just be able to offline the lo-rez and the hi-rez will slot straight in as the names/timecodes etc are identical; or you will have to go through each one and ‘replace with clip’ if the timecodes are the same but filenames aren’t; or worst scenario, you have to go through clip by clip and cut them in.
One thing I have done before when cutting in completely alien clips is to drop them in on a track above the lo-rez files and line them up, toggling the hi-rez track on and off to check they match up.
I would plan for the worst and hope for the best!
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Have you tried to reset the preferences?
The info for doing this is in the ‘Change Preferences’ section here:
https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/preferences.html
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I had a look into something similar to this a while ago, and whist there isn’t an option to create a KB shortcut for what you require, there are some ways to do it with a couple of extra strokes.
[Note: If you want to find out all the KB shortcut possibilities in Premiere, go to Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts and have a browse/search throught there. I have created loads of additional shortcuts after discovering them in there. It is amazing how many commands don’t have a shortcut set by default].
In the Keyboards shortcuts panel, search “target”, and all the related shortcuts will appear.
There are two that are set: Toggle All Audio Targets and Toggle All Video Targets. Using this shortcut will clear all the targets currently selected.
THEN, what I did, was to add shortcuts to the “Toggle Target Video 1-8” using the number pad on the right of the keyboard. Obviously, you might have a preferred button, but I find that works well for me.
Once this is setup, “Toggle all targets” off, select the track you want, do the edit, “Toggle all targets” on.
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Is the quality preview setting in Premiere on full?
Is it better if you render the graphic out of AE and then import as opposed to using dynamic link?
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My all time favourite was a guy who merged 2 x BDMV folders together from two XDCAM EX cards. Yeah…that didn’t work!
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1.) If I copy all of the clips to the HD, how do I then delete the ones that I don’t need?
It is a bit of a time-consuming process, but basically what you need to do is note which clips you are using (as denoted by the clip name) then manually delete the ones you don’t require from the folder. Your AVCHD folder will be structured something like [Root folder] > PRIVATE > AVCHD > BDMV > STREAM and all of the individual clips can be found in there.
2.) After importing the clips I require, where are they saved to? What format are the brought in? I’m guessing no compression is applied?
They will be imported natively into Premiere, which means that the files will remain as they were on the camera (probably .MTS).
This method CAN be used, but in all honesty the safest advice I can give is to get an external drive of some description (preferably something fairly fast like a USB3, if possible) and copy the entire contents of the SD card onto it to ensure that everything is backed up, and work from there.
I have lost video files before, and it isn’t pretty!
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With AVCHD, it IS possible to isolate the clips you want and just copy those, but due to the file structure, it can be quite a laborious task to do this. Plus, previewing the clips can also be really slow as the SD card isn’t fast enough to play back the clips.
If you are wanting to edit, you will need to transfer the selected clips to the hard drive.
Personally, I would copy all of the clips to the hard drive and then go through them and work out which clips you require. You will then be able to delete the ones that you don’t need.
Alternatively, you may be able to browse the card using the media browser in CS6 to preview each clip, then just right-click and click ‘import’ on any clips you require. However, doing this may result in the kind of playback problems you have experienced so far.
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Do you mean there is no audio appearing on the sequence, or it is dropping out on playback?
Is the audio present if you play it back in QuickTime?
How are you importing the clips into Premiere?
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It certainly is unusual.
How long does it take to export a clip of 1 minute of bars and tone, no effects? This is about as simple as you can get!
Have you attempted to export to something like a QT Pro Res file?
One other trick I have used in the past is to nest the whole sequence onto a new sequence. Sometimes this can get over any difficult hurdles that are presented by any effects.
Do you have any third party plugin effects on there, or is it all native PP CC effects?
Is the mercury playback engine activated (if supported on your machine)? Maybe try the opposite setting there?