Premiere Pro v14.8 on WIndows 10 - Canon XF utility installed on PC

My Canon Camera transfers footage onto my computer. With a specific File Structure. This is the structure for my Camera Canon XA50
../CONTENTS/CLIPS001/Filename.MXF
../CONTENTS/CLIPS001/Filename.THM
../CONTENTS/CLIPS001/Filename.XML

I believe Other Canon Cameras like the C200 have maybe a couple of other files for each video file. On top of the MXF, THM and XML files.

So, When I use the media browser ti import

Each file comes into Premiere Pro and Gets named CLIPS001 for every single file I import. All called CLIPS001.

Ok now if I rename the FIle structure to read CONTENT rather the CONTENTS so:
../CONTENT/CLIPS001/Filename.MXF
../CONTENT/CLIPS001/Filename.THM
../CONTENT/CLIPS001/Filename.XML

When I do this the files all get imported with the actual Filename as expected

I found that out on this user forum - https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro/canon-mxf-files-being-renamed-on-import/td-p/10864114?page=1
- See down the bottom, reply from user SR833

That user reports you can call that folder anything as long as it doesn't have an S in it basically.

Can we have this fixed please? It's super annoying. And if I rename the folder it no longer works with the CANON XF Utility.

Note this happens whether I import from the File-Import menu or through the Media Browser.

I also note that the creation dated for these files do not get imported either. I'm not sure if it's related or whether I should submit a separate bug report for that. But can you look at the filenames issue for this report. And check the creation date.

The MTS format seems to be a problem for Adobe Premiere Pro. Sync, choke and import problems. Lots of posts report these problems, but one by one they get little attention.
There are lots of professional equipment that record and use this format, still these problems have been following Premiere for years. Some has been solved, but some has also returned in newer updates.What about doing what any other video application handles without so much fuzz. Fix MTS import and make it easy for editors. No more transcoding to get those files into Premiere....that is not an ideal solution. That's a time consuming workaround. Something you might expect in a freeware product. Not a #1 professional editing suite.

Thanks

It seems like there is a bug in Premiere Pro regarding .mov files with h.264 video and multiple pcm audio tracks.

If I make a video with a h.264 video track and three pcm audio tracks (https://shared-assets.adobe.com/link/0059d80c-6cde-4a0d-6c28-3d2573c6bf38), Premiere can import the file fine, but it will only use one audio track.

If I make a .mov file with h.264 video and three AAC audio tracks (https://shared-assets.adobe.com/link/8442d229-2cd2-4c2f-5a1a-0058493c2150), Premiere will import the file fine and see all available audio tracks.

It seems strange to me to make Premiere able to read a h.264 video with multiple AAC audio tracks in a .mov container, but not able to read a h.264 video with multiple PCM audio tracks in a .mov container.

It is also not a container limitation, since many other programs can see and read the audio tracks fine.

Hi community,
it was kind of shocking to me when I learned, that the full CC subscription does not include any software for doing screen recording. I find that so fundamental for a subscription which is made for video producers, that I am trying this way now to make Adobe aware omit and maybe one day having a feature request for a simple utility shipping with CC helping Premiere users to stay in CC universe when needing screen recording as a source for their projects...

So if you are feeling with me, regardless if you already use something else, can you please vote this up?

Thank you very much.

MS

I'm using ownCloud to sync project files between multiple computers. But on every computer Premiere does not show the ownCloud folder in the built-in file browser. If I import via Windows Explorer, there is no problem at all and all files and folders are there. In most cases that is no problem as I can use Windows Explorer as a workaround, but when Premiere can't find footage, I have to use the built-in browser to show Premiere where the files are. But I can't navigate there because the ownCloud folder doesn't show up. If I enter the path into the textbox at the top, it simply navigates to the directory where the directory should be in.

Add an option to preserve empty folder structures on import!

Often I or an assistant editor will create a folder structure in the finder with empty folders to be populated with media later on in the production workflow (i.e. Final mix stems, color files, graphics). Currently if you import empty folders or folders with only one item in them, those empty folders disappear on import and the single item that was inside them is left outside any folder. This prevents planning and proper organization, and I'm not sure what the benefit of it is? Fewer folders? But I wanted those, that's why I made them.

Just leave the folder structures as they are, don't change them. If some users want an option to "automatically remove empty folders on import" then add that, but don't make removing them the default.

Importing empty folder structures is an essential organizational tool for any medium to large scale professional production. I made this same request in May of 2018 and have never gotten a response or seen it addressed, I really I hope I do this time!