List every media file in a Premiere Pro project
Moving a project to another computer, archiving it, or handing it to an editor without the
original drives starts with one question: which files does it use? Premiere Pro's Project Manager
answers it only when Premiere is open and the media is online. This tool reads the list from the
.prproj itself.
What the list holds
A CSV file that opens in Excel or Numbers, one line per media file:
- the file name and the full path Premiere Pro links to;
- the path where Premiere last found the file, when it differs (after relinking);
- the sequences that use the file;
- whether the file is in a bin.
Files that sit in bins but are used in no sequence are listed too, so you can see what an archive can leave out. The report next to it lists every sequence with its frame rate, size, length and number of tracks and clips.
Works on damaged projects
The list comes from whatever can still be read, so it also helps when the project itself won't open: upload it, and the media list and the report tell you what the edit used, even if some sequences were lost.
More about what this tool reads and writes: Premiere Pro Project Repair and Version Converter (PRPROJ).