This article explains how to set up Adobe Premiere Pro (v2024) as a streaming source for Remoto Playback. An Adobe Premiere Pro template project with stereo through 5.1 audio tracks is available for download HERE to help with setup and troubleshooting. Individual audio files (Stereo, 5.1 Film/SMPTE, 7.1 Film/SMPTE, and 9.1.6) are also accessible.

LIMITATIONS:

Adobe Premiere Pro can stream both audio and video with Remoto Playback. While Remoto Playback can stream up to 16 channels, Adobe Premiere Pro can deliver up to 32, requiring some channel selection and routing, as well as internal audio bussing to consolidate channel count within Premiere down to 16.

There is no native ability to sync Adobe Premiere Pro and Remoto Playback for Timecoded Markers, as Premiere does not generate a sync signal for Remoto to ingest. We are exploring options to work around this limitation and enable this feature.

Note: Premiere must be open before launching Remoto Playback.

This article contains 4 chapters:

1. How to Capture Audio and Video Using Using Blackmagic Hardware
2. How to Capture Audio Using a Virtual Audio Device
3. How to Capture Video Using Screen Capture
4. How to Capture Video Using NDI

How to Capture Audio and Video Using Using Blackmagic Hardware
 

Adobe Premiere Set Up
 

Audio and Video

This setup will vary depending on your Blackmagic hardware and will require the use of a Blackmagic Design device that features multiple SDI inputs and outputs. The SDI video and audio output from the device is connected to secondary video and audio inputs,  looping the SDI signal back to the source machine running Remoto for capture.

Remoto Playback will detect and allow streaming of any Blackmagic audio/video sources connected to the Remoto machine at the operating system level. No additional configuration is required within Adobe Premiere itself.

Remoto Playback Set Up
 

Video Settings:

Select “Video Input Type: Blackmagic SDI” as the video source in Session Settings.

This reveals additional settings specific to Blackmagic that must be configured to mirror the Blackmagic Hardware setup.

Audio Settings:

When configuring the audio source for the stream in Session Settings, select Audio Input Type: Blackmagic SDI.

Select the Blackmagic hardware device being used, and the desired channel layout.

How to Capture Audio Using a Virtual Audio Device

When using Adobe Premiere without hardware, the best approach for audio is to send Premiere’s audio output to a virtual audio device such as the free BlackHole Audio utility,  enabling the audio to be routed to Remoto. Adobe Premiere can only specify one audio output device at a time in its preferences, so once BlackHole audio is selected as the output, the only way to monitor audio locally is through Remoto Playback once the session is running.

Adobe Premiere Set Up

When using BlackHole Audio, for example, set the following Settings in Premiere's Audio Hardware:

1. Set "Device Class" to “CoreAudio”
2. Set "Default Output" to the BlackHole 16ch virtual audio device

If the Adobe Premiere project contains more than 16 audio channels, we recommend creating sub-busses to group similar tracks together. The total channel count across all sub-busses cannot exceed 16 channels. Discrete outputs for the tracks feeding the busses should be disabled; only the send to the bus should be active (Pre-fader). Thus, the bus outputs will feed the Audio Hardware outputs, such as BlackHole Audio in this example, to conform to Remoto Playback's 16 channel limit.

Remoto Playback Set Up

In Remoto Playback's Audio Session Settings, select “Virtual Audio Device” as the Audio Input Type, and select “BlackHole Audio” (or any other virtual audio device being used) as the “Audio Device”, matching the monitor output device and format previously set in Adobe Premiere. Ensure it corresponds to the virtual audio device and channel width configured in Premiere.

How to Capture Video Using Screen Capture

There is no straightforward way to pull Adobe Premiere's video into Remoto at the OS level due to limitations in Premiere. While Premiere can undock its video window, this window cannot be used as a direct video source in Remoto by selecting the "Application" input type as Remoto will stream the entire Premiere workspace rather than the contents of the Program window. Screen capture of the undocked Program window is the best option.

Adobe Premiere Set Up
 

Un-dock the Program window in Adobe Premiere, and place it in an available area of your screen, or place it in a secondary display panel.

Remoto Playback Set Up
 

Video Settings

In Remoto Playback’s Video Session Settings, select "Screen Capture" as the input type, then select the area of your screen or display that contains the undocked Adobe Premiere video window.

While Adobe Premiere appears as an option if "Application" is configured as the input, selecting it would stream the entire Premiere window rather than the desired video area. Selecting screen capture resolves this issue.

How to Capture Video Using NDI

There is no straightforward way to pull Adobe Premiere's video into Remoto at the OS level due to limitations in Premiere. While Premiere can undock its video window, this window cannot be used as a direct video source in Remoto by selecting the "Application" input type as Remoto will stream the entire Premiere workspace rather than the contents of the Program window. Premiere offers NDI capabilities, which be used to capture both audio and video for streaming through Remoto.

Adobe Premiere can only specify a single audio output device at a time in its preferences. Thus, if NDI is enabled as the output, the only way to monitor locally is through Remoto Playback once the session is running.

When using Remoto Playback with Adobe Premiere via integrated NDI, note that:

• For "Desktop only" streaming, more than 2 channels must be streamed/received
• For "Desktop & Web" streaming, only 2 channels can be streamed/received
   

Adobe Premiere Set Up
 

Video Setup

There is no additional set up required in Premiere to use NDI to capture the Program window, beyond ensuring the Program window is un-docked. Adobe Premiere NDI integration is built in.

Audio Setup

In Premiere’s Audio Hardware preferences,  set “Device Class” to “CoreAudio”, with the “Default Output” set to NDI.

Remoto Playback Setup
 

Video Settings

In Remoto Playback’s Video Session Settings, select "NDI" as the Video Input Type, and choose the Streaming Video Source option that contains Adobe Premiere in its name.

Audio Settings

In Remoto Playback’s Audio Session Settings, select “NDI” as the “Audio Input Type”. Then, select the Adobe Premiere option for “Audio Device”, and set your channel width accordingly.

Once the stream is started in Remoto, a prompt to configure Preferences will appear, enabling the configuration of a local monitoring destination for the stream audio.