Post-production tool

Premiere to Pro Tools AAF

Rebuild a Premiere Pro audio edit as a Pro Tools-ready AAF that links straight to the original production WAV/BWF files. Every edit lands on the exact sample, each file keeps its original timecode, and you get a conform report listing every clip.

Runs entirely in your browser. Your XML and sound files are never uploaded; only the small header at the start of each WAV is read, never the audio.

1Premiere XML

In Premiere: select the sequence, then File > Export > Final Cut Pro XML. You can add several XMLs at once.

Drop XML files here, or

Choose XML files

2Production sound folders

Add the folder (or whole drive) that holds the sound rolls, for example SOUND_DAY1. Add one per drive or shoot day; subfolders are searched too.

Drop folders here, or

Add a folder

Your browser can't tell this page where a folder sits on your disk, so check each Location: it's the path the AAF will point to, e.g. /Volumes/SOUND_DAY1 on a Mac or F:/SOUND_DAY1 on Windows.

3Options (optional)

Include tracks that are turned off in Premiere Add an empty video track Startup disk name (only used for files on your Mac's internal drive) Point links at someone else's drive (one per line: your path = their path)

Only if Pro Tools won't open the AAF:

Use Premiere's own AAF layout Use frame-based edits like Premiere's AAF (less precise)

Add a Premiere XML and a sound folder to start.

Good to know

Before you export

Flatten nested sequences; clips inside nests are skipped.
Clips must come from the production WAV/BWF files. MP3s, AIFFs or audio inside video files are listed in the report as missing.
If the files moved or a drive was renamed, that's fine: files are found by name. When several rolls share a name (every card starts at T001.WAV), the one whose timecode matches Premiere's is used.

In Pro Tools

Open the AAF with File > Open Session, or bring it into a session with File > Import > Session Data.
The AAF links to the WAVs where they are; no media is copied. Make sure the drive is connected under the name in the Location box.
Sending the AAF to a mixer? Use the option to point links at their drive name.

Reading the report

linked: Found exactly where the XML said.
relinked: Found by name in your folders (moved or renamed drive).
AMBIGUOUS: Several files share the name and none matched by timecode; check it.
MISSING: Not found, or not a WAV. The clip is left out of the AAF.

Runs Pyodide and pyaaf2 (MIT license) in your browser. Works in current Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari on a computer.