> >Not sure I understand the need. Audio duration shouldn't be tied to frame rate as far as I know
When working with frame based projects, not time code, I want to know in the project window how many frames long the audio is based on a given range – i.e. at 24.000fps , this audio clip is x frames long. When you set project setting to frame based, the duration changes for video and image sequences from time to frames but not for audio items. You have to drag them into a comp window to get the frame count. It seems like audio it should be a preference setting or other option somewhere.
I need this often when creating clips for filmout or DCP generation. My NLE does this easily – just like AE to do it as well since I use it so much for assembling film and DCP output – and use audio tracks to verify frame accurate lengths.
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