Adobe Premiere Pro and Media Encoder 2015.3 (10.4) Updates

Today we are releasing updates to Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Media Encoder, versions 2015.3 (10.4), accompanied by new releases of Adobe Audition and After Effects. Creative Cloud members and trial users will be able to download and install these applications today using the Creative Cloud desktop application, or online from http://www.adobe.com/creativecloud.html.
The new releases contain extensive fixes to known issues and are recommended for all users. Please note that a Premiere Pro project file update is NOT required when updating to these versions. A list of the key fixes and improvements for each application appears below, followed by a list of fixes from the previous versions (10.3), which are also included in the new update.

Adobe Premiere Pro 2015.3 (10.4) Notable Fixes

Proxy media support when Dynamic Linking to After Effects has been improved
Several new QuickTime formats are now natively supported on Windows without the QuickTime player needing to be installed (Import: AAC, PNG, Animation codec; Export: Animation codec)
The HDR Specular slider in the Lumetri Panel now functions correctly
Frame accuracy has been improved when flattening a Multi-Camera Source Sequence containing speed changes
Certain issues encountered when transcoding image sequences on ingest have been resolved
The stability of FCP XML export has been improved
The stability of Multi-Camera Source Sequence creation has been improved.
Certain issues with incorrect numbers of audio channels when creating proxy files have been fixed
Performance issues with H264 media on Windows when ‘Enable Accelerated H264 Decoding’ was enabled have been fixed
Fixed an issue where a noise burst could occur when playing back at 2x with ‘Maintain pitch while shuttling’ enabled
Some issues with dragging Multi-Camera Source Sequences to a sequence or to the Project Panel have been resolved
.stl files now conform to EBU 3264
The Link Media dialog no longer has certain file types disabled
An issue with color control surfaces not correctly applying master track controls has been resolved
Fixed an issue with waveforms offsetting when flattening Multi-Camere Source Sequences
Fixed a rendering issue on scaled clips with OpenCL or CUDA
An issue with opacity handles from previous versions not being accessible has been fixed
Fixed an issue with black frames for RED files with a certain NVIDIA driver installed (368.39)
An issue where audio did not play back after enabling ‘Maintain Audio Pitch’ with a speed change in place has been fixed
Fixed an issue where trimming in the time line could disable Overlays from appearing

Adobe Premiere Pro 2015.3 (10.3) Notable Fixes

Fixed issues where QT32 Server asserts or ‘Error Compiling Movie’ errors were seen when exporting to QuickTime ProRes files
Fixed application being unresponsive when opening a 9.2.1 project in 10.x
Fixed certain proxy generation issues when files were open in the Source Monitor from the Media Browser
Fixed red frame issues when playing back Sony XAVC Lon-G files
Improved audio rendering times when using multi-cam clips and adaptive audio tracks
Fixed frame drop issues with Cineform media on 12-core 2013 Mac Pro systems
Fixed performance issues when duplicate frame indicators were enabled
Fixed audio distortion when using USB microphones with Transmit enabled
Fixed playback issues on Windows when using AMD R9 cards
Resolved certain proxy linking issues when off-lining media
Improved 4K 24p H264 playback on Microsoft Surface Book
Fixed an issue with 608 captions dropping characters in 29.97fps
Fixed a thumbnail flickering issue in large projects on Mac
Fixed a certain crash issue when opening legacy projects
Non-watermarked Adobe Stock videos now correctly replace watermarked samples after licensing
Improved Premiere Pro performance when AME is generating proxies
Fixed an audio buzz issue when playing or scrubbing audio crossfades on clips with clip pan
Fixed a hang issue when lasso-selecting edit points
Fixed an exception error which could occur right after recording multicam edits
Fixed black program monitor issue with RED media with OpenCL and Mac OS X 10.10.5
Fixed OpenCL playback crash on Surface Pro 4
Match Source issues of incorrect matching of certain formats have been resolved
Issues of audio dropout when some tracks were muted have been resolved
Fixed an issue where growing files imported from EVS weren’t actually growing
Fixed an issue where peak files were constantly being regenerated on project open
Fixed key-frame inaccuracies in FCP XML export
Fixed an issue where auto-saving did not occur due to project changes not being recognized
Improved import performance of AAF from a directory containing several OPAtom files
Fixed Match Frame command for subclips
Fixed a crash issue when exporting to XDCAM HD 422 50mb MXF media with smart rendering enabled
Fixed issue where closed captioning files were being unnecessarily re-scanned on Windows
Transmit offset value now correctly disallowed when scrubbing audio
Fixed an issue where Sony RAW S-Log 2 media could appear transparent
Fixed an issue where the Work Area Bar setting did not stick
Fixed an assert issue when creating new Closed Captions on Mac
Fixed C300 media import issues
Resolved an issue where Merged Clip volume changes were not showing in Clip Mixer
Fixed incorrect aspect ratio in IMX render
Aspect ratio inaccuracies with certain 1920×1080 media have been fixed

Adobe Media Encoder 2015.3 (10.4) Notable Fixes

Fixed several issues encountered when ‘Premiere Pro > Import sequences natively’ was checked in the preferences
Several issues with ingest were resolved
Stability of the Media Browser has been improved
XAVC HD Intra Class 200 presets were replaced with Class 100 presets for improved compatibility with more devices
Issues where Destination Publishing could fail with due to a time-out have been resolved
Certain issues with Audio Hardware preferences have been resolved
Fixed issues where Lumetri looks were being incorrectly rendered, and ProRes exports could appear over-exposed

Adobe Media Encoder 2015.3 (10.3) Notable Fixes

Significant improvements to error reporting
Fixed an issue where audio could repeat at the end of an encode or a silent section within a Premiere Pro sequence
Improved 3rd-party player support for MPEG2 exports
Several issues with muxing of audio and video files at the end of an export process have been resolved
Smart rendering performance has been improved
Resolved some issues where AME would keep a lock on recently encoded files such that users could not move them
Fixed an issue when exporting long files/sequences to MXF presets could cause an ‘error compiling movie’ error
Resolved several performance issues when the GPU was enabled