Thanks Neil! Very well stated. The state of our business is rapidly changing and we must keep up!
As a professional tv director/producer (and editor when necessary) creating and pitching shows, I know companies are not spending as much money these days funding multiple location days for sizzle reels. Instead, they expect a lot to be done via Skype recorded video. This has to be mixed in with the "professionally" shot material. Whatever you may think of this practice (and similar ones) and the philosophy behind it, it is the fact of what's happening at a production company level and network level. In other words...at a professional level.
We, as content creators, need our professional tools to keep up with what the professional environment is requiring of us. I LOVE Premiere until I come up against something quirky like my Skype video being extremely out of sync. When I have to use large amounts of this footage, this "quirk" costs me a large amount of time. Even if I could just take a bit of time converting with Media Encoder I would be satisfied. No dice.
Adobe, please help us professionals deal with this poor source material in Premiere and stick with your products!
Peter