Can I delete adobe/common/media cache files?

I've a seriously shrinking hard disk. Have found 20 gig of data in my Home/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/Media Cache Files.
Am I right in assuming I can safely delete these files and if I need them again, all apps that created them (e.g. Adobe Premiere Pro etc) will just rebuild them?

I recommend you to use specific software like Onyx or CleanMyMac to delete cache files. These programs aren't perfect, but it's very difficult to have a problem with them.

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On Windows Vista, I have a a C drive of 92GB. However, 33GB of this is taken by thousands of files in
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3. Removal of conformed video files (.mcdb), then Local Disk C\Users\Owner\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Common\Media Cache
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http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
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I was checking what's taking place of my hard drive and found about 22 GB of hard disk space occupied from this folder
C:\Users\Me\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Common\Media Cache Files
In this Media Cache Files folder there were 459 files of type .cfa and .pek files. 13 of the .cfa files were about 1.6 GB size each
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Read about 'em:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/premierepro/cs/using/WSa41b87baf39dd9b0-4a7aee25125bce32690-80 00.html
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Clean Database . Frees up additional disc space by removing old files in the media cache database shared by Adobe audio and video applications. The database tracks media accelerator files that improve performance and speed. For example, if Adobe Premiere Pro creates a conformed audio file, and you import media with that audio into Encore, Encore uses the file from Adobe Premiere Pro instead of creating a new conformed file. The media cache database informs Encore of the conformed file’s location.

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alistair78
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Can I put it somewhere else, and is it safe to empty it once in a while?
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Hi msp1518,
Thanks for the posting adobe forums,
These are the files for conforming audio, generating peak files for audio.
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Just, close the premiere pro : Just delete the files inside the Media cache files and Media Cache folder.
Regards,
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https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

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