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Ann Bens
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 9, 2025

Prin files

  • July 9, 2025
  • 4 replies
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Analyze is turned off, but its Premiere is still making prin files.

I don't want them.

They are making a mess of the Project folder.

Or please put them in their own folder.

4 replies

mattchristensen
Community Manager
Community Manager
July 10, 2025

@Shebbe I hear you, there is definitely some friction in having this .prin file separate, but next to, the project file. Given the constraints we had when building this feature, it made the most sense for most people to put it where we did.

 

That said, we are working on further improvements to this whole workflow that I hope will address your problems. Nothing I can say yet, stay tuned!

Ann Bens
Community Expert
Ann BensCommunity ExpertAuthor
Community Expert
July 9, 2025

I will empty the media cache and see how that goes.

Shebbe
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 9, 2025

Hey @mattchristensen ,

I'd like to add a question/request to that. We actually are interested in using the index data on some projects but the problem with the file being stored next to project is that versioning up your proj files and moving your old one to old now involves also always moving the prin file as well otherwise it adds up in the main proj location.

Would it be an idea to have it in it's own folder? Just like autosaves, caches etc. or perhaps embedded into the pproj file itself?

mattchristensen
Community Manager
Community Manager
July 9, 2025

@Ann Bens If the analysis preference is off, but you import media and see a .prin file generated, it's because the media you import has analysis data already. This is by default stored in the Media Cache location, in the "Analyzer Cache" folder. So if you clear that folder (or just clear you whole Media Cache), you shouldn't see a .prin file being created anymore.

Ann Bens
Community Expert
Ann BensCommunity ExpertAuthor
Community Expert
February 11, 2026

Hi Matt.

As I am unable to make new posts (due to this new forum)

I like to make a bugreport:

When I save a project as Save As the Prin file does not get copied over. Have to do this manually otherwise the Search is useless.

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