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June 1, 2017
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4 Camera Multicam Sequence Shows Black Video on All But One Angle

  • June 1, 2017
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I'm having a strange issue where my multicam sequence I've previously edited is now showing just black video on every angle but one. I removed all the effects from the clips in the multicam sequences just to make sure that wasn't causing the problem, but no luck. I made a short video clip to show the issue I'm having. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated. Also, they're still black if I try rendering the work area or exporting the video.

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    Correct answer GermanTV

    FINALLY here is the ultimative workaround for this issue which was introduced in Premiere 2017.2 and continued to stay in the current version of Premiere 2018 (12.0.1). A suggestion in the past was to flat or deactivate your cameras in the nested multicam sequence. Doing this lets you at least see all cameras and you are able to export properly. But further multicam edits are prevented in this sequence. Also quiting and reopenig, doing a raindance or yelling at the clods sometimes works but in my expereience more often does not. But here, FINALLY, now the ultimative workaround: go into your multicam sequence, tweak a clip effect (e.g. scaling) on all blacked out cameras, go back and - everybody confronted with this problem now takes a deep breath - every camera is back and you are able to multicam edit again. Spread the word!

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    Kim28542180p29d
    Participant
    November 3, 2023

    November 2023. This worked for me. I returned to the multicam sequence, selected one clip that had blacked out, scaled it up, and then back down one. I went to the timeline, and all my clips were visible. Unbelievable. 

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      Jana22818680kuid
      Participant
      March 2, 2023

      still had this issue in 2023. solved it by creating nested video out of all the clips and the problem went away. 

        christianp42872649
        christianp42872649
        Participant
        August 18, 2021

        Hi! I'm having the same issue, but the magic fix mentioned GermanTV and bdunard isn't working for me, it saved me a lot of times, but this one I can't get back my sequence!

         

        I tryed this: 1. Drag the nested videos to the left and back. (on the upper section of the snapshot) 2. Add an FX to all clips. 3. Restart Premiere 4. Restart PC   5. Use a new prproj 6. Clear Cache 7. Turn off CUDA 8. Render (It outputs a black screen too)

        9. Yell to the clouds   and    10 (Obviously) Cry....  Nothing works. 

         

        I thought in copy the main sequence, make a new nest from the original sequence and copy manually the cuts, but I can't, because there is some time remmaping, stabilization, fx and more things that I can't lose. 

         

        The weird thing is that in the same timeline, one nested section is working fine, but the other isn't! (see snap 2)

         

        I you can't help, just send a hug 🤣

         

         

         

          christianp42872649
          christianp42872649
          Participant
          November 3, 2023

          SOLUTION that worked for me:

          2. Add an FX to all clips AND CTRL+Z

           

          1. Select ALL clips in nested sequence (the one that has all original clips)

          2. Select in "effects" panel a light effect, like "Black and White"

          3. Drag and apply same effect to all clips in the nested sequence

          4. Ctrl + Z

           

          Done! That fix worked.

          FocusPulling.com
          FocusPulling.com
          Known Participant
          August 10, 2021

          Such a hilarious joke that Adobe knows about this, and willfully refuses to fix it. Any competent coder at the multibillion-dollar Adobe Corporation could fix this bug in a matter of minutes.

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          default47bkq2uknd1i
          Participant
          February 19, 2021

          So I was having the same issue. My fix was to ctrl+ double click on my multicam footage (the nest), which opens the nested sequence in a new timeline. Stacked in that sequence are all of my original source clips. I used the slip tool (Y key) and slipped each of my source clips a random number of frames, either left or right. Then I used "undo" to undo what I had slipped, and voila! My footage in my multicam sequence was no longer black and back to normal. 

          I did try all of the other fixes mentioned above in this thread, but they did not work for me. 

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            Greenspag
            Participant
            February 19, 2021
            Yes it works too, you just have to modify something to the image of the multicam sequence, I usually move the scale or the position. Have a nice day!
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            Greenspag
            Participant
            October 4, 2020

            It worked for me thanks a lot! I imagin it just restets everything (or like a refresh) None the less, it worked and thank you!

             

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            liamshy
            Participant
            July 24, 2020

            THANK YOU for this. I was losing my mind. The amount of STUPID bugs in this expensive software boggle the mind.

              instagram@davidhaverty
              instagram@davidhaverty
              Inspiring
              April 7, 2020

              Still a bug in March 2020. The resizing the video in the source clip to bring it back in the playback in the prog Monitor on the multicam sequence. still works for some reason as a workaround. Thank you GermanTV

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                Invisage Studios
                Participant
                June 17, 2020

                This is ridiculous that this is still an issue. I spent an hour or so trying to work around this bug.

                Absolutely astonishing Adobe! 

                I used the re-size method (up 1% and then back down 1%) and it sorted it first go.

                  R Neil Haugen
                  R Neil Haugen
                  Legend
                  June 17, 2020

                  This forum us user-to-user peer support with some oversight from product support staff, not product development. It is useful to post this here for other users to see of course, but does not communicate anything to the engineers.

                   

                  Please file over on the UserVoice system that you've had this issue. Does it happen? Yes ... but across the total user base, very rarely. You can't fix what you can't replicate, for these types of issues they need data.

                   

                  And that system is where they get it, both for the engineers to see and collated for the upper managers to check. 

                   

                  Neil

                  Everyone's mileage always varies ...
                    R Neil Haugen
                    R Neil Haugen
                    Legend
                    December 7, 2019

                    DaylightFilms,

                     

                    Please go to their UserVoice  site and report this. In detail!

                     

                    It's something that is afflicting only a small subset of users, which makes it blasted difficult to diagnose. If it only affects a tiny percentage, what combination of .... what? ... triggers it?

                     

                    At Adobe MAX last month, I got to talk with an engineer who reads nearly all the Premiere UV filings. Yes, they do read them all ... and he wants more reports, in more detail. The more detail the better. "My Premiere sucks cause it does X" doesn't help any engineer puzzle it out.

                     

                    Getting a detailed sample of hardware/programs/media/effects used by the group that has a certain issue gives them a much better base to debug it.

                     

                    And Adobe lives by metrics ... give them some.

                     

                    Neil

                    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
                    D
                    Daylight Films
                    Participant
                    December 7, 2019

                    you think it would be fixed by now Adobe, Every verison of CC does this! Is this Mac and PC issue or just Mac.  I will try tweaking the clip. Thank you

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                    natural_master0D4D
                    Participant
                    December 28, 2019

                    I just did the upgrade from my old CS6 tot CC, and in my first Premiere project with CC I'm encountering this bug. Very disappointing that Adobe doesn't solve this...

                    R Neil Haugen
                    R Neil Haugen
                    Legend
                    December 28, 2019

                    This is a fairly uncommon problem that typically is some local issue. Totally maddening to have it occur but ... limited.

                     

                    Have you tried the various things mentioned above? I would personally first close Premiere,  go to the folders for Premiere's cache/cache database files, and delete everything.

                     

                    Then reboot and see how Premiere behaves. But I hope that or other things above gets you going.

                     

                    Neil

                    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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