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johnt53984649
johnt53984649
Inspiring
January 22, 2017
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Cannot Eject Removable Media

  • January 22, 2017
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This is mostly just a curiosity rather than a complaint or an issue, but I'm just wondering.  Whenever I have Adobe Applications such as Adobe Premiere Pro or Adobe Audition opened, I've noticed that Windows will refuse to let me safely eject flash drives or SD cards that are plugged in, but as soon as these applications are closed, Windows will allow me to.  It doesn't matter what type of removable media I have inserted; this is always the case.  I'm not quite sure why this happens though; obviously these programs can access the removable media to save files to it if necessary, but that's through the a Windows dialog box. I'm not sure why Windows won't actually let me safely eject the removable media whenever Premiere is open.  Does anybody have an explanation?

I'm running:

Windows 10

Premiere Pro CC 2015.3

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    Correct answer shooternz

    No, I never import the footage directly from the card.  I always copy the footage into a folder on the local drive and import the media into Premiere from the folder.  So Premiere doesn't actually import any footage directly from the card / flash drive.

    The reason that I may have a removable media in the computer could be for some completely unrelated reason, such as to view a document.  I'm typically forgetful and realize that I need to eject it at some point later in the day, perhaps when I have Premiere open.  Even though Premiere hasn't imported anything directly from it, Windows won't allow me to eject it safely until after I close Premiere.  The same holds true for several other Adobe products as well, such as Audition.


    PPro Browser will have recognised the Card as a "potential source".  You will see it listed in the Media  Browser.

    effectively ...Media Browser is "using" the Card just like explorer or Finder.

    2 replies

    shooternz
    shooternz
    Legend
    January 22, 2017

    Are you transferring your media to a local hard drive before importing it to PPro ?

    johnt53984649
    johnt53984649Author
    Inspiring
    January 24, 2017

    Typically that's the scenario but occasionally there are other reasons as well.

    shooternz
    shooternz
    Legend
    January 24, 2017
    but occasionally there are other reasons as well.

    ??? explain plz

    If the cards are being used as a source for the files...PPro will hold on to them  as "being in use"

    Its bad practice and high risk to work from the source cards.

    E
    excited_Genie16B8
    Legend
    January 22, 2017

    Premiere Pro might be holding open as an "accessible location".

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