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Premiere Pro unable to load third party audio plugin

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April 19, 2020
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Dear Community,

I have Premiere Pro CC 2019. I can't get Premiere Pro to open as it always ends up showing the error message: 'Premiere Pro is unable to load third party audio plugin...'. I have checked that the related folders in Library have 'read and write' priviledge. What else can I do to fix this problem please? Do I need to download audio plugin? or do these plugins come with the programme itself?

Thank you so much,

Amy

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paleditor

Inspiring

Here is what worked for me: go to /Users/you/Library/Preferences/Adobe/Premiere Pro/ in this folder you will find several numbered folders that contain preferences for previous versions of premiere. In my case - I am on the latest build which is 23 as of today. Turns out my folder "23.0" had the wrong permissions and so Premiere wasn't able to write anything to it. Highlight the folder for your build, click [command + I] to bring up the folder info and make sure all three levels (system/staff/everyone) are set to read+write. Also double check that all your folders in the above path are set to that. this fixed it for me. I'm on a mac, but I figure it works similarily on a PC. good luck.

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Michael Grenadier

Legend

thanks for posting your solution. Not sure who's at fault here, Apple or Adobe or both. I realize Apple is trying to protect us from being hacked, but seems to me, they could make things clearer when permissions need to be changed when doing an installation of a new or update installation.

bea90666948

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2021(version 15.4.1) , I had the same issue and I've solved simply deleting ~/Library/Preferences/Adobe/Premire Pro/15.0 folder. And restarted the program.

All my setting is gone, so I need to start as default setting but at least it fixed the scan at launching the software and the warning message.

Hope it works for you too 🙂

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gactie

Participant

That worked! Thanks for posting this solution. 👌👑

F2L Films

Participant

The only solve I've found for this is < system preferences < users & groups < add new user < select "adminstrator" in the drop down for "new account" instead of "standard" < logout of your current user and log back in under the new account < do not select backup documents to icloud < start Premiere Pro. This is what worked for me. I could not find a way to make it work with my current user setup.

It may work if you do select backup to icloud, but I think the permissions error was happening because PP was trying to access the plugins that may have been on icloud, but the icloud folder is locked by default, so it couldn't access it. I tried unlocking, but got the pinwheel of death and gave up. Life's too short. LOL.

May be more of a work around than a true "solve," but I'm not getting that stupid error anymore, so I'm gonna put it in the win column.

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Utsuk25011956kpbb

Participating Frequently

I haven't fixed this because I don't want to mess things up unknowingly but in my /library folder , in all of the folders and files - when I click on get info, my username is not displayed al it says is "fetching...", system, wheel and everyone with system having read and write and the others are read only. But since this is the main /library folder and not the ~/library folder, I don't believe creating a new admin user account will help. My problem may be the existence of this "fetching...." and absence of admin permissions. If I click on + and try to manually add permissions, there's my user, a second admin user, "administrators" and "_fpsd".

if someone understands the problem I'm having and how to fix it, pls reply. My iCloud also repeatedly asks for a password even though I keep entering the right one and even though it's already logged in. I have to click cancel twice otherwise it just keeps asking repeatedly. Dont know if that's related or not.

F2L Films

Participant

Anyone solve this yet?

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Michael Grenadier

Legend

Have you tried managing your plug-ins with

https://www.digitalrebellion.com/promaintenance/

I'm pretty sure there's a free trial. Allows you to customize what plug-ins are available for specific programs...

certainly worth a shot. You might also tell us the specifics of your system and exactly what's happening...

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Roland22668945soe6

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Got the same problem as the others. Everytime I start premiere, the audio plugins can't be loaded. I tried it with pro maintenance to disable all plugins but the problem is still there.

I got a MAC MINI, M1, 2020, 16 GB RAM using mac os montery 12.1

thanks for your help

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Den61139

Participant

Same problem here!!!

I've tried all the solutions,,,,,reinstalled and set all the permissions in the folder "Library/Audio/Plug-Ins" to "Read & Write."

(My OS Version is 11.0.1, I use Premiere Pro 2020)

I just can't figure out why all the Apple AU Plug-ins are not working, it's weird.

Can anyone help me to fix this ? you guys are so kind !!!

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erartist

Participant

I also have this same problem that began with the 2020 version of Premiere. I even tried removing the /Library/Audio/Plugins/VST directory from the list in the Audio Plugins manager but it still looks for this list of non-existent plugins. Working on a MacBook Pro mid-2015 OS 11.2.3 Intel core i7 processor 16GB ram Intel Iris Pro 1536 graphic card.

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Dena5FE7

Participant

I have tried everything. Adobe, any answers?

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Michael Grenadier

Legend

please tell us what you tried. it's not that I don't trust you... but... sometimes we can waste a tremendous amount of time on a problem because we have incomplete info. Please tell us your system specs: OS version, Premiere version, amount of RAM, Hardware specs including graphics card And please describe exactly how the problem manifests itself.

SamLevine

Participant

This is a premissions issue. This has nothing to do computer specs. Adobe, why don't know about this???

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MIKE01AC

Participant

Any solution to this? I've been running Premiere without issue until today. This error message suddenly appeared.

Kevin-Monahan

Community Manager

Does the plug-in need to be updated, Mike? Can you check?

Thanks,
Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community & Engagement Strategist – Pro Video and Audio

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fosforuscw

Participating Frequently

Has anyone foud a solution to this? Maddening. I've uninstalled and reinstalled Premiere twice now, but the issue still persists.

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Michael Grenadier

Legend

have you checked with the 3rd party plugin manufacturer's to confirm that the versions you have are compatible with the version of premiere you're running?