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mingyeongk86628550
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Jun 14, 2019 4:42 AM UTC
Answered

Space bar is not working

Hello,

I have problem with space bar in After Effects.

From some point, when I press the space bar to preview an video, nothing happen..

I tried All things that I could do which people recommended to.

I tried..

1. restart the program

2. Change the Setting (Space > Shift+Space > Space ...) > 'Shift+space' is working, but this can't pause the video.

3. reinstall AE with - (1) same lastest version, (2) remove adobe programs with adobe cleaner (3) low version that I had (15.1.2) <adobe supporter recommeded

But Nothing Happened

Now I use Num pad 0, but it can't pause the video, which work with space bar, only play from the beginning.

How can I fix this? ;-(

Thanks,

Leah

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NasirAltafCorrect answer
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Dec 27, 2020 12:45 PM UTC

Change your Audio Hardware settings in Preferences and assign correct audio output. It works

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ikoviak
ikoviak
Participating Frequently
Dec 19, 2022 6:10 PM UTC

Put your computer to sleep. Close the laptop lid if you have a laptop. Open it back up, and wake up the computer. The spacebar and other shortcut keys should work again.

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B.bayarugtakh
Participant
Nov 19, 2022 5:15 PM UTC

1. Go to C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\After Effects\"version"\aeks   and open the text file (it's your shortcut)

2. search (ctrl+f) for play.

3. change "TimeShiftSpacebarPlay" = "()"  "TimeSpacebarPlay" = "()" to "TimeShiftSpacebarPlay" = "(Shift+Space)"
"TimeSpacebarPlay" = "(Space)" in the ["CDirItemTabPanelTime"] section.Preview

4. save

5. restart AE

 

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sawpno23113393524l
Participant
Mar 22, 2022 3:01 AM UTC

Thnakuou so much

 

 

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tylerm30086065
Participant
Oct 13, 2021 9:04 PM UTC

I had this issue because my PC's keyboard language was accidentally switched. Changing it back to US did the trick.

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Edward Chiou
Participant
Oct 9, 2021 5:18 AM UTC

The following is my WORKED trying:

Turn Chinese mode into English mode, then the trouble is gone!

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    Kimberly5C6A
    Participant
    Mar 21, 2021 12:20 AM UTC

    I keep running into this problem as well.  Turns out it was associated to an audio issue.  I went to Edit >> Preferences >> Audio Hardware and changed the device class to MME.  For whatever reason - that worked!

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      Emmanuel5F9E
      Participant
      Aug 10, 2021 9:14 PM UTC

      This worked for me! Thanks!  

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      omerf63366080
      Participant
      Feb 12, 2021 1:38 PM UTC

      I also faced this issue Half an hour ago and I simply saved the project as it is closed After Effects and open the project file again and its working again using spacebar.

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      Ryan5E7A
      Participant
      Mar 19, 2021 12:36 PM UTC

      simply closing and re opening AE fixed this issue for me

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      mingyeongk86628550Author
      Participant
      Jul 10, 2019 1:40 AM UTC

      Thanks for your all efforts, Gerard, Qupta! ,and sorry for late reply

      I tried resetting the preferences (default settings)

      It did not work!

      and Gerard, I checked the keyboard shortcut, which was in default setting, it still not working.

      Instead, I solved the problem with alternative!

      I changed a preview's shortcut from 'space' to 'ctrl+space'.

      It successfully Work!!!

      May be the problem of my computer, because I had same problem in Premiere Pro, either. which was recently found.

      That's not a solution what I exactly wanted, I feel great that I can use preview toggle.

      Best regard,
      Kim.

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        gupta shivangi
        gupta shivangi
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        Jul 10, 2019 2:18 PM UTC

        Thanks for letting us know what helped you, Kim!

        I'm sure it will be helpful for other users as well. Give us a shout if you need anything else.

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        NasirAltafCorrect answer
        Participant
        Dec 27, 2020 12:45 PM UTC

        Change your Audio Hardware settings in Preferences and assign correct audio output. It works

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          Rick GerardCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          Jun 14, 2019 5:35 AM UTC

          Check the Preview Panel settings. That is the first place you should look. It is visible in the Default workspace.

          If you have not changed any of these settings try trashing your preferences. Shift + Alt/Option + Ctrl/Cmnd when you start AE gives you that option.

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            mingyeongk86628550Author
            Participant
            Jun 14, 2019 5:54 AM UTC

            Thank you for answering,

            I changed the setting

            Also tried start with Shift+Ctrl+Alt and trashed setting,

            Still Space bar don't working.

            It's really weird...

            Numpad 0 and even Shift+space bar are working

            Only except for space bar

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              Rick GerardCommunity Expert
              Community Expert
              Jun 14, 2019 6:05 AM UTC

              Check your keyboard shortcuts.

              Reset Preferences.

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