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Space bar keeps going BACK to beginning!

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December 9, 2018
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I'm editing a comp for a school project and when I pause (space bar) and press play (space bar) the playback goes BACK to the beginning of my comp and not where I had paused it in my timeline. I'm trying to see my progress from when I'm editing in my timeline without having to watch the video from the beginning. How do I stop this? I must have hit a few keys of selected something to mess up my spacebar functions

Correct answer aisling38264867

Dave you're being super unhelpful and honestly quite patronising – heres the answer to your problem:

Go to Window > Preview.
In the Preview menu, select the Play From option, the drop down has two options: Current Time or Start of Range.
Select Current Time to preview the video from any point in your timeline.

Hope that helps!

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aurelial75030569

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Hello, I've had the same problem driving me crazy - currently using AE 2025 - but realised if you go to the Preview Window and check ' Move time to preview time' it's solved !

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seans17

Participant

I know this was like 6 years ago but if anyone is still having issues.

1. Make sure current time is on

2. Move time to preview time

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Cyrus36406235dqsk

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Thank you for helping

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Jim29350518v9b2

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I also got caught with this problem. I wanted the timeline to simply stop and start when i hit the space bar, but it kept jumping back to where it had started.

Turns out you need to have "move time to preview time" ticked and

"Play From" set to "Current Time".
I can understand now how the preview gives you the best of all worlds and is very nicely accommodating to many ways to preview.

Can't tell you how much of a relief this was, hope it helps.

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Ali229702453ac3

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For me what worked was keeping it play from current time then at the bottom I clicked move time to preview time and i unclicked the (if caching play cached frames) and it should work now :))

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Luis5D5F

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In the preview module in the right change the DROPDOWN - PLAY FROM - from BEGGINING to CURRENT TIME

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James231746506c7g

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Yes - When I updated to 2022 it changed the Play From: to "Start Of Range". So it was always starting from the beinning or start of the composition. To fix this do what exactly what LuisD5F states you need to change it to "Current Time" - You can not change it in the (Composition>Preview>Play Current Preview). That does not work. You have to change it in the preview window.

simonh77045225

Participant

Anyone coming here in 2022 asking about space bar preview and the cursor returning to the start, there is a checkbox in the preview section _ move time to preview time – below, On space bar stop

deirdreholanda

Participant

I'm having the same issue but I can't find Window > Preview, it's just not there so I can't find the menu where I can change this setting, it's driving me insane... I should clarify I am very new to this program.

Panzer_Runner

Participant

Have you tried pressing shift+space? I'm having the same issue where I can't find Window > Preview, but I solved the spacebar going back to the beginning by pressing shift+space.

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aisling38264867Correct answer

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Dave you're being super unhelpful and honestly quite patronising – heres the answer to your problem:

Go to Window > Preview.
In the Preview menu, select the Play From option, the drop down has two options: Current Time or Start of Range.
Select Current Time to preview the video from any point in your timeline.

Hope that helps!