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nickdibiase
Participant
August 26, 2018
Question

Photoshop Elements 2018 Organizer will not play videos

  • August 26, 2018
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PE 2018 Organizer will not play videos. The following will happen randomly;

1. You get a thumbnail, hit play nothing. Hit stop and you can close the screen but video never plays.

2. No thumbnail with same result as 1.

3. You get the "preparing video" thermometer that just cycles forever; force quit required.

4. Playing freezes PE; force quit required.

All kinds of non-repeatable variations. Videos never play. No error messages.

Windows 10, Intel Integrated along with a Nvidia GTM 660.

I have tried shutting down the graphic cards; that only ends up in black screen when trying to play (GTM 660). Tried using Nvidia control panel to set graphics cards; nothing.

Any experiences would be helpful.

Thanks, Nick

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Known Participant
October 2, 2018

I have the same problem playing videos under PSE2018.

I can play the same video from PSE12 on the same computer.

Win 10 with Intel HD Graphics 520.

Has anyone looked into ths problem? Nick's post is one month old.

MichelBParis
Legend
October 2, 2018

What's common in both posts is that the video format is not stated.

That would probably help other users to understand better your issue.

Known Participant
November 30, 2018

Hi,

could you please try creating a slideshow with videos and share what the results are? does slideshow playback occur? Do the videos play inside of the slideshow?

Thanks


Just installed PSE2019, and converted the catalog. There are no problems with ethe playback of videos.

Thtied PSE2018 again and the problem persists (using old/renamed catalog). Also, the slideshow was generated but it doesn't show anything except the black screen. Interestingly, when I select the media on the left it shows the still picture (from the video of the picture) but it turns black again when I hit play.

I will out the next 5 days.