Was creating a video, saved everything, now red screen pops up (cannot read .prel file)

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November 8, 2018
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Hello everyone,

I was creating a video with Adobe Premiere elements and everything was going well until I rewrote the files I saved (all video clips and sound) as different names. I saved it, it was working fine, then when i restarted my computer the next day, the adobe reader says it cannot open .prel files, because a codec isnt installed. This has never happened before, and when I ignore the message, it cannot even read any of the videos on sequence. This is very annoying, because I spent a lot of time on this video so far. Plesae let me know what the issue is if you guys know this problem, it would be helpful.

Thank you

Mark

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Correct answer Peru Bob

See here to replace the files with the renamed ones:

Adobe Premiere Elements Help | Replace footage

rego121Author

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Thank you all for the help!

williebegoode

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Hi Rego121,

Try the following:

1. Put all of your project assets in a single folder (directory) Call it 'Repair'. This includes videos and graphics and any other imported assets.

2. Open your project file.

3. Open your Project Assets window and double click the "broken" links. (A 'broken icon' appears in all of the cells in your Project Assets)

4. When you double-click each broken icon, a directory appears; open the Repair directory you stored all of your asset files in. Find the missing asset in your Repair directory and choose it.

5. Repeat Step 4 until all of your asset cells in the Project Assets windows have replaced the 'broken icon' with a thumbnail of the linked asset.