The Project could not be loaded, it may be damaged or contain outdated elements.

[Omar22783395dvnb]

Hello, I need an urgent help!!

I've been working on a project for like 5 days, it is a 2 hours and 30 minutes full course, on Adobe Premiere Pro Beta. When I opened Premiere this morning and opening the project, a message popped up saying " The Project could not be loaded, it may be damaged or contain outdated elements." 

I need an actual help or my entire work for the last 5 days will be gone for nothing.

Ps: I tried to open one of the Autosave Projects, it also shows the same message. 

Thank you

[Ann Bens]

Moved to beta forum.

You do need to realize beta is what it is: beta, and advised not to use for important projects.

Try and open in 23.5 or 23.3 if you're not already updated to 24.0.

[Omar22783395dvnb]

Alright, will give it a try now. Will let you know if that worked out.

[Omar22783395dvnb]

I tried to open it in Premiere Pro 23.2.0, it popped a message says " This project was saved in a newer version of Adobe Premiere Pro and cannot be opened in this version " 

[Ann Bens]

Beta is at your own risk and guessing you did not make backups. Just relying on auto save. Auto save can get messed up too.

[Ann Bens · Accepted solution]

Not sure if you can still convert projects to older versions.

Open a New Premiere Pro Project on an Older Version -Mac - YouTube

Open a New Premiere Pro Project on an Older Version - Windows - YouTube

[Omar22783395dvnb]

Hey @Ann Bens Thank you for that, actually it worked. I simply followed the steps in the tutorial video and it worked. I updated my Premiere pro to version 23.5 and followed the steps and it worked. The sequences and the setting are intact. 

Thank you for saving me. 

[jennyg79932723]

I was so skeptical about this because the video is from 2018, and it is August 9, 2023, but it worked and saved me so much lost work I can't tell you. THANK YOU!!

[dwayneharris1202]

Dear Ann!

you are the GOAT! thank you!

[Ann Bens]

[Omar22783395dvnb]

It happened to me like a week ago. But I got it resolved by opening from the last Autosave file. But now it is corrupted I think. I will try to install the latest version of Premiere and I will give it a try.