What is a .prin file?

[MisterAdvent]

With build 58, I notice a .prin file is created with the project. Windows says it's an "Adobe Media Intellegence Project Index File."

What's that supposed to do???

[Alexander_DVA]

Thank you for your feedback.

This is used by the new Media Intelligence feature (https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/media-intelligence-and-search-panel.html) for searching your project based on visual information. You can find the new search icon in the top right of the header bar. The index file stores all the processed information about the clips in your project so it is immediately available when you reopen it.

Best regards,
 Alexander

[Michel5FFD]

How can I switch it off, when activated by accident? It slows down my computer extremly.

[Alexander_DVA]

You can switch off media intelligence indexing by e.g. going to the export screen and pushing the toggle on the right menu, or in the preferences under media intelligence.
Could you help us with the specs of your system? Our aim is to not impact the editing experience in Premiere Pro even when indexing - is that the case for you? or are only applications outside of Premiere Pro slowed down?

Best regards,
 Alexander

[defaultie80qt8fs51y]

This is annoying. Please make AI "features" options to be enabled by the user, not the default. Seconding the importance of keeping project folders clean of unnecessary files. 

[Kristian36543945pm37]

I tried switching off this indexing using your method but it still saves a .prin file next to my premiere project files. I like to keep my working files and folders clean so this is really annoying. Is there any other way to stop media intelligence indexing?

[robert29103352t0bz]

I cannot find a way to turn it off eaither. Does anyone have update fix?

[Paul Alexandr25561048qtbu]

no one cares about this feature, it's annoying and creates way too much clutter in a folder. either have it disabled by default, or just remove it from premiere altogether

[RogerAtCat]

It would be useful for archival purposes if we could read the metadata it generated or embed it into the media for our catalog program. As is, it's clutter.

[roberts2771643]

A bit of feedback... this is annoying. Please keep our project folders clean of chuff and send these files to the cache or similar scratch folder. Also... please add the ability to change all of the scratch/ cache folders at once as you can in Avid. It's equally tedious to have to change 8 folders ever time I open a co-workers project. 

[keithm38544575]

Having a .prin file created next to every premiere project is truly obnoxious.  If it was in a sub-folder like previews or auto-save it wouldn't be so bad, but to have a file created in the same folder for a feature I don't plan on using.

Turning off cache in "Media Analysis & Transcription" didn't work either, it still creates the file when I save a project.

[Alexander_DVA]

Thank you for your feedback - you can fully turn off media intelligence by disabling the "analyze all imported media" check box in the preferences like this:

[Felix22616688hsys]

I turned off this option as shown in your latest post, but the file is still generated. I have tried restarting the program, the computer, I turned off some other options in this window just to test, but nothing works. As soon as I remove the file, return to the premiere pro-window, then back to my project-folder, the file reappears.

[robert29103352t0bz]

Same thing with me! I turned it off and it still shows up when I have the project file. @Alexander_DVA how is this turned off? 

[Allen5CE0]

I changed the "Cache analysis results for re-use" drop-down to "Do not cache" and that seems to have stopped the .prin file from being generated. Hope that's helpful to others as well!

[Allen5CE0]

Nevermind it still came back. Booooooooooooooo Adobe.

[keithm38544575]

I did this and it it didn't work.  It's still creating .prin files when I save.  At least on a Mac (2022 Mac Studio Sequoia 15.3.2 and 2023 Mac Mini aslo 15.3.2). 

If it creates a .prin file and I delete it, it won't create another one on that computer.  But if I open a project and save on a different machine, the .prin comes back.

[mattchristensen · Accepted solution]

In addition to turning off the visual analysis setting, you should also clear out your media cache. If your media cache has previously-created analysis in it, that will cause the .prin file to re-appear. Once you clear your media cache and turn off this preference, you won't see .prin files being created.

To fully clear the cache:

1. Close all projects
2. Preferences > Media Cache > click "Delete..." next to "Remove Media Cache Files"
3. Choose the second option, Delete all, click OK
4. Premiere Pro will restart

[Felix22616688hsys]

I can confirm that this worked for me!

Easiest is to restart premiere without opening a project (just closing your projects while in premiere didn't work).

But after that, following these steps worked!

Thank you for the help!

[Abbottoklus]

In addition to turning off the visual analysis setting, you should also clear out your media cache. If your media cache has previously-created analysis in it, that will cause the .prin file to re-appear. Once you clear your media cache and turn off this preference, you won't see .prin files being created.

To fully clear the cache:

1. Close all projects
2. Preferences > Media Cache > click "Delete..." next to "Remove Media Cache Files"
3. Choose the second option, Delete all, click OK
4. Premiere Pro will restart

By @mattchristensen

This worked for me, thanks! Instead of clearing my entire cache I just navigated to the folders and deleted the analysis cache folder.

It would be great if there were a button or right-click/alt menu item to analyze selected footage the same way you can for transcribing audio. Having to toggle the setting off and on in preferences works but is pretty tedious.

[waldemarker]

Same here, even if clearing all caches (without open projects) and switching all options off, the prin file is still created after saving project.

But even worse, Premiere takes over a minute to open a projekt, even if mostly empty.

I have disabled antivirus and tried to save as copy, but it's still painful slow. How to resolve both problems?

[Abbottoklus]

@Alexander_DVA

adding my voice to the masses to confirm that even after disabling all intelligence options, the .prin file is still being created.

Also if you are someone who wants analysis enabled, there should at least be an option to save it in the autosaves folder instead for folder cleanliness.

[Alexander_DVA]

thank you for your feedback. Let me take this to the team if we can find a solution that works for everyone and is more flexible.

Best regards,
 Alexander

[JolinaE]

Could there be an option for the .prin file to save somewhere else, not next to my .prproj? Thanks 

[DopamineO]

Yall, gotta find a solution for this folder destroying thing, it creates a mess..