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arthurbusco
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March 11, 2025

V1 source patching disabling everytime I drag a mp3 to the timeline

  • March 11, 2025
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I've been editing videos full of inserts for years, but I've never had this problem. Every time I drag an mp3 file from the media browser, V1 disappears, and I can't drag any type of video to the timeline. Only after I double-click on the video, and it opens in the source monitor, does V1 reappear and I can drag videos again. This is slowing me down. I've always been able to drag mp3 and mp4 in sequence without any problems. I don't know if it's a bug, but since I haven't changed the way I edit, and I've never had this problem before, I believe it is, or at least a change on how things work. For years I never had to open the mp4 file in the source monitor before dragging it to the timeline, this was never an obligation until now. Is anyone else having this problem too? Does anyone have a solution? Is this the new normal after some update? Is there a way to have source patching always on?

Thank you!

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    Kevin-Monahan
    Community Manager
    Kevin-MonahanCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    March 12, 2025

    I think it could be your prefs. Just locate them and place them on the desktop while you do the reset preferences test. Hope you can try that out.

     

    Cheers,
    Kevin

     

    Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
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    arthurbuscoAuthor
    Participant
    March 12, 2025

    Thank you for the anwser! I'm a self taugh editor, professionaly since 2018, and am still struggling to know whats right and wrong. lol

     

    I'm using the lastest version, 25.1. I don't remember having this issue before, but can't find people commenting on it.
    I uploaded a small video to show the problem in action, I have two monitors so I capture just the timeline, but off-screen I'm only dragging a mp3 and a random video from media browser. See how I can't drag both in sequence? V1 desapears and doesn't come back when I try to drag a video. It's like premiere locks the last source patch used.

    I'm leaving this video here so people with the same problem can see if it relates to them! I'll try deleting media cache.Hope I don't neer to reset my preferences.

     

    IanB_360
    Community Manager
    IanB_360Community Manager
    Community Manager
    March 11, 2025

    Hi @arthurbusco 
    Which version of Premiere Pro are you currently using? Have you checked to make sure your video tracks are selected in the sequence so that you can drop them into the sequence? If you need more then let's discuss the details by 

    jumping to the link here  How do I write a bug report and follow the steps to providing more information about your bug, we will gladly take a look.

    Thanks 

    Ian

     

      Kevin-Monahan
      Community Manager
      Kevin-MonahanCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      March 11, 2025

      Weird. When you click on any item in the Project panel, source patching should automatically be enabled for that media type, @arthurbusco. I could not reproduce your issue on my Mac here. As Ian asked, see if you can manually set source patching for A1 and V1 then.

       

      You should not need to load a clip into the Source Monitor to "wake up" source patching, even though it is the "standard" way to mark clips, create subclips and/or perform a three point insert or overwrite edit.

       

      If you are, indeed, finding that automatic source patching is not working, and you are on the current version, you might consider other troubleshooting steps, like resetting preferences or deleting the media cache. I find the best way to do that is to press Shift at launch for the reset options dialog box. Do so in that dialog box. Note that you will lose customizations when trashing your preferences.

       

      No, currently there's no way to leave source patching enabled for V1 and A1 in a persistent manor. I do like the idea, though, and have suggested it to the team in the past, but automatic source patching should work. You can request that feature, if you desire. If automatic source patching is not working, though, something is amiss. I have seen this problem before, but it's difficult to reproduce here. Like I suggested, it could be that your preferences went haywire or you are selecting an audio only or video clip from a dubious source. Personally, I avoid .mp3s for any professional work.

       

      When I was an editing instructor, I made sure that my students knew the pitfalls of dragging and dropping clips into the Timeline haphazardly. The technique should be called "Drag - Check Source Patching _ and then-Drop." That's how other NLEs behave as well. You really, really have to be aware of making sure source patching is set right before making the edit. As a funny aside, may who have taught themselves editing don't even know what an Insert edit is, nor how to create an Insert edit by dragging/checking/and dropping! 🙂

       

      I hope the information helps you. If not, be sure to lay out the fine details so that engineering can figure out what's going on here. Trust me, it's not normal. I hope we can help you.

       

      Take Care,
      Kevin

       

      Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
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