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Felix5EB2
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December 24, 2020
Answered

Black screen on random parts of the video (Nested sequences)

  • December 24, 2020
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So, I've had this problem for years now, but always found some way to work around it without fixing the problem.

I edit a video and when I'm done and wanting to export soon, I notice problems with nested sequences. I know there have been a lot of similar, solved cases, but none of the explanations helped for me. It's not like Premiere can't find the clips, just random parts of those nested sequences are blank. If I click on the sequences that are making problems, the clips inside look perfectly fine. This has costed me countless hours over the years.

Thanks in advance!

    Correct answer Felix5EB2

    Since I haven't found any way to fix it, there is one way that in my particular case "solves" it. Basically I go into the nested sequence and render the stuff in there, then I replace the sequence with the now rendered clip. Do that, in case somebody has this exact scenario too.

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    GunarsKlavins
    Participant
    April 10, 2025

    5 Years later this problem still exists and there is no fix 😄

      FionntanDempsey
      FionntanDempsey
      Participant
      April 10, 2025

      Change the opacity of your clip by 0.01

        jeremyr45339484
        jeremyr45339484
        Participating Frequently
        April 14, 2025

        Can attest: adjusting opacity and/or adjusting the speed of a clip brings it back. so dumb... but ill take it for now.

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        Nick_UIPA
        Participant
        November 27, 2024

        I FIGURED IT OUT!! I ran into this issue using multi-cam on a nested sequence that had two different shot angles in it. The error occured after I was turning the top layer inside the nest on and off and when I went back to the main sequence parts of the nest were black. Randomly to troubleshoot I went into the export screen and after I came back the glitch went away. I hope this helps 

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        Vito23415602vtae
        Participating Frequently
        April 15, 2023

        Dont know if this helps but for me in this specific scenario, it did. I had a ton of 2 frame clips for a stop motion sequence. Then I nested all the clips so that I could speed ramp manipulate everything. After I made the speed changes, I went into the sequence and added some additional frames. The nested clip then showed black screen at the end even though, there vere video clips available. The logic behind it seemingly was: after the speed ramp, te nested sequence was "shorter" and even though I added some clips and stretched the nested clip to its full lenght, premiere still thought there were no clips. 

        Solution: I delited the speed changes all togather, then stretched the sequence to its full lenght and then added the speed changes.

         

        It seems premiere REALLY struggles with anything speed changing related. Warp stabilizer, position keyframes, nested sequences...Its absurd.

         

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        Vito23415602vtae
        Participating Frequently
        April 15, 2023

        Nevermind. The problem reouccured. As I said. Absurd.

         

        FionntanDempsey
        FionntanDempsey
        Participant
        April 15, 2023

        Try changing opacity of your clip or nest to see if it reappears (I'm curious)

        FionntanDempsey
        FionntanDempsey
        Participant
        March 27, 2023

        Non of the recommendations I've seen on YouTube such as changing the rendering settings or Google Chrome GPU fix have worked for me. Weird thing I have noticed is that when I change the opacity, the clip appears on my screen (even when lowered) so I decided to go into the nest and add an adjustment layer and move the exposure up by 0.1 and the nest appeared on screen again ( with very little change) still very frustrating but it's the only thing that has helped. I'm not sure if proxy's are a reason why or maybe the cable from my hardrive is faulty ( I'm not editing off SSD)

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          P1TW
          Participant
          March 3, 2023

          Just to add that this still hasn't been fixed three years later. I don't have the time to render out all my nests.

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            Eder30641723dw4p
            Participant
            June 21, 2023

            Just had this problem. One nested sequence that was cut up throughout the timeline went black for those parts. I clicked on each part and disable multi-cam for that clip and it showed back up. 

            Hope this helps. Still haven't rendered the complete sequence so no completely 100 percent sure

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            Eder30641723dw4p
            Participant
            June 21, 2023

            didn't work after rendering so i restarted premier and it worked then.

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            AZMV
            Participant
            December 3, 2022

            SOLVED! Watch this
            https://youtu.be/Ak6YapU3pMk

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            Bek Dunick
            Participant
            June 30, 2022

            Two years later and there's no fix to this annoying issue. The only workaround after scouring forums & trying all the suggestions, is that I have to export out the nested sequence (at the same quality as original footage), then drop it back into Premiere and work with a flattened clip. What a giant waste of time... so so annoying, especially when you're on a deadline. Wish Adobe would tend to these things rather than bring out new fangled features we really don't need right now.

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              Geoffrey27605525b3dz
              Participant
              October 6, 2024

              Welcome to Adobe: where they overcharge you for a monthly subscription and then the basic features of the app don't even f%$king work!

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                some intern
                Participant
                April 7, 2022

                Turn the group of clips into a subsequence and then nest them. it's worked for me!

                chelsead76887865
                chelsead76887865
                Participant
                March 25, 2024

                Done that, nest greyed out.

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                Felix5EB2AuthorCorrect answer
                Participant
                December 24, 2020

                Since I haven't found any way to fix it, there is one way that in my particular case "solves" it. Basically I go into the nested sequence and render the stuff in there, then I replace the sequence with the now rendered clip. Do that, in case somebody has this exact scenario too.

                  davids58395606
                  davids58395606
                  Inspiring
                  December 24, 2020

                  Happens to me a lot too and it's a pain in the ass, nesting / multicam areas of Premiere pro can get pretty buggy annoyingly, have you swapped to software only rendering? It's not really helpful considering it slows down a sh*t ton but it's better than nothing.

                   

                  Also I found unchecking 'composite in linear colour' in the sequence settings has fixed a lot of random issues that it really shouldn't affect... but maybe worth a try as well

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                    Felix5EB2Author
                    Participant
                    December 24, 2020

                    Sadly, that doesn't work. I should also mention, that I can't really try switching to software only, because then my gfx can't render. Already tried that. Thanks for taking your time, though!

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