Black screen whenever I open premiere pro

Report · Aug 06, 2025

Hi,

When I open up premiere pro, I get the usual page that shows your projects but the main window that opens behind that is just a black screen. When I click on a project, the screen changes but I'm trying to use scripting to automate some parts of the editing. Now that there is a black screen, the script can't open up the project anymore, but it used to.

I have premiere pro 25.3 and a 2070 super with the latest driver (577.00).

I am using a jsx file to automate premiere pro and media encoder. I have attached that file (removing personal filepaths) alongside a screenshot of what I'm seeing.

How do I fix this? Thank you very much in advance.

// =========================================
// batch_daily_export.jsx
// ExtendScript for Adobe Premiere Pro CC/2025
// =========================================
(function () {
    // === CONFIGURATION ===
    // Use double-backslashes for Windows paths
    var TEMPLATE_PROJECT = "";
    var SOURCE_FOLDER    = new Folder("");
    var OUTPUT_FOLDER    = "";
    var PRESET_NAME      = "H.264 High Quality";  // AME preset
    var SPEED_PERCENT    = 6000;                  // 60× speed = 6000%

    // === UTILITY: pad single digit numbers ===
    function pad(n){ return n<10? '0'+n : ''+n; }

    // === Compute today's date string ===
    var now     = new Date();
    var dateStr = now.getFullYear() + '-' + pad(now.getMonth()+1) + '-' + pad(now.getDate());

    // === Gather clips for today ===
    var allFiles   = SOURCE_FOLDER.getFiles("*.mp4");
    var todayFiles = [];
    for (var i = 0; i < allFiles.length; i++) {
        if (allFiles[i].name.indexOf(dateStr) === 0) {
            todayFiles.push(allFiles[i]);
        }
    }
    if (todayFiles.length === 0) {
        alert('No clips found for ' + dateStr);
        return;
    }
    todayFiles.sort(function(a, b){ return a.name.localeCompare(b.name); });

    // === Open the template project & get first sequence ===
    // Correct method to open a Premiere project via ExtendScript
    app.openProject(TEMPLATE_PROJECT);
    var seq = app.project.sequences[0];

    // === Clear existing clips on Video Track 1 ===
    var track = seq.videoTracks[0];
    while (track.clips.numItems) {
        track.clips[0].remove(0);
    }

    // === Import, place, and speed-up each clip ===
    var currentTime = 0;
    for (var j = 0; j < todayFiles.length; j++) {
        // Import into Project
        var imported = app.project.importFiles(
            [todayFiles[j].fsName],  // file path
            false,                    // suppress UI
            app.project.getInsertionBin(),
            false                     // don’t import into new bins
        );
        var projItem = imported[0];

        // Place on timeline at currentTime
        var clip = track.overwriteClip(projItem, currentTime);

        // Apply speed change
        try {
            clip.setSpeed(SPEED_PERCENT);
        } catch (e) {
            // fallback: manual property access
            var comp = clip.components[1];          // Time Remapping component
            comp.properties[1].setValue(SPEED_PERCENT, true);
        }

        // Advance time cursor by the sped-up duration
        currentTime += clip.end;
    }

    // === Queue to AME ===
    app.encoder.launchEncoder();
    var outPath = OUTPUT_FOLDER + '/' + dateStr + '.mp4';
    app.encoder.encodeSequence(
        seq,
        outPath,
        PRESET_NAME,
        0 // don’t close Premiere after queue
    );
})();

Report · Aug 07, 2025

Confirming: PPro opens fine, if you're not trying to invoke a script, right?

How are you executing that script?

Black screen whenever I open premiere pro

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