Can't Open Project - Saved in a Newer Version - But I have the Latest

[Dirthmitore]

I have a project that was "saved in a newer version of Premiere Pro and cannot be opened in this version."

I have the latest version, believe me.

This was tried on another computer with the latest version of Premiere (23.6.0 from August).

With the exception of the project creator having a time machine, how can this happen?

[Peru Bob]

Try creating a new project and import the old one into it.

[Dirthmitore]

I just tried that, and when I tried to import the project, it gave me the same message.

(Also, thank you for your reply.)

[Stan Jones · Accepted solution]

I suspect it was opened in the Beta, which is project file version 42.  The next major version of PR (version 24) will be file version 42.

PR 23.6 is project file version 41.

You can check the project version, and change it, via instructions for downgrading. That may or may not work correctly. Be sure you backup your files.

https://helpx.adobe.com/in/premiere-pro/using/exporting-projects-applications.html#OpeningPremierePr...

There are also non-Adobe methods for downgrading a project file.

The disclaimer is that there is no guarantee that the older version will correctly work for any newer elements. So always backup all the relevant files.

Google "Downgrading Premiere Pro project file"

These methods generally unzip the .prproj, edit it in a text editor, and replace the version (42 for the current Beta and upcoming PR 24) with "1." The "older" version of PR opens the converted file and sees the version as "one" and therefore "older." So it converts the file to its own version.

Stan