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Inspiring
May 12, 2016
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Log Premiere startup info re: extensions

  • May 12, 2016
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I have an extension bundle that loads when Premiere starts up and it stopped loading today and can't figure out why.
I'm on CC 2015.2, Windows 7.
I'm hoping there's a way I can get Premiere to print out running information to the console when calling the .exe. I already tried looking in the .log files generated in ~/AppData/Local/Temp but nothing useful is output there.

My hope is there's a command-line arg that I can pass the Premiere.exe to print out information. I see it can be done on OSX and was curious about the same capability on Windows.

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Correct answer Bruce Bullis

Yes, that's one of the locations where production distribution works - the location isn't the problem.

I'm just looking to see if there's some feedback I can obtain from launching Premiere from the CL so I can determine something like an extension not loading because it can't find the files.


We never test following symlinks; PPro expects the actual files to be in the right location.

You can also turn up the log level, next to where you turned on the loading of debug panels:

The LogLevel key can be updated at the following location (The application should be restarted for the log level changes to take effect):

  • Win: regedit > HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Adobe/CSXS.6
  • Mac: /Users/USERNAME/Library/Preferences/com.adobe.CSXS.6.plist

For example of Mac, in the terminal do:

defaults write com.adobe.CSXS.6 LogLevel 6

CEPHtmlEngine Logs

In CEP 6.1 and later releases, CEPHtmlEngine generates logs. Each CEPHtmlEngine instance usually genereate two log files, one for browser process, the other for renderer process.

These files are generated with the following naming conventions:

  • Browser process: CEPHtmlEngine<versionNumber>-<HostID>-<HostVersion>-<ExtensionID>.log
  • Renderer process: CEPHtmlEngine<versionNumber>-<HostID>-<HostVersion>-<ExtensionID>-renderer.log

For example:

  • CEPHtmlEngine6-PHXS-16.0.0-com.adobe.DesignLibraries.angular.log
  • CEPHtmlEngine6-PHXS-16.0.0-com.adobe.DesignLibraries.angular-renderer.log

They are also controlled by the PlugPlug log level.

CEF Log

In CEP 4.0 - 6.0, the Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) in CEPHtmlEngine also generates a log:

  • Win: C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp\cef_debug.log
  • Mac: /Users/USERNAME/Library/Logs/CSXS/cef_debug.log

In CEP 6.1 and later releases, this log is merged into CEPHtmlEngine log.

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Thomas_Szabo
Inspiring
May 12, 2016

Is Premiere not loading or your extension? If it´s the latter, do you have a .debug file in your extension? This would allow to remote debug your extension in a Chrome browser.

Inspiring
May 12, 2016

It's not registering the extension bundle, which I think is due to a symlink issue that I'm currently trying to debug - but it would be nice to have a "file not found" somewhere as a confirmation that I'm headed in the right direction.

Thomas_Szabo
Inspiring
May 12, 2016

So does your extension work if you put it in this location? ->

C:/Program Files (x86)/Common Files/Adobe/CEP/extensions/