My video timeline is auto-playng!

[Sue_Zan404]

I opened up Premiere Pro CC to continue working on a video I'm making, but the video is automatically playing & I can't stop it; I can't click on the playhead, and, since the audio track is already in place, the video plays though & I cannot stop the playhead to place clips.  Also, this is only then my mouse is hovering over the timeline & then I move the pointer over the clips in the project panel, then that list auto-scrolls!

I updated the program to see if it helped, but I still have this problem.

What do I do??

[gerikp · Accepted solution]

Could it be that perhaps you have a keyboard button or a mouse button stuck? If you are on a desktop try opening Premiere Pro again and when the behavior starts happening unplug your mouse and keyboard from your computer. Not sure what you would do if you're on a laptop. Once I was having a weird behavior happening and it turns out that the bluetooth mouse I had in my backpack was on and the button was being squashed by something.

You could also try the often recommended reseting your preferences and plugin-cache.

Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) while launching Premiere Pro. You can release the Alt key or Option key when the splash screen appears. To reset preferences and plug-in cache at the same time, hold down Shift-Alt (Windows) or Shift-Option (Mac OS) while the application is starting.

[Sue_Zan404]

No buttons were stuck, but resetting my preferences & plugin cache fixed it!  Thank you so much!