Play button not working after 5 clicks. No playing video, source or timeline

[Chanel24265924cuba]

Hi, 

I have an issue with Premiere Pro. After using the play button for a couple of times, the play button stops working and I can no longer see video, play a video in the source screen or play the timeline. When I restart Premiere Pro it works for a couple of times and then stops working for a couple of times again. 

I tried the sollutions that were suggested here: https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-discussions/premiere-pro-video-not-playing-in-source-mon...

I also tried to change the audio hardware, but both sollutions are not working for me. 

I don't want to restart hundreds of times within building one video. Is there another way to fix this issue? 

Thanks!

[LeeLorenzSr]

I am having the same issue, and it's very frustrating.

Ryzen 9 9950X

128GB

RTX5090 latest Studio drivers

I have tried running Premiere 2025 with a clear desktop, i.e. on startup without loading ANYTHING else.

Sometimes, I can get through a few clips I am trying to make subclips of, before the SPACE-TO-PLAY functionality fails, either while playing, or prevents me from playing. I can't scrub, so the actual controls are failing, as well. At one point, a clip had been playing, but the display froze, while the sound continued to play. Adobe: Please fix this already. I've seen other threads going back a few years, of similar issues, where keys stop working. Resetting the layout does nothing. Restarting Premiere only works for a short time. Sometimes, Premiere also freezes on exiting.

As a developer (40 years at major companies), this is frustrating, I can work with your engineering team to figure out what is happening though, if your QAs cannot recreate.