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September 10, 2017
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premiere pro: how to make the play head return to initial play position in windows 8

  • September 10, 2017
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using windows 8. please tell me how to make the play head return to it's initial play position in premiere pro. an example of what i would like to happen would be if i pushed the space bar to play from the source monitor or the timeline with the play head at 10 seconds, let it play for 3 seconds, hit pause, then hit play again to start playing from 10 seconds. currently it will always play from 13 seconds with no fixed play position, in this example. obviously all numbers used in the previous example are arbitrary. i am aware that i can hit enter to jump to the beginning of the entire project but that is not what i want. i am also aware that i can use "mark in" or "add marker" and then use shortcuts to jump back to them as a way to set play position but this is extremely inefficient and impractical when trying to quickly preview the project or clip over and over from the same play position to monitor changes being done. in fl studio, for instance, if you left click any bar in the playlist's timeline, it will move the play head as well as the play position to the location that was clicked. in fl studio, for example, if i hit play at 10 seconds, let it play for 3 seconds, hit pause, then hit play again, it will start playing from 10 seconds. if i wanted to resume playing from 13 seconds instead, i would simply hold ctrl before pausing. if i wanted to resume playing from the beginning of the entire project, i would simply hold shift before pausing. fl studio is not an adobe product and was merely used as an example to illustrate what it is exactly i am looking for but surely there must be something similar to the basic timeline navigation of fl studio's playlist timeline in adobe premiere pro's timeline that i am unaware of. thank you in advance.

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    wesleyb15470697
    Participant
    March 27, 2024

    I see a lot of complicated answers for your simple question.  I found your question because I too am coming from a different NLE and am learning Premiere.  The simplest way to go back to the beginning of the clip is to press the up arrow, or down arrow to go to the end of the clip.  The space bar works as a simple playhead stop/start.  Shift+space bar seems to send the playhead to the beginning of the timeline, like the enter key.

    Participant
    April 1, 2024

    I've since moved to DaVinci Resolve where it's a simple checkbox.  But thanks for posting. 

    Participant
    April 3, 2021

    Add me to this chorus.  I've been seeking the "play-stop at previous start point" function as a holy grail since I was dragged kicking and screaming from Vegas Pro lo these many years.  It seems so simple to create and useful. 

     

    Reading this post I'm recalling all the features of Vegas Pro I miss but I'll refrain from the complain.  But, you really can't save without stopping playback?  Not that important but it bugs me. 

    Participant
    October 1, 2021

    Here is your answer. https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-discussions/premiere-pro-cc-2018-how-to-prevent-autoplay-after-render/m-p/9682867

     

    Above the box he denotes, there is "at playback end, return to the beginning when restarting playback."

    Uncheck BOTH boxes. the one in red that is circled, and the one two above.  I'm over explaining, if you can read they should make sense why they will work.  I hope this helps.  I started using adobe 2 days ago and I immediately wanted to fix this.  Render ONE clip at the end of a project and it forces me to scroll all the way through the timeline, what a waste of out time!  Happy hunting and good fortunes.

    Participant
    October 1, 2021

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    May 31, 2020

    You could do this by setting pre-roll in edit > preferences> playback to 0,post-roll to something comfortable like 15 seconds or so. Then change the keyboard shortcut function of spacebar from play-stop toggle to play-around. But this also poses a problem where you cant find a hotkey to pause the playhead. It would have been perfect if I found a solution for this too.

    Liveshots
    Inspiring
    November 24, 2019

    I'm reluctantly commuting from Vegas to Premiere and finding this very annoying too. Vegas gives the simple option to use the space bar as 'pause' or 'stop & return' just like Soundforge. I can't help you out but I can amplify your thoughts in saying that PP is shockingly unefficient and seems like it was programmed by people who never looked at other softwares.

    December 5, 2019

    Absolutely. I've mentioned this to other Adobe users and they say 'Why would you need a function like that?' I gues this is how indoctrinated you can be. i've seen so many techniques taken from Vegas and added to other NLEs in the past. Why not just allow this as a shortcut option? Like you say it seems like the programmers have never looked at other programs and have never edited anything. it's such a waste of time not being able to return to the same place. This one ability is what has stopped me from using Premiere for so long. 

    Sterphy
    Known Participant
    June 17, 2019

    I'm finding this really, really frustrating. Why, with in and out points, is the play/pause button sending the playhead all the way back to the start of the comp?? This isn't answered - it's a flaw in functionality. No other NLE or DAW I use does this.

    Participant
    September 13, 2018

    You can get the same functionality using the "Play Around" (Shift+K) button and changing the Pre-roll default seconds from 3 to 0 on Preferences > Playback.
    I used Sony Vegas in the past and without that missing feature, I was struggling since it affects my workflow a lot.

    Participant
    August 20, 2023

    I actually put it to 60 seconds and change the shortcut to "space" (usuall play is "shift+k" now). And it's perfect. 

    Participant
    August 20, 2023

    i mean the preroll is 0, post roll is 60

    Ann Bens
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 10, 2017

    You can set in and out point on the timeline and play video in to out (you can even make as kbsc for it)

    dwilly531Author
    Participant
    September 10, 2017

    yea by default "i" is "mark in" and "enter" is "play video in to out" but i was hoping there was some way to make it so that i could just hit "space" for "play" and "pause" and have it go back to the initial start position without having to mess with "i", "enter", and "ctrl + shift + i" (to remove "in"). guess i'll just mess with shortcuts for now. thanks for quick reply.

    Ann Bens
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 10, 2017

    I use the selection tool to select the clips I want to see.

    Hit forward slash.

    Hit Video in to out or Render in to out.

    Ctrl+shift+X removes in to out.