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Hi!
So I'm editing this show and I've edited an episode from a folder of footage. I got back to my work on the project today but when I opened Premiere it seemed to be "pending" for a long time until I understood that no matter what (even after the file loads) the project won't play and the media won't appear in the program screen. I tried loading the files from other hard drives - same problem. Weird thing is - when editing other projects that contain files from that batch of footage - the whole project plays ok until it gets to one of those files, then it freezes again. I'm lost, didn't think of any solution.
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Hey Orr971,
This must be frustrating. Sorry for the issue. What happens if you import the files to a new project? Do you see this issue with a specific source file or all files from the same batch? If it's a single file, try transcoding it in ShutterEncoder and check if that works. Let us know. We're here to help.
Thanks,
Ishan
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HI!
Actually it's a ceryain folder full of files. Nothing special, just regular MXF. Just tried importing the same files to a new project and they seem to work fine. Thing is no matter what I try to do with the original project - I just can't. I wanted to collect the project and maybe after that the new consolliated project will work, it got stuck midway. I wanted to export an XML - maybe it would work on a new project if I import the XML into it - it froze. Can't play, can't preview files (source window)... What can I do? It's an important project
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Delete the Media Cache and Media Cache files:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro/faq-how-to-clear-your-media-cache-in-30-seconds-in-premi...
Then create a new project and import the original project into it.
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Tried it. Still stuck when I try to play.
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Have you tried transcoding the source file? You can also try creating proxies for your source files and check if that makes the playback better.
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Yea of course if I encode all of them to MP4 or something I can replace all of them but it's still weird.
btw
UPDATE: When trying opening the project on another MacBook - it worked. So what's wrong with it on mine??
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That seems odd. Are your source files stored in external or network storage? Do you see the issue if you import the file to a new project? Try marking in and out points and going to Sequence > Render In to Out and see if that makes any difference.
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Files are on an External HD, but I tried from another one and it's the same. Different editor's MacBook worked though... why?
Importing to a new project worked btw, it's onlky the existing ones with the specific files.
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Could you create a new project in Premiere Pro, go to Window > Workspaces > uncheck import Workspaces from Projects, import your project file to the new project, and check if you still see the issue?