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Search in project not working correctly

Forum|Forum|7 years ago
January 6, 2019
10 replies
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So I know this worked earlier in my project but it seems as it's progressed the function is no longer working. As in I get no results for things I type, or completely non applicable results. Using the Find tool actually now crashes the program too.

Lastest version Windows 10

Coincident

Inspiring

It appears (for me at least), that this bug has been fixed in the latest version of Premiere 2025.

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epic_friendship4198

New Participant

Not for me, sadly. I have a huge project and this randomly stopped working.

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Evan5FE1

Participating Frequently

Me either. I came right to this thread today because this issue is occurring for me now. Per usual, it's a game of "Glitchy - Russian Roullette" when using Adobe software.

Coincident

Inspiring

It's been 5 years and this still was not fixed. The project explorer's search function randomly stop workings and there's no fix in sight. Why am I paying for this software?

johnk80054148

New Participant

Same here. This is incredibly frustrating. A basic program on even a computer from 1995 has a working search function. What is going on here?

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Evan5FE1

Participating Frequently

It has now been 6 years. Still broken. Typical Adobe product BS... unfortunately, not very surprising at all. Add this to overwhelming list of unsolved and unresolved problems that this software is absolutely riddled with.

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Peysha25

New Participant

i Solved this issue:
1) Downgrade your (.Prproj) at this website:

http://downgrader.elements.tv/

2) open your project after download (automatically download in your default download folder)

3) Now search in project is possible

note: you can replace and save this project on previous project that had "search problem"

i hope be helpfully 😉

J Schaap

Participating Frequently

This solution seemed to work for me as well. My project would leave out clips that should have appeared when I searched on a given term. I uploaded my project to the site tool mentioned above and it gave me a new project file. When I opened it in Premiere it complained that the file was too old and had to be upgraded. So, I saved this new version under a new name and the searches now respond correctly!

Kevin-Monahan

Community Manager

J,

I wouldn't trust any website like that with my project file. It's a hack that crudely alters the project file. Why not roll back the way approved by the Premiere Pro team, by exporting FCP XML? That usually does the job just fine.

Thanks,

Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community & Engagement Strategist – Pro Video and Audio

charlotteb88339972

Known Participant

Potential fix: / rollback to previous version

Open the Creative Cloud desktop app by clicking the Creative Cloud icon in your taskbar (Windows) or the Apple menu bar (Mac OS). If you aren’t automatically signed in, sign in using your Adobe ID and password.
Scroll to the app you want to install.
Click the arrow next to Install or Open. Then, click Manage.
Click Other Versions.
In the list that appears, find the version that you want to install, and then click Install.

Wes Howell

Adobe Employee

Hello,

Sorry for any inconvenience here.

We are investigating this issue internally. I have seen at least one case where particular media can cause problems (Jpegs) So media type may be a factor. There is still more investigation to do and I am happy to lend a hand here.

Does anyone have time to break down a project to isolate the cause or p possibly a small shareable project with media that reproduces this problem?

Wes

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Jer TAuthor

Inspiring

If I make a copy of my current project and just delete everything in it except for one imported clip that isn't too huge in file size which the search doesnt pick up, would that work for you if I can also put the clip in a dropbox to download?

Wes Howell

Adobe Employee

It sounds like what could have happened is that a particular type of media ended up "breaking" the indexing / search.

How many assets are you talking about here? If it's not too many, importing in chunks, saving and reopening at each stage would be an effective way to isolate / test.

There have been specific issues with certain types of JPEGs and we are investigating that. I haven't isolated other media types but would love to get cases to reproduce if there are others.

Wes

charlotteb88339972

Known Participant

Same problem with latest version of PP and Mas OS....

Tried all the suggestions from this thread and search only works with certain bins and ignores others.

I need this working as it is going to cost me hours of work. We have the same problem on other machines in work.

Can I rollback to an earlier version?

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AJPulford

Participating Frequently

Results of various tests trying to resolve this ridiculous issue. CC2019 13.02 (Build 38). OSX 10.12.6.

Reset prefs, caches - search not working
Reset workspaces - search not working
Make new project - import entire previous project - search not working
Make new project - import media direct from volumes - search working.
(As soon as you import an older sequence or paste/drag sequence in from another project, search stops working entirely)
Make new project, import XML of old sequence - search working unreliably - works for some things but can't find random clips
This might be an OK workaround for some people if they're desperate but of course you lose any bin structures
Make new project, then copy and paste (or drag) media in bins from old project to new project - search working (up to a point)
Make new project, then copy and paste (or drag) entire old project to new project - search not working

So. Can't really draw any conclusions other than this issue is frustrating as hell!

Sequences seem to be the problem. If you copy and paste footage bins only from an old project into a new project, search works OK.

As soon as I copy a sequence over then search stops working (after 10 seconds or so, which suggests a Premiere background process is deleting or corrupting the metadata search).

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Jer TAuthor

Inspiring

Mine stopped working properly at some point and what happened to cause it is beyond me. After a certain date, the search will work it seems, but anything that was in the project prior to some mystery date is just not recognized. EDIT: actually that's wrong, I can open up a bin and type the name of something I know to be there and it will come up blank, and this is newer footage

Peru Bob

Braniac

What version number of Premiere Pro?

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Jer TAuthor

Inspiring

Mine is the very latest through the subscription.

Peru Bob

Braniac

VidNoob wrote
Mine is the very latest through the subscription.

And what number is that?

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nelsonn92

New Participant

I have this EXACT PROBLEM! I have sound folders with hundreds of sound effects. I usually look up "whoosh" and I can find a file with that text in it... but now it will show me other files or no files at all.

Even when I copy and paste the file name itself in the search bar, no files will appear.

The Find Function still works in locating the file (it just obviously isn't as convenient.)

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RobShultz

Participating Frequently

You may want to re-set your preferences. With the application closed hold down shift/ctrl/alt and start the app.

Hope that this helps.

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Jer TAuthor

Inspiring

I got the message when opening asking if I wanted to delete my plugin caches. I said no to that. Not sure what that would do. I don;t want to reinstall my plugins.

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