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Matt33064761lmsz
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October 20, 2023
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The Importer reported a generic error after premiere pro 2024 upgrade

  • October 20, 2023
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Hi,

My project has all of a suddent begun to encounter the issue with 'the importer reported a generic error' after I did the autoupdate to Premiere Pro 2024. This project had been faultless up to now.

 

I tried an in-app media cache delete and then an in-system media cache delete via explorer (windows). After the in-app delete nothing changed. After the in-system a different set of assets emerged with the same generic error issue to before i deleted the cache. Am i going to need to re-render these files? They're not specific to one format type. They're all MP4 H264 from different sources. I've not moved the assets across drives. It worked last week and now it doesnt work.

 

Any thoughts or anyone else experiencing this issue after the 2024 update?

    Correct answer Matt33064761lmsz

    Hi @Britt331415233a1a & @Matt33064761lmsz,

    I read your messages. This sounds like a problem you can have with new versions of applications on macOS. See if these steps help your situaiton: https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/kb/premiere-pro-hangs-on-launch-on-macos.html

     

    If not, you can also try the following: https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/multi/preferences-folder-read-only-error.html. 

     

    Let us know if either of these troubleshooting docs helped, or if you need more assistance. I sure hope we can help.

     

    Thank You,

    Kevin


    Hi.

    Progressing my troubleshooting. The suggestions from @Peru Bob didn't seem to make much sense to me but I tried them and no success. Something I realized that was similar to @Britt331415233a1a was that my assets were all stored in a sync'd onedrive folder for access and backup (stored locally and also backed up on onedrive). I moved the assets to a dedicated local drive and it seems to have solved the issue in the main, although there are still a few items that have the same conflict still.

     

    I am wondering what the issue is with it being on a cloud backed up location, whether i be dropbox, onedrive or something else?

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    DadManBlues
    Participant
    June 10, 2025

    Hey Guys, I just opened up the up-to-date Premiere Pro 2024 after not using it for months. I created a new project and tried to import simple 1080p/30 GoPro videos but I can't import anything because I get the 'The importer reported a generic error.' message.

     

    Let me wish the developer who created this uttely uninformative error message to poop a cactus. I can't accept that more than 18 months after the original report it's still an issue...

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    DadManBlues
    Participant
    June 10, 2025

    My bad: it's not Premiere 2024 - it's 2025.

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    Sebastian26721671o2hb
    Participant
    March 24, 2025

    I added a "-1" to the name and it has seemed to fix it. All the other options in the thread didn't work for me

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      Adedayo_Taiwo3714
      Participant
      June 6, 2025

      This actually solved the problem...Thanks alot......was already thing how to edit 3hours worth of event all over again

       

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        Niya360
        Participating Frequently
        September 17, 2024

        I'm trying to move a project from PP2023 to PP2024 due to export errors on 2023.

        First annoying thing: colours of clips in Timeline changed.

         

        Second and most important:

        I get the message:

        "Offline material is present in this export and has online proxies attached. Offline material will be encoded using the proxies."

         

        PP doesn't bother to give a list of the offline material.

        So, I followed advice elsewhere in the forum and created a Status bin that shows me the offine files. This is a useful video:

        How do I find offline media in my Premiere Pro timeline? 

         

        On Right click properties the 'Link Media' function is greyed out.

        So I have to select Reveal Original. Then Right Click and Link Media.

        I try to relink the file to its original path, a folder on my external drive where I have all my Assets. PP does not like this and shows me another error message:

        'The importer reprted a generic error.'

         

        So I find the same file on another folder in my external drive where I have created a Packaged version of my project.

        This seems to satisfy PP. Everyone needs a change of scenery.

        I do this with all the offline files one by one.

        I guess if I didn't have the packaged folder I'd need to copy the original files to another folder and relink there.

         

        And that's half of my work day. Thank you Adobe.

         

        My system:

        Dell Laptop

        32GB RAM

        NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU v560.81

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          Heba39050929ygms
          Participant
          August 7, 2024

          I have a Macbook and im having the same issue. i tried renaming the files as well as moving it to different files and it wont work. I shot a music video and all the footage works just fine except one. I have the music viceo release this weekend and im panicking.

          joes78255959
          joes78255959
          Participant
          June 22, 2024

          I renamed the file(s) in question and they worked fine again. VERY WIERD and SUPER FRUSTRATING. Contact Adobe support for a discounted 1 year as a compensation for a whole day blown in my case.

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            Kyle26248369lnqk
            Participant
            June 25, 2024

            I have been getting an odd assortment of clips that are having the generic import error and renaming the parent folders of the video file just did the trick.  Granted this is going to have to be an ongoing process and I have a strict file-naming system so this does eat at my soul a bit. Please sort this out Adobe and I promise I'll never update again lol.

              joes78255959
              joes78255959
              Participant
              June 20, 2024

              I have the same problem, seems the only option is to downgrade, what a bunch of CRAP ADOBE!!!!

                TheRomeroEffect
                TheRomeroEffect
                Participant
                May 30, 2024

                Okay community, I normally try every trick in the Adobe, Creative Cow and Google book. I renamed folders, then file names individually. To no avail. Before stressing and trying everything else, I decided to re-download Premiere 2023 and open up the last known Premiere 2023 project file.

                Everything auto reconnected nicely after 1.5 years. I then saved this into a new project file and opened it up in 2024. "Worked like a treat!" -Tony Stark

                Ehilbert
                Ehilbert
                Participating Frequently
                April 25, 2024

                Hi. It doesn`t  seem a solution to me if I have to keep moving folders everytime I open the project. I´m doing it for some months know and It is very annoying and time expensive

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                  brettm18373522
                  Participating Frequently
                  February 4, 2024

                  I too have just been affected with this issue.  I have tried older drivers but the only thing that works is using Adobe 2023.  Unfortuntately, I am days in on an edit in 2024!! 

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                  brettm18373522
                  Participating Frequently
                  February 4, 2024

                  I was able to resolve. Close project. Delete all your media cache. I suspect my drive letters changed and screwed things up somehow.  

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                    Gerson28250313mde4
                    Participant
                    January 18, 2024

                    Be very careful updating to premiere 2024 specially if you are in a middle of editing with deadline to finish involve, this thing give me headache of generic error,  in my case gives me a lot of buggy error..thats why sometimes im not excited if there is new update program release because of stability..good thing i have a backup premiere 2021 i have no error accur unlike premiere 2024 a buggy program..the idea of update is to improve the program not the opposite, giving editor a lot of headache figuring what the heck is goin on with the software compromising editor with deadline edit to finish..bydwy im adobe paid subscription.

                     

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