Video not displaying in full during playback in Program window

[tstockard]

I'm working on my first project and I noticed that after I've dragged my clip in to the timeline and click play to preview it, it's cut off the video and not showing the full width or full height. I've tried playing with some settings, and I've tried searching for some tutorials about this, but haven't found anything.

My raw clip displays just fine when I view it in Windows Media Player.

Should I see the full size video in the preview window during playback, or will it export correctly?

[Meg The Dog]

Do your sequence settings match your source file properties?

Is your Program monitor display zoom level set to "Fit"?

MtD

[tstockard]

Which settings specifically? The video displays correctly in the source panel. Both are set to Fit and playback resolution at 1/2. Can you please tell me what other settings to check?

[Meg The Dog]

Do your sequence settings match the properties of your source footage?

Click anywhere in the timeline, then go to the menu Sequence > Settings to see your settings for the timeline.

Are they what you expect them to be?

MtD

[Jim_Simon]

Adobe Premiere Pro Learn & Support

[Sumeet Kumar Choubey]

Hi thersher,

Usually, this may happen if the frame size of the media files used is different from the frame size of the sequence.

Please right click on the media in the Project panel and select Properties. Look for Image size.

Then, highlight your timeline with the sequence loaded and click Sequence > Sequence Settings. Look for Frame size.

Let us know if these two are different or are the same.

Thanks,

Sumeet

[Jessica5E88]

There were great instructions. I came here with the same issue and your suggestion allowed me to fix it in 45sec. Thank you.

[Lacy28211523srbs]

So VERY helpful, thanks for the clear easy instructions. I've been searching for a while.

[Kathryn33008191vi60]

But what happens if you have two different lenses/aspect ratios in the same sequence? The sequence was opened and formatted to my first lens, but once I changed, it's no longer cooperating. Or am I wildly missing something here?

[jennifer35020217hqlo]

Filmed on iphone 15 pro, in HD 4k and when I imported the files, didn't realize the media file is different from the frame size of the sequence. Footage was cropped in and couldn't figure out why even though I had the setting at "fit" and checked sequence setting under Widescreen 16:9. After I checked the media properties, I realized it was filmed at 3840x2160 so I changed the frame size to these dimensions under "Sequence settings > frame size" and typed in 3840x2160 and it worked. Thank you! 

[tstockard]

So I also had an image in the timeline, and the video was picking up the dimensions of that image, I discovered. I deleted them both, then added the video back into the timeline first, then the image, and everything worked fine. Thanks for the help!