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chaostoon
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May 14, 2012
Question

Premiere CS6 won't open my project, gives error message.

  • May 14, 2012
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Premiere CS6 is saying "This project contained a sequence that could not be opened.  No sequence preview preset file or codec could be associated with this sequence type."  The project is all .SWF files and it was working just fine.  It all of a sudden started this.  How do I fix this?

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SamEuston
Participant
August 1, 2012

Premiere CS6 is saying "This project contained a sequence that could not be opened.  No sequence preview preset file or codec could be associated with this sequence type.  I just received this error message, this morning.

What I found interesting is that no project that I had worked on in CS6 (or their backups) would open (a little scary).

There was a person who previously had a this issue, he created a new project and saved it, and that sequence allowed him to open his other projects.

I followed his suggestion and when I saved the new project, the message screen appeared prompting me to sign into the Cloud.

I was then able to open all my projects.  This is an undocumented feature, that I hope will be addressed SOON ! ! !  In my research, it appears that it has been around since May.

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Beauteous_Wave1549
Participant
August 10, 2012

Same problem here. My CS6 project could not open anymore. I got the message ""This project contained a sequence that could not be opened.  No sequence preview preset file or codec could be associated with this sequence type."

Workaround that worked for me:

  1. Create a new project
  2. Create a new sequence
  3. You get a message that the software is running in trial mode
  4. Klik on "Register" and sign in with you Adobe ID
  5. Restart Premiere
  6. Now my project can open again
Clover@New Story Media
Clover@New Story Media
Participating Frequently
August 17, 2012

Here is the solution. It appears this a Creative Cloud Issue. Very simple fix:

  Solution 1: Deactivate, and then reactivate Adobe Premiere Pro   

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      Launch Adobe Premiere Pro by clicking the application icon. Do not attempt to load a project file.   

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      Choose New Project, then create a project. The settings you choose in this step are not important. Launch Adobe Premiere Pro so that the Help menu is available. 

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      Choose Help > Deactivate. Then on the Deactivate, screen click the Deactivate button. 

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      Launch Adobe Premiere Pro as you did in Step 1. 

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      On the Sign In Required screen, click the Sign in button.  

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      If prompted, sign in with your Adobe ID. The full list of sequence presets is reinitialized. 

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      Open the project the generated the error to ensure that it opens correctly. If you are still unable to open your project, contact Adobe Technical Support. 

                                          

  Solution 2: Re-create the Adobe Premiere Pro preferences and plug-in cache   

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      Get ready to press the Alt (Option) + Shift keys simultaneously. 

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      Launch Adobe Premiere Pro by clicking the application icon, and immediately press and hold the Alt (Option) + Shift keys. 

    •      Continue to hold the Alt (Option) + Shift keys down until you see the Welcome Screen.

      Note: If the preferences have been reset successfully, the Recent Projects area of the welcome screen will be blank.

                                            

http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/kb/missing-sequence-presets.html

SpaceCherryFilms
SpaceCherryFilms
Inspiring
May 15, 2012

I got the same message. And I didn't do anything to the project but edit it, save then reopened it.

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chaostoonAuthor
Participant
May 15, 2012

Sounds like we officially found a bug.

SpaceCherryFilms
SpaceCherryFilms
Inspiring
May 15, 2012

Okay now I'm missing my Sequence Presets...the only thing I did do was update Adobe Media Encoder to 6.01.

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chaostoonAuthor
Participant
May 14, 2012

Didn't change any settings.  Importing and exporting the files the same dimensions and framerate as they are.

It may be a glitch.  I restarted my computer and retryed a few times and it did eventually open back up. 

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Adobe Employee
monstremoi
Adobe Employee
May 14, 2012

OK -- good -- sometimes glitches happen

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Adobe Employee
monstremoi
Adobe Employee
May 14, 2012

What project settings are you using? Did you change them in any way, or customize them, before you had this problem?

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excited_Genie16B8
Legend
May 14, 2012

I'm afraid the only suggestion I can think of is to not use SWF files.  They're meant for final delivery, not editing.  You start with real video, and end up with SWF.

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