• Adobe Premiere Pro

  I cannot get my clips to play

  Posted by Scott Elkins on October 21, 2011 at 3:05 am

  Help, I have run out of ideas. I’m a new convert to Adobe Premier Pro cs5.5 from
  Final Cut Pro 7. I have a MacPro, 32GB ram, Snow Leopard, everything up to date.
  Yesterday I worked on a tutorial from Linda.com, downloaded the work files, everything
  worked great, life is good. Today I started Premier Pro, dropped a clip into the timeline,
  hit the space bar to play…nothing happened! OK tried another clip, still nothing.
  I Imported some P2 footage that I had been working on in FCP, still nothing. Even tried
  some still jpeg pictures, nothing. I can scrub without any problem. I can use the jog wheel
  without any problem. I can use the shuttle without any problem. I can use the arrows
  forward and reverse without any problem. Anytime I try to play a clip, either in
  the timeline or the source window, it will not work. I have tried using the space bar,
  the “play triangle”, the “J” “K” “L” keys but no luck. I reinstalled Premier Pro and that
  did not help. I am sure I have done something stupid, but I have run out of ideas.
  Remember everything worked fine yesterday, does anyone have a suggestion?

  Scott Elkins replied 14 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
• 4 Replies

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  Jeff Pulera

  October 21, 2011 at 1:50 pm

  Hi Scott,

  This happened to me once where the spacebar wouldn’t work, and it was because I had the “loop” button highlighted under the Program window, check that first.

  Jeff Pulera
  Safe Harbor Computers
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  Scott Elkins

  October 21, 2011 at 2:12 pm

  Thanks for that info. I just checked that and the loop button is not highlighted. But that’s something I didn’t know until now.
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  Kevin Monahan

  October 24, 2011 at 3:56 pm

  Try the steps in this document: https://kb2.adobe.com/cps/842/cpsid_84287.html

  Kevin Monahan
  Sr. Content and Community Lead
  Adobe After Effects
  Adobe Premiere Pro
  Adobe Systems, Inc.
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  Scott Elkins

  October 24, 2011 at 5:50 pm

  Thanks to everyone. I found that my video card was not up to the task.
  I was using 3 monitors and I eliminated 1 monitor and everything
  works great. I still don’t know how or why it worked before. I guess
  I will have to get a CUDA card if I want 3 monitors. After using
  Premier Pro I don’t think I need 3 monitors. My current arrangement
  I use my 27″ for the program and use my 22″ monitor for viewing.

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