After Effects: Video not playing in composition window

[John Cuevas]

You are in the footage window, not the comp window. Go into the comp window and press “0” on the number keypad to start a RAM preview.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[Arjun Sood]

Hi John,
Thanks for the prompt reply.
I tried running it on the composition window with an AE template as well, still facing the same problem.

Have a look at the screenshot:
https://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/541/dmx3.jpg/

Thanks
Arjun

[John Cuevas]

And you are pressing “0” on the number keypad to start a RAM preview, which renders and caches each frame to RAM?

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[Arjun Sood]

Yep, tried that.
Here’s the screenshot:

https://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/189/89fs.jpg/

Regards,
Arjun

[John Cuevas]

Are you trying to play that video off an external hard-drive?

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[Arjun Sood]

Nope.

C:UsersDownloadsAE Templatestemplate_namefilename.aep

🙁

Regards,
Arjun

[John Cuevas]

So you are using a template, when you have everything paused, is your comp window correct?

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[Arjun Sood]

I’f i understood u right, no i don’t see a still video even when paused.
Here’s a screenshot of the template loaded without playing a preview:

https://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/199/1a9q.jpg/

Regards,
Arjun

[Nqobizitha Mlilo]

Hi there!

I have the same problem! my composition window is justb blank!

I have an nVidia GTX 670m running on a toshiba Qosmio x870 with 16GB ram. I have 2 cards on the same system though, an intel and the nVidia GPU if that info helps!???

[Jake Camboia]

I’m having the same problem. “0” does not work. Any other suggestions?