Merged Clips Failure/This Project Contained a Sequence That Could Not be Opened…

[Vince Becquiot]

Hi Chase,

I’ve seen this happen with sequences made using an i/o card preset that is no longer available.

Eg. AJA / Blackmagic card or software that are no longer there.

Vince Becquiot

Kaptis Studios
San Francisco – Bay Area

[Chase Carnahan]

Hey Vince,

Thanks for your reply. My sequence settings are native to my 7D’s 1080p/24fps .mov files, and my audio files are both taken from my Zoom H4n @ 48.1 hz. (I create the sequence to match the files by dragging my clip to the “new item” icon.)

If it is indeed what you are saying, and PP 5.5 is creating a preset that is write-able but not readable, what are my solutions? Am I limited to just syncing and leaving all my clips/takes on one timeline? or moving them all to separate sequences and cutting from there?

If there is no workaround, are there other codecs I can go online and download for 5.5?

Thanks!

Chase

[Chase Carnahan]

Hey Vince,

Thanks for your reply. My sequence settings are native to my 7D’s 1080p/24fps .mov files, and my audio files are both taken from my Zoom H4n @ 48.1 hz. (I create the sequence to match the files by dragging my clip to the “new item” icon.)

If it is indeed what you are saying, and PP 5.5 is creating a preset that is write-able but not readable, what are my solutions? Am I limited to just syncing and leaving all my clips/takes on one timeline? or moving them all to separate sequences and cutting from there?

If there is no workaround, are there other codecs I can go online and download for 5.5?

Thanks!

Chase

[Steven Shippee]

I had the same error, to wit, “This project contained a sequence that could not be opened. No sequence preview preset file or codec could be associated with this sequence type.” in Adobe’s CS-5 Master Collection 64 bit edition of Premier.

It was a result of having installed the trial version 1st, which installs without the codecs.

The workaround is to install a new project after converting the trial version to a paid, registered version – then the new project will auto install the correct codecs and you are good to go after than.

Steven Shippee
Olympia, Washington

[Raffael Krieger]

SOLUTION on PC!

Open the project file in editor and search the entry: “.epr”
If there is something written like “I-Frame only…” replace it like that: “Microsoft AVI.epr”

Thats the preview format, which can come in a working project through importing some other sequences, which contain the i-frame preview settings…

Tell me if it works for You too!

[Hayley Harrison]

Hi there,
Do you know which codecs need to be downloaded in order to resolve this problem?
-HH

[Didier Jeanjean]

Hi there!

I got the same problem as you guys with premiere cc. When I merge a video and a sound, the next time i try to open the project i can’t and it says “This project contains a sequence…”

Did you find out the codecs needed to open project with merged clips?

I’m in despair right now… No one on any forums talks about this problem

Thanks a lot!

[Benoit Demarle]

Hi to all,
Exact same problem on Premiere Pro CC. A project that must be finished in a week cannot be open because of merged media (7D images + H4N sounds).
Does anybody has a solution for this ?
Thanks for your help.

[David Phinijdamm]

This works for me like a charm 🙂