Premiere CC project file and all auto-saves corrupted

[Charles Smiley]

I had the exact same problem using PP CS5.1 So they have a possible legacy bug. Something made every copy of the ppj corrupt and even the autosave versions. As I would try each one, it would become corrupted upon opening – until none were left.

[Steve Brame]

I recently had a similar situation. I was having many issues with Premiere Pro CC, and decided to re-install. After re-install PPro wouldn’t recognize many media types, including AVI’s exported from After Effects. I then decided to do a reformat of the system drive and reinstall of Windows and everything. Now many of my projects and their auto save versions are showing as corrupted. Even the backup versions are corrupted.

Normally I’d suspect a disk problem, but my auto saves are on a separate drive, and the backups on another, plus I’ve run checks on the drives and no errors are reported. Then I read your post.

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Steve Brame
creative illusions Productions

[Jim Townley]

I have had the same problem with CC and I think I have figured it out, at least for my situation. I restart a project by double clicking on the Project file instead of starting CC and selecting the project file from the splash screen. Even today, when double clicking on the project file, I got the damaged file box. When I say OK the Premiere Pro splash screen comes up and it is CS6. (I still have CS 6 installed on my computers)

I then right-click on the project file and select “Open With…” and CS 6 is the default. Even though I have told the file that CC is the default in the past. It doesn’t happen every time, but it happens enough to be annoying. So, I select “Open with…” CC and the file opens without a problem.

This might not be your problem exactly, but it happens to me enough making me want to start CC first and then select the project. That way I know CC is starting.

Regards, Jim

Jim Townley
Television Production
Chattahoochee Technical College
Marietta, GA

[Steve Brame]

Thanks Butch! I’ll give it a shot. After my total reinstall I had also installed PPro CS6 to get Encore, so that may actually be my problem.

Asus P6X58D Premium * Core i7 950 * 24GB RAM * nVidia Quadro 4000 * Windows 7 Premium 64bit * System Drive – WD Caviar Black 500GB * 2nd Drive(Pagefile, Previews) – WD Velociraptor 10K drive 600GB * Media Drive – 2TB RAID0 (4 – WD Caviar Black 500GB drive) * Matrox MX02 Mini * Adobe CC
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“98% of all computer issues can be solved by simply pressing ‘F1’.”
Steve Brame
creative illusions Productions

[Steve Brame]

Well, sad to say that it doesn’t seem to matter how I open the files. They all appear corrupted. I’ve found that I can go backward opening Auto-Saves, and I’ll finally find one that will actually open.

Asus P6X58D Premium * Core i7 950 * 24GB RAM * nVidia Quadro 4000 * Windows 7 Premium 64bit * System Drive – WD Caviar Black 500GB * 2nd Drive(Pagefile, Previews) – WD Velociraptor 10K drive 600GB * Media Drive – 2TB RAID0 (4 – WD Caviar Black 500GB drive) * Matrox MX02 Mini * Adobe CC
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“98% of all computer issues can be solved by simply pressing ‘F1’.”
Steve Brame
creative illusions Productions

[Jim Maclaren]

Thanks Jim,

But unfortunately opening the project that way also doesn’t work for me.

[Jim Townley]

Sorry guys,

It was worth a try.

Jim Townley
Television Production
Chattahoochee Technical College
Marietta, GA