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Premiere pro Corrupted file
(working in Adobe Production premium CS4)
Hi,
I am working on a rather large file for a client. I have almost completely finished. I exported to encore yesterday. Today when I returned and tried to open the file premiere hangs half way through loading and will never load.
I have gone back to autosave and can open a previous version but when I save that version as another name in another location or even same location it will not open (same hangup result.
I have tried importing to a fresh file and get a hang as well.I have seen an error with the Dynamic link. I think that might be the error.
I have tried the trick of creating the premiere shortcut and placing it in the Dynamic link folder but thats not working either.Trying to avoid re-installing everything…any ideas?
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4 Replies
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Are you using a Mac or Windows?
Using a mac I would like to think that you had time machine running.
Using Windows I would like to think that you had a system restore point somewhere during your project.
Because it sounds like some part of the configuration of things changed more than a corrupted file.
But you might try recovering versions of the files before the event. If you’re in Win 7 look up previous versions…this has been a life saver.
On mac, time machine should provide you with a file prior to that.
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PC – Win7
Regarding your response, I’ve made no updates or anything. I did find a much earlier file to recover from…However it just happened again.
A result of a crash while right clicking on a clip in a bin. Not sure how much I have lost at this point. I cant imagine what could corrupt a file so badly – I can open a previous save but any re-saves are corrupted. Additionally, i cant imagine continuing to work with a software that can have such volatility. At this point its costing me money. -
I absolutely can’t say I blame you. I’d have swept everything off my desk, through the window, and out onto the fire escape by now.
For what it’s worth…which may be nothing at this point…I skipped CS4. I have Win 7 64 bit, and I played around with CS4 for a few days and it did seem…I don’t know…unresponsive, a bit unstable. So I just took it off my machine and continued working in CS3.
I tried CS5 just for Ultra, because I had an fine-haired keying deal that I wanted to do without having to patch it all together, and I found that all-around CS5 is much more snappy and stable….for me.
Sorry I couldn’t be of help.
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No worries, I appreciate the empathy – I think I found a way to recover.
Move all clips into a different directory
re-open and “skip all” when it wants to find the files
replace the footage one by one.Stand on one foot and recite the boyscout pledge while coming your hair.
That last one is important (oh well…makes about as much sense as the corruption itsself)
Unfortunately I have a ton of clips…but it seems to have worked…so far…
Its outrageous that I should have to go to these lengths…thinkin’ premiere still needs some time to get to another level before it can really be called “Pro”.
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