Premiere Won’t Play Anything in the Timeline

[Jon Barrie]

This is an old post.

Have you tried to search for similar problems you are experiencing? Someone else out there with CS4 has most likely had this problem and found a solution. CS4 has been around for a long time now.

If you can’t find a solution, then start a new post with the details of your problem, version of the software you are using and specs of your system.

Cheers,

Jon Barrie 🙂

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[Andy Hawk]

As for video stuck on one frame while audio continues playing. Sounds like you are trying to deal with an old avi codec that CS4 doesn’t recognise.

I had this before when someone handed me some footage to edit. They had exported as .avi but from a camera that was an ancient relic !

Turns out I needed the mjpg decompressor. You may need a different one depending on what camera the footage came from. I discovered which one I needed by dropping the problem clip into AE project panel then tried to play it directly in the project panel (don’t play it from a composition as it will play fine in comp windows). When playing in project panel it came up with :
“can’t find vids:mjpg decompressor”

here’s a link to the mjpg decompressor if you need it

https://smart.pannoninteraktiv.hu/video/codec/mcjpg30.zip

after installing (by following readme notes in the zip)close Prem cs4 then reopen the project so it can recognise the missing Codec….Voila ! fixed.

http://WWW.FootageNest.com

[Thomas Brecheisen]

This worked for me:

Remove the Aggregate Devices plist file.
1.Open the Finder and navigate to /YOUR_HD/Library/Preferences.
2.Rename the com.apple.audio.AggregateDevices.plist file, or move it to the trash.
3. Restart Soundbooth or Adobe Premiere Pro and retry.

I didn’t even have to restart, but if you have the same issue I did (which sounds like you did) hopefully this will work.

[Rick Sebeck]

For others searching for a solution…

I was having the same problem. Timeline stopped playing. Viewer still acted normal, other sequences played fine. just one sequence would not play. All of my clips were multicam – one stereo track of audio in their preferences. One track soloed in the sequence view of the clips One of the clips in the sequence I opened in sequence view and enabled another track (I wanted to hear that mic for that moment).

The issue didn’t start at first. But I have tracked it back to that. If I mute the track I enabled in the subclip the sequence the clip is used in will play again. Must be some audio down mix bug.

Editor

[Glenn Delaney]

Had this problem earlier today. I’m editing with content off a hard drive. I closed down my anti-virus software and the timeline plays with no issue now.

May have just lucked out, but as soon as I did this I noticed the problem was rectified.

I use 360 Total Security, which at times can be a little invasive with some tasks. Hope this helps.

[Kelso Nygaard]

Hey man 🙂 try to give premiere more ram. by going to: edit\prefrences and give it more!