[James Cundill]

I know this is an old post but I ran into this and didn’t see the correct answer anywhere.

You can change the default base in Project Settings (not preferences) under the Time Display Style tab.

Set it to 25 in there and it fixes the issue.

[James Cundill]

I know this is a little late (maybe three years late) but I have come across this problem a few times and I believe the problem is related to Time Remapping or Intrinsic effects (like, position, scale, opacity) being modified that for some reason freaks After Effects out.

Try removing all the effects (especially time remapping) from the clip before replacing with an after effects comp. Your clip has a little ‘fx’ box in the top right corner. If that is Yellow then there is still some sort of Intrinsic effect applied and you may still get the error. If that is the case then its possible that there are some stray key frames in the time remapping. Set it to 100% and then remove all key frames by clicking the stopwatch.

If anyone has any joy with this or comes up with a better solution let me know!

I’ve found that premiere doesnt handle time remapping well at all. It tend to do things like reset source timecode on a clip to zero. It makes it very tricky to conform in other programs. Even After Effects!