[Jeff Goin]

Designate one sequence a “Main” (or something like that). It will be your main output.

As you probably noticed, each sequence you create shows up in the project window just like clips. You can drag and drop your other sequences into “Main” in whatever order you want them to appear. In fact, you can treat them like clips which allows for some handy effects processing.

Then, when you go to export, have the “Main” sequence selected and that will be exported.

Jeff G.
“If there’s air there, it should be flown in” – FootFlyer.com

[Jeff Goin]

James,

Yes, they are in several dozen folders, organized by date then location.

I’m starting over but would like to find out what’s the best way to prevent a recurrence so I’m continuing to try resurrecting my corrupted project.

One thing I noticed is that the prproj xml, which I now understand defines everything that I do to the clips, timeline and so on, is pointing to some locations that no longer exist on my computer. This problem existed before upgrading computers (I was on XP now I’m on a new, much more powerful, dell xps win7).

Do you browse all your media inside premiere? Is there any intrinsic problem with having two thousand clips?

Thanks,

Jeff G.
“If there’s air there, it should be flown in” – FootFlyer.com

[Jeff Goin]

The project is a series of training videos (Master Powered Paragliding, https://www.FootFlyer.com). I’ll look at bridge and will now abandon my existing work and start anew with a different paradigm, probably not letting an individual project getting more than one chapter long (max of about 12 minutes).

Thanks for your help.

Jeff G.
“If there’s air there, it should be flown in” – FootFlyer.com

[Jeff Goin]

JB,

Greetings. I’ve tried the XML Wrench tool and it reports valid media that’s “well formed,” whatever that means.

I’ve disconnected the remote drive holding my media files and tried to open the file, hoping to load my sequences and clips with “offline” so that I might recover them manually. Not that I really know how to do that.

Even with the drive disconnected, the project hangs up during load, getting about 3/4 of the way done. There is no drive activity after that and no indication that anything is happening.

The project is hdv with the vast majority of clips being .m2t files from various canon hdv cameras. There are also .mov files from maxon cinema 4d animations and a very few low-def .wmv files. It was all working before the crash that killed it all.

Your help is greatly appreciated.

Jeff G.
“If there’s air there, it should be flown in” – FootFlyer.com

[Jeff Goin]

JB,

Thanks for taking the time.

The project is comprised of four sequences, as you suggest, and I’m working on one at a time. I did load a lot of the clips because I have to be able to browse them. Maybe that’s a mistake, especially if stability is an issue with doing all the indexing.

IF so, how do you deal with a large number of clips? I probably have several thousand, all painstakingly titled for easier text search which CS4 seems to handle well. That’s part of why I went through all the naming trouble.

I’m trying right now to recover what I can but worry about the project’s future.

Sadly, although I had the entire 84 minute audio narration is laid down on video 1, there was only actually about 4 minutes of finished work on the timeline.

Thanks again,

Jeff

Jeff G.
“If there’s air there, it should be flown in” – FootFlyer.com

[Jeff Goin]

I’m having the same problem. Dead in the water right now unable to work on my project at all.

I’ve got about 1200 clips and, while editing away, the program started to degrade–things weren’t behaving right. I figured I better save and exit gracefully which, surprisingly, seemed to work.

When I went to reopen the project it would almost get finished loading, then the program would hang up. Forever. I left it go overnight one time.

So now

I’m in the middle of a project involving four 80 minute training videos and this has stopped me in my tracks. I’m trying the FAQ on recovering a project but, if this happens very often, it’s clear I chose the wrong platform. This has happened on one other project but, thankfully, a relatively recent autosave brought it back.

Do others have this problem periodically?

Jeff G.
“If there’s air there, it should be flown in” – FootFlyer.com

[Jeff Goin]

Thought I’d add my two cents.

CS4 is very buggy on my Dell 1520. Frequent freezes for no apparent reason. Granted my hardware isn’t a super duper, fire breather, but every other program, including 3d animation, seems quite happy. CS4 does not work with my second screen, either. Go figure. It’s the first program to have any issue whatsoever with an additional monitor.

If anyone has any ideas on a solution to that (quick fix) I’d love to hear it!

I’ll be getting a new computer eventually which will hopefully reduce my woes.

Thanks,

Jeff G.

Jeff G.
“If there’s air there, it should be flown in” – FootFlyer.com

[Jeff Goin]

Jeff,

Lots to learn indeed! Overall I’m extremely impressed. Nary a single crash so far, and it’s dramatically faster than elements. Elements was, for all intents and purposes, useless. Thankfully I got full credit for its purchase in the upgrade process.

As to the export–yes, I’m just having to use the File|Export|Media then have it go through the encoder. After doing that once and getting 1208 bitmaps, I unchecked the “Export as Sequence” and got only the clip I was after.

Thanks,

It’s comforting to know I’m not alone.

Jeff G.

Jeff G.
“If there’s air there, it should be flown in” – FootFlyer.com