[Tak Yamada]

I had a similar issue just 10 mins ago. playback was working fine, video and audio. then I I reopened the same file, that’s when I couldn’t playback anything at all! not even audio. rendering didn’t help either. of course I could scrub through, but didn’t playback.

but then I also noticed that the sound card (EMU 1820m is what I have) wasn’t responding which happens once in a while, so I reloaded the correct settings for the sound card, and went to youtube to check the audio output. the audio came back and all the fancy Windows sounds came back as well. then I fired up the premiere file again to see if that helped at all. and booom! it’s working now!

so if anyone is still having issues, I’d check all the hardware settings and make sure your PC is working properly before you open the premiere files. there might be a compatibility issues with your sound card / video card / what have you. you should be able to switch between the built-in sound card and a high end one if available, and see which one works better in premiere. in my case, Emu output causes the playback to stutter, but not with the built-in el cheapo. go figure, eh? I thought it’d be the other way around.