Random Closes Premiere Pro 1.5

The14thGOD · Post by **The14thGOD** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 12:42 am

can't say ive had this problem as bad before...but it randomly closes during playback, any ideas? like i said it's random, during playback so that's about as best as i can explain it =P

Thanks in advance

The14thGOD

Pwolf · Post by **Pwolf** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 1:14 am

using xvid/divx sources?

Pwolf

Gepetto · Post by **Gepetto** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:21 am

Or it could be another codec that you've got misinstalled,

or it could be a memory problem because there's too many effects (or too much uncommented filtering in an AVS script)

or something weird with an external effect/transition that you installed. I bought a pack once, and my Premiere Pro would shut down whenever I tried playing any timeline that had an effect or transition from the pack, regardless of whether or not the seeker was even near any of these effects.

The14thGOD · Post by **The14thGOD** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 1:33 pm

They are avs scripts, from .vob files (just for future reference, if you use an .avs script with say xvid/divx well it still not work well? if so, what format to convert it to? and what program doyou use?)

the only other codec type deal i can think of is wav or mjpg?(movie jpeg or whatever the abbreviation for it is).
no crazy effects in this project, just standard ones.

Thanks in advance (for the above question) and thanks for the suggestions =D

The14thGOD

The14thGOD · Post by **The14thGOD** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 1:34 pm

i forgot, I have 2gb of ram, and ive run many memtest's and microsofts test, and havnt come up with any errors that way. idk if that full rules it out though

Krisqo · Post by **Krisqo** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:30 pm

This happens to me all the time. Usually when I try to render. Same scenario, simple edits, no effects. hell, It happened when I had one clip on the timeline. My only suggestion is to SAVE everytime you do some extensive work. Set AutoSave to 5mins or as low as it can go and teach your fingers to use <ctrl><s> every so often.

The14thGOD · Post by **The14thGOD** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 6:25 pm

Ya that's waht I've been doing. i've learned not to do changes and not safe lol,

Thanks for the help guys, any more suggestions, feel free to post em.

The14thGOD

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 6:37 pm

If you haven't already set your video tracks to display clip names only (that is, no thumbnail frames), I highly suggest it (for any version of Premiere, not just Pro).

Pwolf · Post by **Pwolf** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 6:57 pm

you have ffdshow installed? try uninstalling that.

Pwolf

Gox777 · Post by **Gox777** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 9:40 pm

From my experience, it sounds like premiere just being premiere. ><
I have 2 gigs of RAM and I run into the same problem. I've disabled ffdshow for the files I'm using and it doesn't seem to make a difference. One thing I notice about the problem is that the longer premiere is open and the more video playback you do, the greater the chance it has of crashing. It also likes to crash while rendering. (which is why it's become a habit of mine to save before every render I make).

Maybe splitting an amv into multiple premiere projects might help since it seems to crash less often when you're working with less imported footage at once. I haven't tried this myself