URGENT HELP NEEDED PLEASE! - Premiere Pro CS4 4.1.0 Error at DVinfo.net

Daniel McPake · June 12th, 2009, 11:58 AM

Story is, I have been directing, filming and editing a project for several weeks now to be handed in on this coming monday, the sound design was finalised today, we had a meeting with tutors, a few changes are needed etc so I came home, booted up Premiere Pro CS4 (on XP) and was notified about several updates.

So I checked them out on the web, (I was running 4.0.1) and they seemed like pretty useful updates - so I went for it.

They have all installed fine (for the whole master collection cs4), no problems, until i start up my project and for some reason have to re-render the whole thing for a preview.

I think ok, must be because of the update, so i leave it to render, only after about 3 minutes of rendering I get a very informative error! -- Error Compiling Movie - Unknown Error!

I have deleted the preview files, restarted many times, checked for more updates - I have system restore disabled on my pc so no help there. Nothing seems to fix it! And media encoder also crashes a couple of minutes in if I try and export without rendering in Premiere first!

Any help would be greatly appreciated as this has to be handed in on Monday!! And i have to do some tweaks this weekend!!

The project is HDV 1080 25P - from a Sony HVR Z5E. All files are stored on a seperate partition to windows. I have applied effects to pretty much every single piece of footage i.e. brightness and contrast, magic bullet de-artifactor for HDV footage etc.

Thanks!

Adam Gold · June 12th, 2009, 01:22 PM

Try creating a new project with identical presets, and importing the old project into it. Sometimes that works.

Daniel McPake · June 12th, 2009, 01:56 PM

Thanks, but panic over! I seemed to have found the issue.

Basically it was down to the Magic Bullet De-artifactor and the Broadcast Spec Video filters, must be some sort of conflict since the update, I will have to have a look and check what version I am running.

But what is a bit strange, is that on *most* of the footage the two magic bullet filters cause a problem, and premiere crashes as soon as i try to render, but not all, a few clips randomly allocated throughout my project have both of the filters on, and are working fine and render perfectly well.

Bit confusing, but oh well.

Jiri Fiala · June 13th, 2009, 05:34 PM

That should teach you one of the most important rules in video production: never update your editor mid-project.

June 12th, 2009, 11:58 AM	#1
Daniel McPake New Boot Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 19	URGENT HELP NEEDED PLEASE! - Premiere Pro CS4 4.1.0 Error Story is, I have been directing, filming and editing a project for several weeks now to be handed in on this coming monday, the sound design was finalised today, we had a meeting with tutors, a few changes are needed etc so I came home, booted up Premiere Pro CS4 (on XP) and was notified about several updates. So I checked them out on the web, (I was running 4.0.1) and they seemed like pretty useful updates - so I went for it. They have all installed fine (for the whole master collection cs4), no problems, until i start up my project and for some reason have to re-render the whole thing for a preview. I think ok, must be because of the update, so i leave it to render, only after about 3 minutes of rendering I get a very informative error! -- Error Compiling Movie - Unknown Error! I have deleted the preview files, restarted many times, checked for more updates - I have system restore disabled on my pc so no help there. Nothing seems to fix it! And media encoder also crashes a couple of minutes in if I try and export without rendering in Premiere first! Any help would be greatly appreciated as this has to be handed in on Monday!! And i have to do some tweaks this weekend!! The project is HDV 1080 25P - from a Sony HVR Z5E. All files are stored on a seperate partition to windows. I have applied effects to pretty much every single piece of footage i.e. brightness and contrast, magic bullet de-artifactor for HDV footage etc. Thanks! __________________ Stake Productions - Director, Editor, Cinematographer, ...Sony HVR Z5E

June 12th, 2009, 01:56 PM	#3
Daniel McPake New Boot Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 19	Thanks, but panic over! I seemed to have found the issue. Basically it was down to the Magic Bullet De-artifactor and the Broadcast Spec Video filters, must be some sort of conflict since the update, I will have to have a look and check what version I am running. But what is a bit strange, is that on most of the footage the two magic bullet filters cause a problem, and premiere crashes as soon as i try to render, but not all, a few clips randomly allocated throughout my project have both of the filters on, and are working fine and render perfectly well. Bit confusing, but oh well. __________________ Stake Productions - Director, Editor, Cinematographer, ...Sony HVR Z5E

June 12th, 2009, 01:22 PM	#2
Adam Gold Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Woodinville, WA USA Posts: 3,467	Try creating a new project with identical presets, and importing the old project into it. Sometimes that works.

June 13th, 2009, 05:34 PM	#4
Jiri Fiala Major Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brno Czech Republic Posts: 453	That should teach you one of the most important rules in video production: never update your editor mid-project.