Space Bar stopped "playing" in timeline at DVinfo.net

Dustin Daniels · October 21st, 2008, 03:05 PM

Using Premiere Pro 2 with Aspect.

I'm in the middle of a project and my space bar will not play within the timeline now that I'm halfway through this project. When I press the spacebar it gives me an hour glass right beside my cursor for a few seconds and then goes away.

I can scrub the timeline and play from my source window. I have re-booted I don't know how many times. It plays in my other projects fine...just not the one I'm currently working on.

I've even copied my timeline and pasted it into a new sequence. Same result.

Thank you for your responses in advance.

David Newman · October 21st, 2008, 04:57 PM

Does it play the very end of the timeline? If so, work your way back through the timeline to determine the problem clip.

Dustin Daniels · October 21st, 2008, 06:16 PM

No, it doesn't play at the end either. I ended up going back to my "auto save" projects and opened one earlier in the day. I re-saved it as a different name and it seems to be working now.

I'm guessing the file got corrupted while I was working on it (if that's even possible).

Thank you!
-Dustin

Robert Young · October 21st, 2008, 09:56 PM

Hey, Dustin- in my experience, anything is possible. I always leave the autosave set for every 5 minutes. I can't tell you how many times its saved my bacon.

Adam Gold · October 22nd, 2008, 12:54 PM

I have mine set the same way. If you are keeping multiple auto-saves (I think the default is five), note that when you go back to open one, the highest numbered is not necessarily the most recent version. Display properties for the files and choose the latest one.

Dustin Daniels · October 25th, 2008, 10:04 AM

I was still having trouble with this and finally figured out that my problem was a rendered out .bmp file that I created from within Premiere. The .bmp file worked fine when it was less than a minute long (using it as a background graphic) but when I stretched it out to over 2 minutes, it simply wouldn't play and ultimately crashed the system.

Soooo, I brought it into Photoshop and made a .jpg of it, and life is good again.

Go figure.
-Dustin

Paul Curtis · October 26th, 2008, 02:53 AM

It's also worth adding that when this happens it's quite often not the clip that you are currently watching but another one coming up in the timeline. I presume there is some kind of look ahead caching going on.

I've had enormous problems with cineform files that have had audio tweaked in directly with audition. Probably not cineforms fault but i ended up remultiplexing with virtualdub to get them working again.

cheers
paul

October 21st, 2008, 03:05 PM	#1
Dustin Daniels New Boot Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Chandler, AZ Posts: 24	Space Bar stopped "playing" in timeline Using Premiere Pro 2 with Aspect. I'm in the middle of a project and my space bar will not play within the timeline now that I'm halfway through this project. When I press the spacebar it gives me an hour glass right beside my cursor for a few seconds and then goes away. I can scrub the timeline and play from my source window. I have re-booted I don't know how many times. It plays in my other projects fine...just not the one I'm currently working on. I've even copied my timeline and pasted it into a new sequence. Same result. Thank you for your responses in advance.

October 21st, 2008, 04:57 PM	#2
David Newman CTO, CineForm Inc. Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California Posts: 8,095	Does it play the very end of the timeline? If so, work your way back through the timeline to determine the problem clip. __________________ David Newman -- web: www.gopro.com blog: cineform.blogspot.com -- twitter: twitter.com/David_Newman

October 21st, 2008, 09:56 PM	#4
Robert Young Trustee Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Coronado Island Posts: 1,472	Hey, Dustin- in my experience, anything is possible. I always leave the autosave set for every 5 minutes. I can't tell you how many times its saved my bacon. __________________ Bob

October 21st, 2008, 06:16 PM	#3
Dustin Daniels New Boot Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Chandler, AZ Posts: 24	No, it doesn't play at the end either. I ended up going back to my "auto save" projects and opened one earlier in the day. I re-saved it as a different name and it seems to be working now. I'm guessing the file got corrupted while I was working on it (if that's even possible). Thank you! -Dustin

October 22nd, 2008, 12:54 PM	#5
Adam Gold Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Woodinville, WA USA Posts: 3,467	I have mine set the same way. If you are keeping multiple auto-saves (I think the default is five), note that when you go back to open one, the highest numbered is not necessarily the most recent version. Display properties for the files and choose the latest one.

October 25th, 2008, 10:04 AM	#6
Dustin Daniels New Boot Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Chandler, AZ Posts: 24	I was still having trouble with this and finally figured out that my problem was a rendered out .bmp file that I created from within Premiere. The .bmp file worked fine when it was less than a minute long (using it as a background graphic) but when I stretched it out to over 2 minutes, it simply wouldn't play and ultimately crashed the system. Soooo, I brought it into Photoshop and made a .jpg of it, and life is good again. Go figure. -Dustin

October 26th, 2008, 02:53 AM	#7
Paul Curtis Major Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: canterbury Posts: 411	It's also worth adding that when this happens it's quite often not the clip that you are currently watching but another one coming up in the timeline. I presume there is some kind of look ahead caching going on. I've had enormous problems with cineform files that have had audio tweaked in directly with audition. Probably not cineforms fault but i ended up remultiplexing with virtualdub to get them working again. cheers paul