Hello,
I have been using Premiere to create successful projects for the last month or so. I generally do review videos in which I rip youtube videos to mp4 format.
I save them in the dropbox. Everything I have for my video is in the dropbox so I can pick it up anywhere. My cache, however, is on the local D: drive.
Just recently in a project, every one of my sessions ends in PP not responding and force closing. generally, this happens when I order the program to play media. This will happen in the source window and timeline. I even tried to export an early copy so I could delete the multiple clips the make up the sequence, then re-import nut it doesn't respond on export. Most of the time I get the media pending yellow screen but it never finishes.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Place a clip in the timeline or open it in the source window.
2. Scrub through the clip
3. Clips will freeze on a frame as you keep scrubbing
4. you can move the play head but you can not do anything with media files including click on them in the bin.
5. Premiere Crashes/Doesn't Respond
Solutions I've Tried
1. Moved all files out of dropbox onto a local drive
2. Cleared the cache
3. Moved the cache to the same folder as files
4. Turned off GPU Acceleration
5. Updated Premiere
6. Moved all scratch disks to the local drive
7. yelled at my computer
8. Imported clips one at a time. and at 5 it started freezing (2 clips were 1 hour 45 mins)
9. Started a brand new project, Problem persists
10. Restarted my computer
Questions for the crowd
1. If I split up clips into different bins would that make a difference?
2. Does the Cache need to be in the same location as the files?
3. Is Sony Vegas good? Less technical interruptions?
4. Does working out of the dropbox affect the project after its a certain size? I had no issues before.