Adobe Premiere Pro - Preview my Video

With the timeline selected, pressing ENTER will render and play the current work area

I've tried now importing a wmv and an mp4, both seem to render but then they don't play. I have attached a screen shot. It finishes rendering and does nothing. Tried pressing enter/space again still nothing.
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Is your Program Monitor window open?

On the menu bar, click Window > Program Monitor > Sequence 01

I've opened that now and it makes no difference. It just shows a still of the video at the current point. If I click play I get nothing, same with enter space etc :(

Does the source clip play ok in the Project or Source Monitor windows?

It doesn't play anywhere, like I say when it finishes rendering it does nothing

Sorry, I wasn't clear. I'm not referring to the timeline. I mean the actual source video you imported into the project.... Does the original video play ok in either the Project window or the Source Monitor? I'm wondering if there is a problem with your source clip.

If I double click the video it opens the source window and this also does not play. However the file plays fine in in VLC or Windows Media player. Could it be how I configure my project? I left all defaults but chose NTSC.

The project configuration shouldn't make a difference. The problem lies with Premiere not being able to interpret your source video. You can proceed in either of two ways... 1. try to get premiere to read your source correctly, which could be time-consuming to troubleshoot. or 2. Change the source file to something premiere can use.

My suggestion is to open your original wmv in Windows Movie Maker, drag it to the timeline, then publish/export as an avi. (Choose DV-AVI from the settings. Import this new AVI into Premiere.

Good luck

Ok thanks,  did as you suggested and still does not play source. So I went online and downloaded some sample files such as the one below. they too don't play in source.

If your next suggestion involves a hammer/mallet then I will happily oblige :)

OK its mp4 but converted to get round the file block
sample-mpeg4.txt

What version of Premiere Pro are you using? Your sample clip opened fine on Premiere Pro CS5

CS4

Hmmm... the hammer is sounding like an option.

Just to be clear, when you imported your clip into Window Movie Maker, would original clip play correctly before you exported it to DV-AVI?

Yep absolutely fine. Also fine just playing the file in Win Media Player or VLC and also after it has been exported as a DV-AVI. Bizarre!!

I guess the only option I have is a uninstall / reinstall, but just seems strange how it has suddenly stopped working.

Yes, very bizarre. Do you hear the clip's audio in premiere pro? Perhaps in an issue with premiere and your video card/driver?

no audio or video