Can't open Premiere CS5.5 projects in CS6?

My first guess is that a trial of 6 may not let you access all the codecs available (due to licensing issues).

It does seem odd if CS5.5 is installed on the same machine, but not totally unexpected...

Alex

It's probably an installed codec issue with the leaked CS6 version. I can open SD DV projects in PP6 but not HD ProRez projects. All the presets are missing also. Won't stop me from legally upgrading when it is released.

Was the previous sequence ties to a specific type of hardware?

AJA, Black Magic, Matrox?

If so open in prev PPro...

copy and paste sequence contents into equivalent Adobe Sequecne....

Thanks to the new Adobe transmit architecture....those special seqeunce types are obsolete and may no longer be supported...


you might save AS the project and delete the old problematic seq's in this safety project copy.

let us know....

Alex Udell
Editing, Motion Graphics, and Visual FX

Hi Adam, I figured it out. To fix the issues of the project not importing. Do the following.

Click in Project Window

File>Import

Select the project file. It will then ask to import entire project or individual sequences.

Select Individual sequences. and Choose the SEQ you want.

Premiere will then pull in all the elements and the Sequence into a folder. double click the sequence and it opens up.

Repeat this proces until all your sequences, and content are back the way it was....Until they fix this bug.

I hope this helps

Adrian Allen
Steadyimage.net

I have teh same problem.
The project opens / converts / imports correctly and is playable & editable.
But once the project is closed & reopened the error "This project contains a sequence that could not be opened. No sequence preset preview file or codec could be associated with this sequence type."
The project contains Canon 5D Mk11 footage.
Anyone got a solution?

I got around the problem by exporting the project as an edl from 5.5 then setting a new project with the correct settings & importing the edl then relinking the media.
Pain in the A-hole, but works (except for key-framed audio)

I have already tried it. I don't know if it's a problem with the installation. I don't even have sequences, the project gets corrupted when I try to marge a video an an audio file. After doing so I save the file an when I try to open it again it sais:

"This project contained a sequence that could not be opened. No sequence preview preset file or codec could be associated with this sequence type"

I don't know what to do, I need to deliver soon and I need to know if someone has a solution or if I should downgrade or change software solutions

Yes you can open CS5.5 projects in CS6. I had the sequence preset problem and it was a simple DV NTSC project. I solved it by simply creating a new project and importing the 'can't open' project and was able to continue editing.