Well, tlt, I have purged many times, both from within Bridge and externally.  I also did do a "clean install of CS 5 to a machine with a "clean install" to Windows 7 64 bit.  That's what frosts me: everything else is working amazingly well.  Only this one glitch.

In my main workstation (Vista 64 bit), I did a "clean install" to CS 5 and go the same, "no mpeg preview" results until I did that ffdshow codec install which I hated to do.  Any now it does seem as mentioned above that my Premiere playback has suffered a bit.

Doing a total "clean install/format the C: drive" is not an option.  Don't have the 2-3 days that that would take to get back up to speed.

Going to take a look at that file acciation list thing above and make sure all those various file types point to same player.  Will let you all know.

Rick

Appreciate your feedback.  I have done all kinds of "flushing" including deleting files/folders under /cache with no success.  I am wondering if it may be something to do with Windows Media Player 12 and its interface with Bridge?  Thinking this, since I re-installed CS 4 and under that version Bridge won't preview HDV files for me either.

File sizes not an issue, short clips 10-15 seconds. and only trying to put 3 clips in cache folder.  Odd thing on Win 7 machine is that in Bridge, double-clicking on a .mpeg (HDV) clip does NOT open WinMediaPlayer while  double-clicking .m2v clip does.  And YES, I have associated both/all mpeg file types to play with WinMediaPlayer.exe ver 12.  Those same files will open and play with WinMediaPlayer when double-clicked in WinExplorer, so why not from Bridge?  I don't want to load/add a codec pack to this workstation, like I had to do in my main edit station.  And I'd love to get rid of them on that machine.

Here's a screenshot of the list of mpeg codecs that show up under Windows Media Player.  Anyone see anything strange/missing?

Funny thing is, I had great results with CS, CS 3, CS 4.  Sure stability was a bit shakey in earilier versions, but in CS 4 everything worked perfectly.  So with a clean install on machine with clean install of Windows 7 I expected the same results.

Good luck with the DSLR, that's a real creative tool to be using.

TT,

Thanks for your news.  I still can't get mpeg playback inside Bridge for HDV .mpeg clips which were captured in either Premiere CS4 or CS5 on my Win7 laptop workstation.  Did the 3rd party CODEC thing on my main workstation (Vista64bit) and got clips to play in Bridge but I am nervous.  Today when logging and loading in Premiere I had no video on the desktop for the first time ever.

Used monitor to view clips and they loaded but each one produced an error message saying that  "The file is busy, and unable to be updated."  That seems to be new and the saving and process seemed to be about 4 times longer after each clip was captured.

Anyone have any thoughts?  Would love to purge those 3rd party CODECs.

rg

Well, I have totally clean system now after 18 hours of cleansing.  Problem is I'm back to square one with the "no MPEG previewing in either Bridge or even Windows Media Player.  Premiere seems back to normal, all video (HDV) displayed while logging.

Can anyone from Adobe HQ offer any help on getting HDV footage, captured using Premiere to play in Bridge??????  Please??

Come on, this is amazing to have to put up with after my annual $1,000 pledge to the Adobe Mother Church.  I am such an advocate of the product line but this is like driving the Indy 500 with a front wheel locked up.

(also posted in Premiere Forum.)

Thanks to Adobe in advance.  rg

Adobe2418,

  To me, Bridge is my media manager tool and a wonderful part of my workflow.  I have several TB's of stock video, still, and graphics that I work with over and over again for various clients.  Bridge allows me to go into a RAID and find "that old shot we used on such-and-such a spot" and bring it into a new project quickly.  I worked that way in CS3 and CS4 for years and clients loved it.  AVID has that kind of clip preview function in there basic system if I remember right.  Being a visual person, it's so quick to "paint" a new video by looking at clips then trying to remember names.  Making Bridge play its role to me is why I've loved having "suite" software.

Still a devoted user (albeit: tested),

Rick

While trying to solve my problem I noticed that Windows Media Player does not have MainConcept (Adobe2) listed as one of the installed video codecs.  That always was included in CS3 and 4 wan't it?  I see it as an encoding option using AME but not on the list for Win Media Player in either my Win7 laptop or Vista64bit edit station.

I have to think that the disconnect between Win Media Player and CS5 Bridge is where my problem lies.  How can WE patch it????

rg

J-MS,

Hope you're right!  I have been corresponding with the Adobe Support Portal.  They have had me try the same solutions over again without any success.  Even asked me to run the "Content Disk" in the installation package but the only thing on that disk are the PDF's in every language, no CODECs or player programs of course.

Misery loves company, sorry you guys are in the same boat and just hope we find a solution soon without going outside the Adobe box (that was not a good experience.)  rg

JM-S,

I'm with you, Dude!  Still no mpeg previews on either my Vista64 or Win7 64bit machines.  Ann had me exicted when I saw the email (happy for her, but still sad for us).  Supposed to get a call back from tech support.  They patched into my edit system yesterday for an hour or so and saw for themselves where I'm at.  Said the ticket was going to move up the ladder.

rg