CC 2014 -- Preview File Locations

Anyone else find that it's impossible to get changes to video/audio preview files locations in the scratch disk dialogue to hold? Changes appear to take effect, but upon re-loading project, they revert to the original state.
Also, changes to these often precipitate crashes.
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Is there a fix to the problem raised in the original question. I am using 2014 PP on windows 7 and on all of my projects the preview files are always placed with the project irrespective of how many times I change the information in Project Manager. It will not show up immediately, it appears it has to wait till the next auto save.
It very frustrating, I never use previews and I have keep deleting dozens of empty redundant directories that clutter my project folders.
I would just like the program to do as it is told!

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Preview Files Location Bug?

Since I upgraded to CC2014 my preview files location constantly keep trying to move to my online Creative Cloud location.
Obviously this quickly uses up my Creative Cloud storage and no matter how many times I keep putting the location back to where I want it, it keeps changing back again.
Is this a known bug??

hey man. thanks.
i got the terminal commands to work. sometimes those tech articles can be very tricky to read and unless something is extremely clear to me I am hesitant to get into terminal and start messing around. that said, the 0 settings seem to fix most of this. THANKS.
one thing that does appear buggy is that the actual percentage entries (you can see this in the images I posted) /don't/ change the preview size or the resulting print size for either of the default settings.
i mean, i can't control the percentage size of the print when it defaults to Scale to Fit or when it default to actual size and this seems like it is a bug at least on my system.
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How do I change the preview file location?

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I haven't seen anything in the SB config which allows me to do this, is there a way, and if so - what is it?
Thx!

(1) Open a new tab to about:config (type about:config in the Awesomebar and tap the go arrow or tap Enter)
(2) In the search box, type down and tap Enter
(3) Scroll down to browser.download.folderList and tap Modify, then change the value from 1 to 2 (from default always to last used folder). The change should appear after a few seconds.
(3) Scroll back up and tap the "Add a New Setting" button
(A) String is the correct type, so OK that
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"Premiere Pro stores the preview files in a folder you can specify" But how?

Specifying a Preview folder
On page 265 of the PDF it states:
Premiere Pro stores the preview files in a folder you can specify.
QUES 1
But how do you specify the folder? I just rendered a test clip and was not offered the option of specifying a folder. And there is no other mention of preview folders in the PDF.
Preview Files for Encoding
On the same page is:
Note: Adobe Media Encoder does not automatically use Premiere Pro preview files for encoding. To make use of the Premiere Pro preview files, you must select the Use Previews option in Adobe Media Encoder for each encoding process.
It is not clear from the PDF what is the quality of these preview files.
QUES 2
If I select the Use Previews option when exporting, aren't I degrading the quality of the export by encoding from an already encoded preview?
QUES 3
For the absolute best quality, should Use Previews be turned off?

Preview File location is determined in the overall Project Settings.
Set this location before you render any Preview Files.
Project > Project Settings > Scratch Disks...
Some documentation regarding the Scratch Disk location is buried here:
Specify scratch disks to improve system performance
QUES 2
If I select the Use Previews option when exporting, aren't I degrading the quality of the export by encoding from an already encoded preview?
In most (if not all) cases... yes.
Previews are intended for real-time playback in the Timeline only.
You should not use previews for export.*
QUES 3
For the absolute best quality, should Use Previews be turned off?
Yes!
*There are a few semi-obscure exceptions to this general rule.

Premiere Pro CS6 not loading/linking preview files - any suggestions?

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When I save a Project and then reopen it, Premiere Pro CS 6.01 does not load the Preview Files from the Renders. I have checked the specified Preview Files location and the files are there.
In order to work, I must render the entire Project again - which is too time-consuming and counter-productive.
Am I doing something wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Same problem. I've done many projects in CS6 and this is the first time it's happened. FIrst half of the timeline was fine but the second half of the timeline, that was previously fully rendered, couldn't locate the preveiw files. The preview files are still in the preview folder but it doesn't see them in the timeline anymore. How do you delete those preview files since they are no longer recognized in the timeline? I know you can manually delete them in the preview folder by playing them and matching them to the video clips in the timeline.

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After some testing, I've discovered that I need to actually close any and all timelines before saving/quitting in order to keep the link intact.
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-Christian

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and irregardless of what type of external drive I am rendering to.

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I am having a problem with this as well since installing 8.0. PP 7.2.2 and previous versions did not have this issue.
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Can I slim down the size of the Aperture Library by moving the Preview files elsewhere?

Hi all,
I have an Aperture library of almost 20,000 photos, dating back to around 2007. Almost all the master images are stored on an external drive (backed up of course), with only my recent and 'in progress' masters being stored in the library itself. Previously I have had my library split up into one library for each year, with the older years libraries being stored on the external drive where the masters are, in order to keep the size of my 'current' library down. So my current library, stored on my internal SSD, contained only photos from this year and last year, and only a few of the masters for these images. Confusing? Sorry!
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Glad it worked, but permit, if you will, some observations:
-- Bloated Previews are a known Aperture bug, which came and went within a few updates in Aperture 3. Getting them back to the proper size is simply a elegant step to take.
-- A Preview set to your largest screen size and a quality of 6-8 should be all but indistinguishable from the Master at 72-100 dpi screen image. (Not print resolution.) I REALLY doubt you are going to loose any quality.
-- While using a symlink to stick the Previews on a HD is clever, it may also defeat the whole purpose of using your SSD. Previews are read a lot and are, I suspect, used for all adjustments at less than full resolution. (N.B. I could be VERY wrong on this.) Thus, depending on the amount of RAM on your Mac, you could end up reading and rereading your Previews over a slower link and doing this a lot. You own use will quickly determine if this is an issue or not.
I have blathered on, at length, about what I think matters for size and speed here: https://discussions.apple.com/message/17959625#17959625. Some of this may be of use.
I went through a lot of these issues when I tried to fit everything on a 128 GB SSD, so I know some of the issues you are facing. As I noted before, you really only need a Library (minus most Masters) of about 30 GB and that is with large, high quality Previews.
I actually took the SSD out and stuck it in an ancient MacBookPro (in preparation for a trip to Blighty this summer) and have not noticed a huge drop in Aperture speed. (I do miss the speed of applications launch, restart, however.) One thing that I did find that made a small, but nice difference, was keeping all of the Masters on a separate, dedicated drive. Once defragged, etc. that was very fast. Don't know if you could achieve the same results by partitioning a larger drive, but it might well be fun to find out.
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Hi Nagesh,
Are you saying that you created a HTML file on the file system of the portal server or did you create the HTML file within a KM repository on the portal?
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You're welcome!

I'd like to change the dfault file location, C:My pictures, to another file location, eg E or G. What can I do to change it?

See above question.

Hi trshaner,
Thanks again for your complete reaction. I’ve looked at the video and the help-information. This made me decide to leave the file My pictures where it is (C) and move some of the other folders/files to the E-drive. Thanks for your help.
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Onderwerp: I'd like to change the dfault file location, C:My pictures, to another file location, eg E or G. What can I do to change it?
I'd like to change the dfault file location, C:My pictures, to another file location, eg E or G. What can I do to change it?
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Preview files folder

a folder of media encoder preview files is created in my documents- adobe- media encoder
this folder is getting bigger, I think every time I'm using media encoder to export my projects
at the moent it's 30 gigs after less than a month using CC
I need to know if I can delete this files? and I need to redirect them to my D drive or even better not create preview files

Thank you for your answer.
Trouble is I know how to clean the Cache but it was the Preview Files that were the problem.
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