HDV, "Media Pending" and previews reverting to unrendered.

OK, I've researched this topic in various threads, and while many report the same as what I've experienced, the GREAT dissappointment is that this problem appears to have been totally neglected in the 4.1 patch. What a shame.
To revisit: When editing in HDV certain portions of sequences containing effects or transitions playback the Yellow "Media Pending" graphic even though source files play just fine AND all FX are "rendered." No changes to sources file names (i.e. - not an .xmp file link issue). No reason for this to occur at all, really. And there seems to be no apparent rhyme or reason as to when and where this ocurrs.
I can't find anyone reporting this work around: The problem goes away when you nest the sequence segment in question, but you have to re-render and re-apply FX and transitions.
Sure, restarting PPro helps, but we've been frustrated by rendered portions of the timeline mysteriously becoming unrendered.
ANYONE have a solution (other than nexting the segments in question)?
All this (post 4.1) crap still makes me want to flush PPro CS4 down the toilet. Saving up for FCP!

Removing the /3GB switch while troubleshooting has long been one of the Quick Tips in this troubleshooting page.
There are other tips than seem like no brainers, but sometimes people change a seemingly inocuous setting for some reason or other, then they forget they did it and it starts causing a problem down the line. The troubleshooting page is designed to have people check everything to ensure settings are set correctly.
Glad you found the cause of your problems and thanks for posting your success.
Cheers
Eddie

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7) Sometimes it appears as though the conforming and indexing has finished, but then I still have problems with playback. Do I have to reopen the project for it to continue with the conforming/indexing progress? I've already determined that the video file I'm working with is intact and free of any corruption.
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1) How do I avoid error messages in regards to indexing and conforming
Two parts here. One, conforming only happens for certain media files, ie the ones where performance is critical and we can't depend on extracting the audio fast enough for realtime playback. That's basically anything in an .mpeg wrapper, or AVCHD material. So if you edit XDCAM HD/EX or P2, or RED, or even AVIs or QT, those formats don't require audio conforming.
If you're stuck editing AVCHD or MPEG2, then it needs to conform. But, that being said, you shouldn't be getting errors in the first place. I think it's related to your external drives. More below...
2) How do you know when indexing/conforming has completed itself? (there doesn't seem to be a progress log or a list of commands/executions)
Nope, you have a progress status bar indicating which file it's working on. If there's an error, it shows up in the events panel.
3) Indexing and conforming appears to be an automatic process, but is there a way to do it manually?
No.
4) What's the best way to setup your media cache files when you click EDIT > PREFERENCES > MEDIA?
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Like Harm said. Totally dependant on the media container & the speed of your drive i/o. The conforming is iterating through the entire file & pulling audio data, so it's not CPU intensive, it's all i/o.
6) Adobe recommends not editing until the conforming and indexing has completed itself-- how important is this?
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You should be good to go. Sounds like there's something else at play here.
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My suggestion is to do some elimination. Copy one of the files that failed on you to your C drive, & target your media cache directory also to C:. Pick a new project, import your copied file, confirm that it conforms correctly & behaves. Then, try to use the same clip from your external drive, keeping the media cache to C:. If that's still good, then try targeting another (local/internal) drive as your media cache target; close/restart, then import the clip from C:, and then import the clip from your external drive. This troubleshooting should give us something.
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I got through Adobe to connect to me remotely to solve this problem twice. They cleaned the cache and preferences and renamed my Adobe folder under applications (don't exactly know how thy did it.) The problem disappeared only to come back after a little while. No video playback, unresponsive buttons - but playable audio, and media pending for all clips. I told them to report this to tech support. This was about a month ago but no updates still..I know I hadn't had this issue neither with CS6 nor with CC.
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Welcome to the forum.
Media Pending means just that - the program is processing some aspect of the media in use. There could be several reasons for this. The program could be Indexing the material. This happens with MPEG material most often. This ARTICLE will give you a bit more background.
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There are probably a few other causes, and maybe others will chime in with some of those.
Good luck,
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