Prel refusing to play prel files

I created, edited, rendered, saved and watched 4 films in prel. But after restarting my computer it wouldn't let me watch them. An error message said prel wouldn't support that type of file (but they were prel files!) or that maybe a codec was missing (but if so, how did I manage to edite, save, render and watch them in the first place?). One of these films is really important and I need to retrieve it urgently. What can I do?

Spencer Fitz-Gibbon wrote:
I imported all the media from my camcorder. I put it into into a folder I'd created called "Project rushes".
And that folder has exactly the same drive letter that it had when you first added the files?
Spencer Fitz-Gibbon wrote:
I've just checked one of the files in "Project rushes" and the short piece of film played okay. So it seems the original rushes/media are still okay, sitting here on my computer.
Just to ease any concerns, PRE is a non-destructive video editor, so it won't delete or touch your original video files in any way.
Codec is derived from enCOder / DECoder and as far as PRE is concerned is required to encode or play back video file formats. So your case is quite perverse if it worked, but after a reboot didn't. You didn't happen to install or uninstall any other software between those reboots?
It might help if you could analyse your source video files and post a screenshot here (google for and use either GSpot or MediaInfo to analyse the files). Although I'm not hopeful that will help as it is the offline error your getting.
Have you tried reconnecting the first of those files?
Could you just start a new project, import one of your files and see if that imports and plays back in the preview window. If it does, save the project reboot and try again.
If you're feeling adventurous you could open the .prel file with notepad and search for 'ActualMediaFilePath' - this should be followed by the path it is using to find one of your media files. Does it match your 'Project rushes' folder?
Cheers,
Neale
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