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.
CHEERS and THANKS

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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!

How do I change the preview file location?

I have a SSD "C:" drive which is filling up, and I have other drives with lots of space and performance, so I'd like to move where SB stores the preview files (currently in "Adobe Soundbooth Preview Files") to a different drive.
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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.
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You should not use previews for export.*
QUES 3
For the absolute best quality, should Use Previews be turned off?
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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.

In Mountain Lion, how do I find the location of an open Preview File? The file "properties" tab is no longer available.

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Confirm a bug: preview file generation when save the project

Hi, please could you confirm this bug?
Windows 8.1, Premiere CC 7.2.2
Concise problem statement: Premiere CC generates new preview of all files in Media Browser each time that the project is saved.
Steps to reproduce bug:
1. Create an empty project
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Expected results: preview files should not be generated again
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Thank you

Hi Jim,
thank you for your test.
I'm saving an empty project just for test. However, the same happens even if the project is not empty.
So It is not OS / version problem. What could it be? What could I try?
It is a real performance problem for me.
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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.
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Regards,
Priyanka

Hi Ramesh,
We added the missing entries in ssl.conf file and tested it out. It is working fine. When we did slient install we are facing this error, we found that this is a bug in 10.1.2.3 AS patch (5983622) silent install. Raised an SR on this and Support is working to get this fixed.
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