Template Video Preview in Bridge

How can I attach video preview to *.aet files for preview in Bridge?
Thanks and Regards
Abhay Sharma

Todd_Kopriva wrote:
The way of doing this is undocumented and unsupported because it is both fragile and difficult. If you want this feature, please do as Ben suggests and submit a feature request.
No truer words were ever said. None of the ones I created years ago stayed working for long. It would be a nice feature request.

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Bridge CS5, metadata searching and video previews

Hello everyone, my first post here and I'm hoping to receive a little assistance or a point in the right direction.
Here's a brief history of my issue. I'm a military videographer assigned to a new unit and I am trying to build a video library. I'm shooting with a Sony EX1 and completely tapeless -- which is new territory for me. As I increase the size of my video library I'd like to utilize Bridge as a method of searching for, previewing, and retrieving video files. Bridge certainly seems capable of performing all those tasks; but I am having issues.
To begin with, it seems the tags I place on a .mp4 in Premiere Pro (PP) using the Project Panel don't appear in Bridge. What I mean by this is if I place keywords on a clip in PP and then search for those keywords in Bridge no search results are returned. I figured maybe the issue is the keywords are only useful within PP, although I thought those keywords were saved as metadata with the .mp4 file. I relented with using PP to log my video clips and instead tested out OnLocation (OL). Using OL I noticed some of the metadata I placed on my .mp4 files did show up within the Metadata Panel in Bridge but when I attempt to perform a search I only get results if I am within the folder the .mp4 exists in. If I am in a parent directory to the folder the .mp4's directory is in then I get zero search results.
I thought I might be able to work around this issue by using the Sony software that came with my camera called Clip Browser. With this program I can save some basic metadata such as title, creater, and description but again when I attempt to search for any of that information in Bridge, I get no query results.
Ideally what I would like to be able to do is use PP to log metadata for my .mp4 clips and store those clips in directories based on categories (i.e. Training, Aircraft, Personnel, etc.) Then whenever I needed to find a certain kind of shot, perform a quick Bridge search based on keywords or caption information to retrieve the footage I want. I'm uncertain whether I have stumbled upon an issue with cross-communication between the programs concerning metadata or perhaps I am missing a step or doing something else incorrectly.
Finally, as great an idea as I feel I have, the whole thing is a wash currently because I cannot preview any .mp4 within the Bridge application. I simple get a movie icon and no playback. Linking back up with the grand-scheme, after I search for a clip I'd like to be able to preview the results in Bridge to pick the best footage from the available clips.
My post is a little long and I hope somewhere in there I detailed my issues clearly. I appreciate any help anyone can offer. Thanks for taking your time to respond.

Several issues here, so will try to address them, and welcome to the forum.
1. I have never used Premiere Pro, but believe it uses a database for the keywords, while Bridge writes the keywords to the image. In the case of a RAW file, and perhaps video files it writes them to an XMP file. I believe there is an option in PP to write the metadata to file rather than database, and then Bridge can read it.
2. For the search to work the folders must be indexed. This occurs when you visit the folder, or you can force the issue by clicking on the box "include non-indexed folders". Also the search goes from the start position and goes down the directory tree, so you need to start the search above where you want to search.
3. Preview of mpeg files is still a problem. Adobe staff from PP has entered the fray as using the K-lite codec package is causing problems in PP and other Adobe programs. Herfe is the link to the rather long discussion. It is still ongoing. http://forums.adobe.com/thread/652660?tstart=30

Looking for pop-up video preview template

Anyone know where to get a template that does pop-up video previews?
iStockphoto.com uses a system I like...
http://vimeo.com/8537562

I couldn't use your link but I think i have an idea about what you want....
try searching for "video lightbox"
http://www.shadowbox-js.com/index.html
http://videobox-lb.sourceforge.net/
http://videolightbox.com/
most of these solutions usually require you to click on a thumbnail image before you see something but I would like to think the javascript would allow for mouseOver events as well.

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I just installed CS6 on my computer after working with CS5.5 and I encountered a strange problem with my EOS5D Mk 2 and also Ixus 100IS footage in Bridge CS6 (actually this happens with every video).
In CS5.5 I was able to preview my mov files and scrub through them without many problems (aside from a casual crash, but hey... )
In CS6 now the video preview starts and everything seems fine, until I scrub to a later point in the video. At that point the video freezes but the sound goes on. The only way to make the video run again is to click pause and then click play again. You can imagine that scrubbing through videos isn't much fun..
Has anyone ever had a problem like that with CS6?
Since CS5.5 is still installed, I checked and found out, that in Bridge CS5.5 everything is still working fine: No video freezes there - only in CS6
I already updated to the latest graphics card driver and all updates from CS6. Does anyone have an idea what I could do?
some stats about my computer:
win7 64bit
nvidia geforce GTX 590, driver 301.42
no other video software installed
Aside from that, I also realized that video quality in the preview area isn't particularly brilliant (neither in CS5.5 nor in CS6). Since the video is scaled to the preview window size, I sometimes get scaling artefacts/moirees. Is there a way to smooth the video playback, like you could in a regular video player?

Perhaps your understanding of rendering is different than mine. I think of it more as combining edits to form a new video. Are you using rendering as the same as playback? Also, not sure how you can have a system that has only CS6 files, as files are the same for CS5.5. I must be missing something here.
Manniac described the error well "In CS6 now the video preview starts and everything seems fine, until I scrub to a later point in the video. At that point the video freezes but the sound goes on. The only way to make the video run again is to click pause and then click play again".
Believe that error is fixed as my video play OK now.

No more audio or video preview in column view?

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well, yes i tried all the basic quick fixes. (plus diskwarrior and applejack, etc.)
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Getting the following message on Final Cut Express "audio only capture selected video preview disabled" how can I get the video capture back?

I'm getting the following message on screen when attempting to capture video "audio only capture selected, video preview disabled." How can I get the view preview back?

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How to tell whether video preview is working?

An app shows video preview with code essentially the same as in
the MSDN document:
async void ShowPreview(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
if (mediaCaptureMgr == null)
// Using Windows.Media.Capture.MediaCapture APIs
// to stream from webcam
mediaCaptureMgr = new MediaCapture();
await mediaCaptureMgr.InitializeAsync();
myCaptureElement.Source = mediaCaptureMgr;
await mediaCaptureMgr.StartPreviewAsync();
It works most of the time. However, sometimes the video does not show. When this happens, myCaptureElement.ActualWidth and myCaptureElement.ActualHeight still return the correct values. This probably means at least something is working. In this case, how can
the code tell what my eyes can see - the video is not showing?
Hong

Hi Hong,
Based on my knowledge, your problem may related to the dispose of the MediaCapture object. Forget to dispose it when app suspends will result in a negative user experience for your app.
About your question, I’ve not seen such property in MediaCapture class, so it’s recommend to create a Boolean that indicate whether the app is currently previewing video. You need to maintain this object when start or stop preview. You can find more information
from this page.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/xaml/hh868171.aspx. See Step 5 section.
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Video Preview not Working in CS6

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I now have a Mac Pro and AE CS6 and in that preference, the "Output Device" dropdown only lists Firewire and Computer Monitor Only. With my old setup, I could choose my TV and everything was great. But this new setup won't allow me to see or choose my TV.
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I've seen this posted a few different ways without any resolution to the problem so I thought I would give it a shot.
Video previews are not working properly for me. When in the iTunes Store and I click on a "View Trailer" for a movie or preview for a music video, a pop-up window appears in iTunes with a white background. The audio will kick in but the video never starts. I am using iTunes 9.2 (61).
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Camera video preview - Random crashes and green screens

Hello everyone,
I am currently working on a Windows Phone 8.1 app and I need to preview video from the phone's back camera. For quite some time I've been struggling with random crashes and green screens. When these green screens appear, all camera apps become affected and
the device needs to be restarted. Occasionally the phone freezes and only recovers after battery removal. I test the app on my Lumia 620.
After some web search, I found references to the same problem by many users/developers of different apps. I'm really frustrated as I've tried many possible solutions with no avail.
Here is part of my code:
//in App.xaml.cs:
MediaCaptureInitializationSettings settings;
public static MediaCapture captureMgr;
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public async Task InitializeVideoCapture()
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captureMgr = new MediaCapture();
settings = new MediaCaptureInitializationSettings();
settings.StreamingCaptureMode = StreamingCaptureMode.Video;
settings.PhotoCaptureSource = PhotoCaptureSource.VideoPreview;
settings.AudioDeviceId = "";
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_messageDialog.Commands.Add(new UICommand("OK"));
_messageDialog.ShowAsync();
try
await captureMgr.InitializeAsync(settings);
captureMgr.SetPreviewRotation(VideoRotation.Clockwise90Degrees);
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catch
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Debug.WriteLine("HANDLED EXCEPTION: camera could not be initialized");
var _messageDialog = new MessageDialog("Unable to initialize camera");
_messageDialog.Commands.Add(new UICommand("OK"));
_messageDialog.ShowAsync();
protected override async void OnLaunched(LaunchActivatedEventArgs e)
//.... other app initialization code
await InitializeVideoCapture();
Window.Current.Activate();
private async void OnResuming(object sender, object e)
AppIsResuming = true;
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await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(0.5));//this makes crashes less frequent
await InitializeVideoCapture();
FinishedCameraInitialize = true;
if(WasPreviewingCamera)
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SetupPage.CaptureElementSourceAssigned = false;
try
Debug.WriteLine("trying to restart video preview");
await captureMgr.StartPreviewAsync();
SetupPage.PreviewingCamera = true;
catch
Debug.WriteLine("HANDLED EXCEPTION: unable to start previewing");
SetupPage.PreviewingCamera = false;
GC.Collect();
AppIsResuming = false;
private async void OnSuspending(object sender, SuspendingEventArgs e)
var deferral = e.SuspendingOperation.GetDeferral();
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TimeOfLastSuspend = DateTime.Now;
FinishedCameraInitialize = false;
GC.Collect();
deferral.Complete();
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SetupPage.PreviewingCamera = false;
else WasPreviewingCamera = false;
if (captureMgr != null) captureMgr.Dispose();
//in SetupPage.xaml.cs
void OnSuspending(object sender, Windows.ApplicationModel.SuspendingEventArgs e)
var deferral = e.SuspendingOperation.GetDeferral();
_captureElement.Source = null;
CaptureElementSourceAssigned = false;
GC.Collect();
deferral.Complete();
private async void OnResuming(object sender, object e)
ProgressRing2.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
ProgressRing2.IsActive = true;
while (!App.FinishedCameraInitialize) await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(1));
App.FinishedCameraInitialize = false;
captureElement.Source = App.captureMgr;
CaptureElementSourceAssigned = true;
GC.Collect();
ProgressRing2.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
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Any help towards a solution will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you

I will also advice that you start by following the
Windows Store app sample.
Is this a Windows Phone app?
The crash/green screen only manifests itself when I suspend my app and switch to the default camera app (could be any other camera app perhaps). It happens roughly 1 out of 8 times. That's why I posted the suspension and resuming handlers, which I wrote
according to the msdn instructions.
I found
this page with a sample that demonstrates the MediaCapture API for Windows Phone. Some developers have reported problems similar as mine. Has Microsoft dealt with this issue?
I've spent quite a few weeks trying to investigate this problem, without actually knowing if it is my code that needs to be debugged. That's why I'm asking if other developers are facing similar problems.
Thank you
Edit: It seems that the crash/green screen can appear when suspending/switching to any app (regardless if it uses the camera or not). Also, all works fine when the app is running on the debugger.

16bit Tiff & PSD previews in Bridge not showing correctly

Large multi layered Tiff, PSD and PSB files which have alpha channels, masks and layers, etc. do not show appropriate previews in Bridge (nor Windows for that matter). Many of these are very large 2-4GB, but even a typical 30-60MB file with certain alpha channels and masks are also problematic with previews. I believe the problem appears mostly when the base images ar 16bit since the 8bit version exhibit properly most of the time.
Is this an issue which has a remedy?
Thanks,
Doug A
Photoshop CS5, Windows 7, 64bit.

As Jeff said, this should fix the very large files, but I would recommend to post in the Bridge forum, or on http://feedback.photoshop.com if you still have trouble with 30 -60 Mb files.

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Video Preview Error: Error Compiling movie. Unknown error.

Problem in Adobe Premiere Pro CC - Rendering movie prior to Exporting.
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What should I be looking for in my movie settings to clear the "unknown error"?

05555...did you get this reconciled??? If so, what did you do....I have encountered the same window myself, today.

Changed Video Preview "Error Compiling Movie" "Unknown Error"

Hi All,
I am running
10.8.3 OSX
2x2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
16gb 800 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM
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I was having trouble with the blur quality from AE to Premiere so adjusted my Video preview settings from,
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Any suggestions?
I have tried opening and closing the programs, replacing the dynamic links in the seuquence...
Thanks in advance!

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I'm experiencing a frustrating problem with After Effects these days.
We're producing some video to be projected, so to see what the final output will really look like, I'm doing video previews using FireWire so output goes directly to the projector.
It's been working great up until yesterday. Was working fine until I had to restart my Mac. Upon reboot, my the projector no longer gets any video output.
I've tried restarting numerous times, checked all connections, etc. Got it working again after several restarts, but after switching over to Photoshop momentarily, the video output once again disappeared.
Any suggestions on how to regain consistent Firewire output for Video Previews?
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OSX Version 10.7.5
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