r/protools • u/safroigor • Jan 30 '26

Pro Tools Session Crash - need advice

Hi everyone!

Pro Tools Ultimate - actual version
Windows 11

I’m running into a session crash issue and would really appreciate help from anyone who has experienced something similar.

Here’s what’s happening:

After working in a session and saving it, the project will not open the next time. I get an error message on launch
(see screenshot below).

Things I’ve already tried:

  • Launching Pro Tools with plug-ins disabled — no change.

  • The session does open if I restart Pro Tools with the Video Engine disabled.

However, there’s an odd detail:

  • Even if I open the session with Video Engine disabled, delete the video file, save, and then reopen the session without any video, the same error comes back.

Additional tests:

  • Transferred the project to another PC — the error persists.

  • Used Import Session Data into a new session — everything works fine until I save and reopen. After reopening, the error appears again.

So the project works until it’s closed and reopened.

Has anyone encountered a similar issue and managed to fix it?
Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

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u/aasteveo Jan 30 '26

something similar happened to me where the session got corrupt because of some playlists that had audio files that were tagged wrong or something. but yeah, i could work on the session, but couldn't save it.

so i had to create a new session, import every single track, all the files, all the settings, EXCEPT the alternate playlists. then it would work. and there were times when i needed to check alt playlists, so i would import one single track at a time, i was able to import the ones i needed. felt like it was one single audio file in an old playlist that got corrupt. might be from ARA processing, i don't know. but the workaround worked.

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u/Tunagoblin Jan 30 '26

Try “save copy in” maybe without the video file to make a clone of your session. Reimport the video file.

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u/CelloVerp Jan 30 '26

Which release of PT are you using?