Premiere Pro needs to address some major problems. I can’t render, my audio keeps caching and I have to force quit to close the app.

[Walter Biscardi]

How are we supposed to help without any information?

System? RAM? Media Storage? Version of OS? Version of Premiere Pro?

We’re delivering broadcast episodic series and documentaries with Premiere Pro this entire year. No it’s not perfect by any means, but it’s running really well here across 6 workstations sharing a SAN.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author, Chef.
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Biscardi Creative Media

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[Shane Ross]

Just because you are having those issues, doesn’t mean EVERYONE is. People pop up with all sorts of issues, and they are all different. And there are different reasons for those issues.

And yes, specifics help.

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[Christopher Tegg]

I don”t care about anybody else. All i care about is what I’m doing right now, and they are MY problems. That’s why I was asking. I have got help, and i don’t need personal criticism. I’m not criticizing you personally so don’t worry about it.
Would you buy a car without out brakes, or a steering wheel? So why should computer companies and software programs come with so many bugs and issues. Charge less money if it doesn’t work properly, and don’t put the word “PRO” on the end of it.

[Tom Daigon]

Obviously you just came here to vent. If you wanted help obviously you would have provided more info so folks here could help.

Merely as a point of comparison I can tell you on my PC I am not having any major issues with CS6.

If you have received the help you needed to resolve your issues then I am glad for you.

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[Christopher Tegg]

I didn’t come her to vent, I just said there gear wasn’t professional.

Expressing opinions and feelings are all part of online forums.

I have had some help from someone else, and it was very useful.

Thank you

[Christopher Tegg]

Shout out to Walter Biscardi. Thanks for the help! Not the criticism. I said one thing about a piece of software and I get personally attacked for venting.

What?

Never felt frustrated!

Thanks Walter.

[Walter Soyka]

There are some very irritating bugs in Pr CS6, and there are some missing features — but I think this is true of any of the major NLEs. I think all the major NLEs are capable of professional work, but what’s an annoyance in one workflow may be a deal-breaker in another, so choosing the NLE that best matches your specific needs is important.

There do seem to be some pretty common bugs around losing track of renders. Please file a bug report [link] about yours. The Adobe development team logs and tracks every bug report and feature request, and squeaky wheels get grease, so your filing can help make the product better.

That said, I find that there’s not much I actually have to render. With a decent system, there’s an awful lot you do in real time. Also, Pr is not FCP7, so you don’t have to shift render time around by rendering before you output — with Premiere, you defer your render until the end. Premiere does not have “smart render” feature like FCP7 used to, so it can’t copy frames directly from the render files to the output file; if you do elect to use preview files during output, Pr will decompress and then recompress them, costing you one generation.

Conforming audio helps improve system responsiveness. See Conforming audio [link] for more information about what it does and how you can avoid it.

As for the mandatory force-quit to close, I don’t know what’s causing the issue, but that is not normal behavior. Standard Premiere Pro troubleshooting may apply: reset preferences, clear caches. On a Mac, I think that repairing permissions is voodoo 9 times out of 10, but I do recommend clearing the system caches with a tool like Onyx or via safe boot if you’re having any strange behavior.

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[Christopher Tegg]

Thanks for your help.

I also work with Ableton Live.

Now there is a solid piece of software architecture.

Stable, smooth and fantastic layout.

I hope someone can make an editing program that much fun to use!

[Walter Biscardi]

[christopher tegg] “Shout out to Walter Biscardi. Thanks for the help! Not the criticism. I said one thing about a piece of software and I get personally attacked for venting.

What?

Never felt frustrated!
“

Christopher, the problem with this thread is you really haven’t told us what the specific problems are and you’re just saying the software is unprofessional because you’re having this one problem. Obviously through all of your recent posts, you just started using PPro and it’s a pain in the ass to get working correctly. Took us about 4 months to really get it working the way we wanted it to.

But we ran into ALL sorts of audio issues in the beginning that were a combination of user error and a hardware / software mismatch.

So in this particular case, all the other folks in this thread are simply asking for specifics about your system and what exactly is happening so they can offer their advice. You’ve started so many threads, folks don’t read all of them to find out your specific hardware config.

So if you could, just post your hardware config here in this thread and let us know precisely what is happening and maybe we can offer some advice.

If you’re just starting this thread to say Adobe Premiere Pro is Unprofessional and not a quality editing piece of software, well that’s your personal opinion and you’re certainly entitled to that. I would be the first to disagree however as our experience with the tool has been quite professional. It’s not perfect, but it’s getting the job done day in / day out in our facility.

So if you want some help with this particular problem you’re having, just give us some good hardware and workflow information and perhaps we can figure out why you’re having all of these audio problems. Thanks!

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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HD Post and Production
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[Christopher Tegg]

I really do appreciate all the help you fullas are dishing out. Don’t get me wrong.

I am new to Prem. Me been on FCP ,AVID etc.

I’m a kiwi with 22 years editing experience, working in in Hawaii on a little, big production. Private bedroom edit suite, Massive 40tb of rushes for one feature.

I’ve convinced the boss to upgrade to 32gb ram today, in my iMac 3.4, mid 2011, SSD driven machine.
Don’t think he is going to fly with the $25,ooo tree!
4 X 12gb white winged horses will have to keep me afloat for now.

I’m steaming at full throttle though, compared to the 7 year old fcp crapper I was stearing back in Dunedin, New Zealand. Haha.

So, to sum it up if I can just…

a. Get my renders rendered and stay rendered I’ll be a happy man.

b. Quit Premiere Pro (which i really do think is nifty by the way, but lacking in finesse for the cash you shell out). with out having to force quit each time.

c. Keep my project size down so I don’t have to worry about slow saves.

d. Get to the end of the con…………………………………….form……………………………….ing!!!!!!!

e. Finish, fx, Output. Bing! Out the door.
I’m thinking about using the project manager at the end, to consolidate all my media to one drive for my piclock and then do my fx etc then so I can preview render without losing the renders each time I close.

Well that’s all folks. and God Bless Hawaii. I’m digging it here! My edit suite has a window that opens and looks out to the gentle waters of Hawaii Kai.
Better than all of those other dark Hurt Lockers people expect you to cut in!

Cheers form the Premiere Virgin semi-pro.

Christopher