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Sequences become sluggish
updated 1 week, 5 days ago
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When I first start working in a project, when I scrub through a sequence it is extremely responsive, with no apparent delay or lag. After about 15min the scrubbing starts to become sluggish, where the playhead has trouble keeping up when I drag it.
I’ve found that when I simply duplicate the sequence, without making any changes at all, that new sequence scrubs responsively again. After 15min it again becomes sluggish and I can repeat the process to maintain responsiveness. I can also make the performance responsive again by quitting Premiere and opening it again. Obviously neither solution is ideal.
As for tech specs I am on a 2022 Macbook Pro 16in, M1 Max, 64GB RAM, Mac OS 12.6, latest version of PR. I am editing 4k ProRes footage off of an external SanDisk Extreme Pro SSD connected via USB C (or Thunderbolt? I can’t tell the difference).
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I have the same issue at times. I think it has to do with how Premiere is storing files in the media cache.
Here’s my workaround so far:
1. Dump the media cache and do it frequently.
2. Set up an SSD dedicated to the media cache.
3. Use proxies and lower playback res.
4. Close and re-open the project.
Does anyone else have this problem and/or fixes?
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Same issue here. Unbelievably irritating. Going to go back to 2022 version for my new projects. Completely unusable.
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We have an editor with the same issues. iMac Pro. I’ve done all I can, including a full CC delete and reinstall to no avail. Which makes me wonder about a possibly corrupted user image. But we can’t do anything about that in an enterprise environment (like create a new one on our own). So we plan, at some point, to take it to IT and have them nuke the machine and do a full OS reinstall, etc. And it’s persistent to their machine only. None of our other editors have the issue.
Joby.
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On repeated edits on the same set of footage, the cache gets fragmented as hell. Dedicate a folder on an free SSD drive for all cache. Delete them frequently. It may take a while to rebuild the cache, but it is worth the wait. Depending upon your CPU / GPU, use proxies and low res playback.
Santanu – http://www.santanu.biz
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