Jeff, I don't know the ins and outs of the code or anything... but I just rolled back to CC2017 (the latest last version) and then rolled back my 200mb+ project file so I could open and re-save in CC2017. Low and behold... everything is fixed. Exact same configuration as before. Nothing has changed in the lineup. Drives and AJA (using the latest control panel and firmware) not running like lighting in Premiere 11.1.2 I'm not a software engineer but I think anyone struggling with hardware issue might be better off rolling back as I just did. The last 20 mins of editing has been a breath of fresh air and what I expect from a professional NLE. I cut theatrical features for a living and this is my first real experience on the pro stage with Adobe Premiere. The last several week transitioning my team along with the studio techs have been tough. Now with this simple rollback it seems at least what started this whole trial and error has been resolved. I didn't realize you could roll back a project file so easily. In the end we never truly fixed it, we just went to a earlier version. The start/stop is now on par with Avid and DaVinci in CC2017 11.1.2. Many thanks to you Jeff for pushing me for more answers I would've typically blown off in favor of continuing to work, even though I was struggling in my technique and was miserable. The nice thing is if Adobe releases a update I just try it out without losing time, if it's not fixed I'll just keep going in CC2017.
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