Audio dropout while monitoring a timeline

Unfortunately this has been an issue for years at this point, I've noticed it since 2022 at least. Was recently made worse with that annoying error message you got spammed with and has now retreated back to just an every now and then issue.

Hi Dani, I have tried those changes but there has not been any improvement, sorry.

Thanks for the information @Peter_Robins. Were you able to try out the preference changes to see if that can help and is your media on an external hard drive?

Thanks Dani,

• Issue – the audio drops out completely for 2 seconds, then comes back, so to be clear, press spacebar to play at normal speed, audio/video begins for 2 seconds, drops out for 2 seconds, then comes back and plays correctly.
• Steps to reproduce – no specific identifiable action as yet. Seems to happen randomly.
• Expected result – audio should play continuously.
• Actual result – as per issue above, audio randamly drops out.
• Screen recording – I will try, but it's hard to predict when it's going to occur.
• Adobe Premiere Pro version – V 25.2.3 (Build 4)
• Operating system – Windows 11 pro
• GPU driver version (Windows only) – Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Driver 32.0.15.7602
• Video format – mp4 h.264 input files and output files.
• Comparative information helps us understand more about when the issue occurs: 
  • Does it affect all projects or only some projects? All projects
  • Does it affect new projects? Yes
  • When did the problem begin? about 2 months ago