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Mary Betsy
Mary Betsy
Inspiring
December 13, 2022

Major lag on timeline with Premiere Pro v 23.1 - macOS

  • December 13, 2022
  • 121 replies
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Since updating to Premiere v 23.1, I'm experiencing serious delays when performing standard actions on the timeline (scrubbing, trimming, playback, etc). Restarting the application seems to provide temporary relief, but performance quickly gets sluggish the longer I edit.

 

The lag occurs regardless of:

  • whether the playback resolution is 1/4 or high
  • whether High Quality Playback is checked
  • whether I've rendered clips on the timeline
  • the type of media (compressed video, proxies, just audio)

 

I've also tried:

  • updating macOS
  • setting my audio input to none
  • clearing the media cache
  • resetting the workspace

 

I use Productions and am working on the same projects (now upgraded to the new version) that had no performance problems before the last update. If anyone can help me troubleshoot or provide insight, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks, y'all.

 

System specs

  • macOS Monterey
  • Version 12.6.2
  • Mac Pro (Late 2013)
  • Processor 3.7 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5
  • Memory 64 GB 1866 MHz DDR3
  • Startup Disk Macintosh HD
  • Graphics AMD FirePro D300 2 GB
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    Francis-Crossman17221443
    Community Manager
    Francis-Crossman17221443Community Manager
    Community Manager
    February 17, 2023

    @Michael Grenadier It was way down deep in the guts of the sequence code.  I don't understand it either, to be honest.  The sequence is the most complex part of the whole app.  Luckily we have a lot of very smart engineers on the team.     

      Tyler Lukey
      Tyler Lukey
      Participating Frequently
      February 17, 2023

      Thank you @Francis-Crossman

        Itam
        Itam
        Known Participant
        February 17, 2023

        @Francis-Crossman17221443Awesome! Seems to be working on Windows also. No more lagging. Very happy about this. Also happy with the Dutch auto-captions!

          M1Storyteller
          M1Storyteller
          Inspiring
          February 17, 2023

          Outstanding! Thanks to you and your team for your diligence on this.

            M
            Michael Grenadier
            Legend
            February 17, 2023

            Francis, can you tell us what caused the issue?   Not sure any of us will understand, but might be useful for us to hear what was the root of the issue...    And thanks for your help and for your presence here...

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              nickn28798207
              Participant
              February 17, 2023

              Thank you!

                jamesdrakefilms
                jamesdrakefilms
                Inspiring
                February 17, 2023

                Thank you Francis!!

                ---Cinematic Video Production, 17+ Years of Excellence.
                  Tom Layson
                  Tom Layson
                  Known Participant
                  February 17, 2023

                  Francis - thanks for taking a personal interest in this issue - it is great to see Adobe staff directly involved here. Please pass my thanks on to the whole team.

                    Francis-Crossman17221443
                    Community Manager
                    Francis-Crossman17221443Community Manager
                    Community Manager
                    February 17, 2023

                    Hello everyone.  I'm pleased to announce that Premiere Pro version 23.2 has just been released with a fix for this issue and some other nice features.  Please update to get the fix.  Thank you to everyone who contributed detailed information.  It was very helpful in tracking down this issue.

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                      JuiceBoxG
                      Participating Frequently
                      February 15, 2023

                      I've only been using 23.2 beta for a short time today (2017 iMacPro 3.2Ghz 8core, 32GB RAM) but just wanted to report that the lag issue seems to have been addressed. I have copies of the same project open simultaneously in 23.0 and 23.2 beta. I actually didn't realize how bad it was in 23.0. 23.1 was completely unusuable for me, but 23.0 is also remarkably laggy by comparison. Just didn't realize it. When you scrub the playhead rapidly throughout a 1080P timeline in the Beta, it actually keeps up with the cursor and the program media updates accordingly and appears frame accurate. But in 23.0 it chases the cursor and is very nonresponsive. Glad a "real" fix is finally here, but honestly feeling frustrated that I've just been putting up with this for so long. Will go back to 23.0 to finish my current project as I don't have time to test further.

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