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Known Participant
May 20, 2025

Proxy workflow slowdown (with a lots of small files) in the recent versions.

Hi!

Proxy scrubbing performance tends to struggle when there are many short clips on the timeline, each sourced from a unique file.
This slowdown wasn’t present in earlier versions (2024 ones, perhaps?).

The only workaround I’ve found is to make the original files Offline, so Premiere doesn’t read them (for unknown reason) while displaying the proxies.
However, this is a hassle because relinking the original files (to render a high-quality output) usually takes some time.

My Premiere version is up to date: 25.2.3.

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V-Edit작성자
Known Participant
May 21, 2025

I really want to solve this issue because manually taking the original (full-resolution) media offline is not an ideal solution. According to the network monitor, network usage is around 20 Mbit/s when proxies are enabled. However, when there are many small files (around 30–50 video files), the network usage spikes to 600–700 Mbit/s, and scrubbing starts to lag—just like when proxies are disabled.

If I take all the original files offline, it resolves the issue completely. Timeline scrubbing becomes smooth as butter, even with hundreds of small files, making editing a pleasant experience—just like it always was until recently. My system is very fast: i7-13700K, RTX3090 24GB, 10GBit/s LAN, NVMe disks on the server side and locally.

 

V-Edit작성자
Known Participant
May 21, 2025

 

jamieclarke
Community Manager
Community Manager
May 20, 2025

Hi @V-Edit -  Thanks for submitting your bug report. We need a few more details to try to help with the issue.
Please see, How do I write a bug report?

 

It sounds like even though you have the proxy button "on" in Premiere Pro,  your system feels like it is using the original footage.  Does that sound correct?

Can you right click on your media files and select "Media File Properties". Then post a screenshot.


Sorry for the frustration.