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January 24, 2023
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Save thumbnails cache for project panel thumbnail view

  • January 24, 2023
  • 146 replies
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The processing of thumbs at each opening of the project is really distressing. I would like to have the option to save these metadata at disk for faster start.

146 replies

Known Participant
January 24, 2023
@17250203 Linders - Your video just shows that computers struggle to decode Long GOP video - no real surprises there and it's why you use proxies.

The feature request relates to the need for project panel thumbnails to be saved to disk so that Premiere doesn't re-generate them in RAM every time a bin is opened.
Known Participant
January 24, 2023
Do you mean the thumbnails you see on the timeline takes time to appear ? Or you're talking about the Preview Monitor of the current sequence is laggy (slow decoding of the files) ? Thanks
Participating Frequently
January 24, 2023
Yes. The timeline as wel as the project tab with the thumbnail view.
Known Participant
January 24, 2023
Thanks Boy. Are you still talking about the Project Panel media explorer thumbnails ?
Participating Frequently
January 24, 2023
Antione,

Any 4K 50 of 100fps files of H264 of H265. (Sony A7s3)
When starting the project zooming in and out of the timeline
With proxies there is no issues. But full size videofiles it's a delaying issue when editing
Known Participant
January 24, 2023
We're trying to improve this situation at Autokroma, could anyone share sample files that pose this kind of issues ? We don't reproduce this issue fully yet on our computers. Contact us here https://www.autokroma.com/contact
Participant
January 24, 2023
If anyone in adobe is watching this please listen to these bulk of comments below including mine that the slow loading of Thumbnails in Icon view is just ridiculous and very hard to deal with when you have to get projects done in time. Please make the thumbnails cache once they load in. I don't care how much space it takes i.e. how much does it take to be honest it's just a small jpg maybe.. SO please please please fix this. I'm a Davinci User as well and they have seem to have no problems like this. But I am primarly a Premiere user because that is what I grew up on and this issue is like you're pushing your customers towards other alternatives so Please I request again. Please fix this issue....

Running on Premiere Pro 2021
My Specification:
Lenovo Legion-5
Ryzen 7 5800H
RTX 3060
16 GB 2666 MHz Memory
512GB Gen 4 SSD
Participant
January 24, 2023
No matter how powerful the machine, how big the files, what format. This issue persists everywhere and with everyone. It drives us insane. PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD FIX IT.

Every single person using premiere wants this issue solved. More information of this issue at the community post below.
https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-discussions/slow-thumbnail-generation-in-premiere-pro/m-p/11172787
Known Participant
January 24, 2023
This drives me nuts & to the point I stopped and took time out of my day to hunt down a uservoice request. Lo & behold, I forgot I've already voted and commented on this 4 year old idea twice now!!!

So here's my periodic upvote. I'll be back again next year I'm sure.
Participant
January 24, 2023
Going to chime in here too. Been an issue for the decade I've been exclusively using Premiere. Not only do bins have to reload their thumbnails all the time but even timelines. Every time I bounce back and forth between sequences, thumbnails need to reload. Sometimes they even reload while I'm in the middle of playing back. This really needs to get addressed. Its an issue they keeps getting worse as the more advanced the footage keeps getting year after year, camera model after camera model. This whole part of Premiere needs a complete overhaul.