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aleks18030
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March 30, 2018
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Premiere Pro slow and lagging

  • March 30, 2018
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Hi,

I'm editing a music video on a Macbook Pro 2017 (15 inches).

Specs:

Processor: 2,8 GHz Intel Core i7

Memory: 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3

Graphics: Radeon Pro 555 2 GB

Intel HD Graphics 630 1536 MB

The project consists of a both 1080 and 4k footage (h.254). As I've been editing my laptop's performance have been getting progressively worse. After adding LUTS, transitions and the whole works it's gotten to the point where I have to wait for 10-15 seconds for each clip to load while moving along my timeline. Playback is not even possible, even at 1/4. I now have to export the entire project to see how it looks while playing back.

I'm already using proxies for editing, but this has had absolutely no effect on the performance of my laptop. All Premiere-files are saved locally on the laptop, while all the footage is stored on a external harddrive (Toshiba DTB305). I've shut down everything but PP in order to feed it as much CPU power as I can.

Upgrading my laptop is no-go. But I'm considering moving the footage to an SSD drive, and I have looked at the Samsung T3 or T5 as an alternative.

Will his help? Or is it my laptop that's the problem? Or is it my PP settings?

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Correct answer exile1972

your laptop is slowing to a crawl mainly because you're editing with H264 files. Transcode all of your media to an edit friendly codec - prores or DNxHD/HR and you'll find that your system will be much more responsive. A samsung T3 or T5 is great for media but if the media remains H264 you will still encounter problems because H264 is CPU intensive.

Adobe should have a warning message that pops up when attempting to import H264 files into Premiere letting the user know that if he or she doesn't transcode then there will be bottlenecking.

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Peru Bob
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Peru BobCommunity Expert
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March 30, 2018

Moved to the Hardware forum where the hardware experts hang out.

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exile1972Correct answer
Inspiring
March 30, 2018

your laptop is slowing to a crawl mainly because you're editing with H264 files. Transcode all of your media to an edit friendly codec - prores or DNxHD/HR and you'll find that your system will be much more responsive. A samsung T3 or T5 is great for media but if the media remains H264 you will still encounter problems because H264 is CPU intensive.

Adobe should have a warning message that pops up when attempting to import H264 files into Premiere letting the user know that if he or she doesn't transcode then there will be bottlenecking.

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