Frame Drop and sudden poor performance

UPDATE!

After trying many,  many solutions including upgrading our system to 32GB RAM, installing a new RTX 3070 Ti and updating everything that could possibly be updated we may have found the issue.

We run our PC with an Active Directory account and when switching to Local disk only, the frame drop seems to disappear. We are assuming this has something to do with app data or something having to be fetched through our server. So now we need to know if there is a way to change where Premier grabs the data it needs while running so we don't have this problem when not in Local.

Hopefully someone might have a solution for that?

Thanks again!

I know it's a long-shot but but check your 'Audio Hardware' preferences and set the Default Input to No input.

What type of drive are you using for your storage?

As standard drives fill up, the performance drops.  So, the sustained data transfer rate needed to play your source footage might be easily maintained while the drive is at 30%, 50%, or 70% capacity.  But at a certain point that sustained data transfer rate will drop.  The general rule is 80% capacity for standard hard drives.

This may not be the issue, but worth taking a look at.

Hi Dana5C76,

We're sorry about the poor experience. We can get this checked. Let us know the type of media files you are working with (format/codec, frame rate & frame size) & the effects applied. 

Thanks,

Sumeet