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Mar 15, 2023 2:04 PM UTC
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HUGE memory leak - Mac Apple Silicon - Premiere Pro version 23.2

I have an issue with the latest version of premiere working fine but progressivley getting slower, then filling all available ram and disk swap, I get a memory error on mac with premiere pro usung in excess of 100GB editing standard 4K footage, footage that never used to have issues until this version.

 

My system 

Macbook pro 16 inch, 32`gb ram M1 Max

latest OS (13.2.1 (22D68))

Premiere 23.2

 

Its happened on multiple projects, some new some old.

 

I've had to revert to the previous version for my own sanity.

 

Does anyone else have this issue?

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Bruce Bullis
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Legend
Jun 4, 2024 8:55 PM UTC

The original issue that generated this thread, has been fixed. It was related to memory usage around VST plugins. 

[I'm not discounting the possibility that you're encountering a different issue...]

Do you have third party VST plugins installed?

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robbiem42595415
Participating Frequently
Aug 7, 2023 3:54 PM UTC

The memory leak issue was there in 23.5 but not as pernicious/common. In 23.2 it appears after an hour of having the project open. 

 

23.5 had a bug that meant my program window was black when source clip LUTs were enabled. I've had 2 different remote help sessions, both advised to downgrade to 23.2, but it's not workable.

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Bruce Bullis
Legend
Aug 7, 2023 3:51 PM UTC

In what version did you see the behavior, before moving back to versions < 23.2?

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robbiem42595415
Participating Frequently
Aug 7, 2023 3:50 PM UTC

Same issue for me. Had to downgrade to 23.2 to fix a different bug, but 23.2 has the memory leak issue. It's so disruptive.

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Bruce Bullis
Legend
Jun 25, 2023 6:54 PM UTC

Sure! [reached out directly]

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Known Participant
Jun 25, 2023 2:08 PM UTC

I managed to capture the log file during this happening if adobe want it? or where to post it?

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Participant
Jun 23, 2023 7:52 AM UTC

The only fix I could find for this problem was to install an older version of the software. It now runs the same tasks that were  chewing up memory and causing crashes without any issues. Looks like a bug in recent versions of Premiere.

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Known Participant
Jun 22, 2023 9:21 PM UTC

Nope, 3 or 4 versions in people still having the issue, amongst about 50 others, make a complaint to customer service, these forums aren’t always checked by adobe staff.

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Participant
Jun 22, 2023 9:14 PM UTC

Just upgraded to v 23.5 and I am still having this issue. 2021 M1 Max 32gb Ram.

Most of my commercial work is only a few h.264 files less than 5 minutes long.

DaVinci Resolve is sounding real tempting right now. Has there been any real solutions given by Adobe? 

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Participating Frequently
Jun 21, 2023 2:48 PM UTC

A few days ago I wrote that with the versions 23.3 and 23.4 I wasn't having this issue, but with the version 23.5 I did. I think, at least for me, the issue appears when exporting, in any case I use a Lumetri mask and the final video is more than 15 minutes long, because I've been exporting videos with the same mask but shorter (10 minutes long) and everything went smooth. Please Adobe, stop making me waste my time and missing my deadlines and already solve this major problem!

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Participating Frequently
Jun 20, 2023 2:48 AM UTC

I've been having this issue too. I just updated to Premiere version 23.5, running Ventura 13.2.1 on an M1 Pro Macbook Pro with 16gb ram.  I've tried everything everyone has mentioned in this post, other than just reverting back to a much older version of Premiere. Nothing's worked.

 

I haven't even created a sequence yet! I'm just importing footage into a new project, and I've been getting the application memory error about every 10-15 minutes. It's infuriating. This also happened a lot on my last project, which was a BTS package for a pretty big multi-editor network gig. It cost us a ton of time (particularly our poor assistants who spent day after day trying to figure it out). Just chiming in to hopefully help alert Adobe that this is a serious problem.

 

I've seen it recommended elsewhere that switching to the Intel version of Premiere might help. I can't tell if that's a facetious suggestion ... has anyone tried it? Or does it seem worth trying?

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