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janvozenilek
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May 9, 2019
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Icon view - thumbnails loading extremely slow

  • May 9, 2019
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I'm in the latest version of premiere. I have my clips in my bin, turn on thumbnail view.  I have to wait a long time for these thumbnails to load.  They don't load in the background, only if I physically scroll down and sit there and wait for them each time.  I then find my clip, go to another folder with my audio, but when I return to my clips folder, the thumb nails are  gone and I start the entire process all over. Losing my mind here!!  Any suggestions please?

And re: additional improvements....  why can't we have thumbnails in LIST view?  This was available already in version 4.2 in the early 2000's!!   

And  why can't the  thumbnails be smaller also?

Thanks!

    5 replies

    GabrieleLS
    GabrieleLS
    Inspiring
    March 24, 2023

    Hello! I have the same issue.

     

    A possible workaround is explained in this video: https://youtu.be/gCQfpimN0PI

     

    Of course, disabling the "H264 hardware accelerated decoding" feature can create other issues, but my tests showed a massive improvement in thumbnails loading times: https://youtu.be/DibqbII1pws

    Another option could be creating ProRes proxies and enabling them. Since ProRes is not hardware accelerated on Windows machines, I guess the thumbnail loading times could improve (I haven't tested that).

    Itam
    Itam
    Known Participant
    May 31, 2020

    I have the same problem already for a long time. On Adobe User Voice there is an ongoing topic about it. Maybe good to upvote the topic: https://adobe-video.uservoice.com/forums/911233-premiere-pro/suggestions/33849352-save-thumbnails-cache-for-project-panel-thumbnail

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    Urmaseero
    Inspiring
    February 22, 2020

    Just for example. Its a clean project without any sequence. To show hundred of still images thumbnails takes a lot of time.  And AP cant remember them. Every time you open the project it starts to load them again and again. 

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      thuryn974
      Inspiring
      May 2, 2020

      Wich is why i threw the towel with Adobe, and went to Davinci Resolve...case closed!

       

      Are you even listening Adobe??

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        Urmaseero
        Inspiring
        February 22, 2020

        Yes, I am absolutely agree with You.  Why is it so slow process, and every time it starts again and again? I have quite complicated project and its really disturbing process. Why can't AP remember them.  In previous versions  it worked even quicker. Right now I have AP version 14.        

        And don't blame my machine.   It's a beast-  WIN 10, 64 bit, RAM 64 GB,  AMD Ryzen9 3900X 12-Core Processor 3.79 GHZ,  NVIDIA Geoforce RTX 2070 SUPER. 

        For example in AVID everything opens in one second. Everything-- icluded all thumbnails. ALL at once.  

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          janvozenilekAuthor
          Participant
          May 9, 2019

          Found the answer to my second and third question...  buried in the menus.

          No luck on the slow loading of the thumbs still.  Thank you

            Kevin-Monahan
            Community Manager
            Kevin-MonahanCommunity Manager
            Community Manager
            May 15, 2019

            janvozenilek,

            We could use more info about your system, media drives, GPU, and media type.

            Thanks,
            Kevin

            Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
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            phil knox
            Participant
            October 16, 2019
            Classic Adobe response - defer the issue to the users system. If you look online, this issue of thumbnail caching is a common one. I'm facing this myself - a bin with 100 clips or so that every time I reopen, it has to regenerate the thumbs, wasting time. Have searched quite a lot for a solution but I think this is just a Premiere shortcoming.,
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