Premier Pro 2025 Blue Timeline Indicator Doesn't Move or Stutters When Playing Video

I wasn't sure whether to classify this as a question or a bug report, but none the less the title says it all.  In Premier 2025 when I try to play my video the blue timeline indicator either doesn't move until I puase the video again or it stutters so bad that I can't make any reasonable sense of it.  I went back to Premier Pro 2024 to see if it was just an issue I was having with the current version and that does seem to be the case because the 2024 version worked just fine.  I already know about having to click just above the timeline to get it to function properly, again though...it works in 2024 but does not work in 2025 for some reason.  I've seen a couple other posts saying the same thing, and I've seen audio cache or something needing to be cleared.  I tried it but it didn't do anything.  Anyways... anyone else having this issue or know how to eleviate it?  I'd like to use the most recent version, but I just can't with this issue.  Thanks in adavance!