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OliverNotABoT
OliverNotABoT
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October 23, 2023
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Premier Pro lagging on 24 and 23 versions.

  • October 23, 2023
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Hello,

 

I'm sure this is already being widely talked about but i'd like to share my experience. I work on both a Windows pc (RTX 3060 Ryzen 5 3600 16GB RAM) and also a Macbook (M2 Pro 16GB RAM 1TB SSD) 

 

The issues started on my Mac. I updated to Premier Pro (24) and I started having massive issues where I wouldnt be able to edit my project without 4-6 seconds of pinwheel after every action.  This included simple actions like dropping subtite text by a line or adding a preset effect to a video. I got quite annoyed at this as its for a student project which is due soon so I used a downgrading service and started using the 23 versions. I went through a couple (23.6) (23.4) (23 - this one still lags but not for as long roughly 2 - 4 seconds) They all still lagged. I thought it might be my Mac but its pretty much box fresh as of two weeks ago so I doubt it. 

 

As well as this I put my Mac aside and thought maybe my windows pc would be better (ive edited 10+ projects on the 23 version perfectly) I booted up Preimer Pro to learn it had auto updated to 24 (I've turned this off so this kind of thing doesnt happen again) Just like the Mac... 24 lags a decent amount + it has issues porting all my source files over even though they are on the system. I went through the same process of downgrading and again the 23 versions suddenly have more issues than before. 

 

I appreciate that 24 has just been released and there will be bugs in the software but I am on a deadline and editing now takes 2x as long. 

 

Does anyone have any fixes (for either system) or workarounds? 

 

Thanks!

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    Correct answer OliverNotABoT

    Hi, 

     

    late reply to you! In the end, the issue fixed itself but I do agree with you. - I was editing a film with about 10k keyframes for animations as well as 100's sources, animations and tracks... But your incredibly right my Mac with 16 GB of RAM needs upgrading! 

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    Dominik266225754wn1
    Participant
    December 22, 2023

    I stumbled into the same problem (auto-update, opening an old project, waiting after every change or click for almost 30 seconds). As an experiment, I erased all the music in the sequence, and there was no more waiting.

     

    So the solution is:

    • Close Premiere Pro

    • Find all .pek and .cfa files that were created by the previous version and erase them

    • Open Premiere Pro and wait for it to create the new files

     

    Hope this helps!

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    Charles H
    Participant
    December 11, 2023

    I'm having the same issues. Any update on this problem. I was on the phone with adobe and they tried to walk me through file management. Was no help.

    OliverNotABoT
    OliverNotABoTAuthor
    Participant
    October 26, 2023

    Hi,

     

    Unfortuently no response from Adobe yet on this issue maybe it's super niche? Well anyway... I have come up with a fix that kinda works. (For Mac atleast).

     

    Firstly do not plug your computer into an external monitor this for some reason seems to break Premiere Pro. 

     

    Secondly downgrade premiere pro to version 23.1 (it's the only version that works) I then waited 24 - 48hrs ish for 'things to settle' and now Premiere Pro is working without any lag of buffering. 

     

    It sounds like absolute crazy talk but considering version 24 is causing so much pain this is the only fix i've developed which works! 

     

    Oliver

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    JOSE-VTE331675833o9f
    Participant
    October 25, 2023

    Same here, I can't work propertly!! I need a solution soon to fix all this issues

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