Premiere crashes with Blackmagic eGPU

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July 21, 2018
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Hey guys,

I just got the new Blackmagic eGPU for my Macbook Pro, but I can't use it with Premiere Pro CC 2018 (latest version). Every time I am opening a project, Premiere immediately crashes.

Any ideas or experiences?

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Kons

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Correct answer LifeDaegu

change renderer to metal.

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zrutledge

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Crashes tend to happen on a Mac if you are running a monitor out of the eGPU. Does not matter if it be HDMI or thunderbolt 3. If you directly connect your external monitors, seems to run stable.

I'm not seeing much in performance upgrade on the 2018 MacBook Pro. Only shaves off around 4-5 seconds of render time. Will Adobe ever support this thing?

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KonsamAuthor

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Thanks guys! It works after changing the renderer to metal! Not very happy with the performance yet, but I hope there will be updates soon...

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andreh42829453

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How to change the renderer to metal?

thanks a million

jonb21972001

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I tried changing renderer to Metal, but performance was terrible. In the end I've found that you can use OpenCL renderer with a MacBook Pro *provided that* you have the MacBook Pro lid closed and the Ultrafine display connected to the eGPU.

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LifeDaeguCorrect answer

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change renderer to metal.

Grigor Poghosyan

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As fat as I understood what's going on you will probably find solution in mac forums

Grigor Poghosyan

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then maybe this will help you Use an external graphics processor with your Mac - Apple Support

Bobdickhoff

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Same problem here! But if I have nothing plugged in in my eGPU (so no usb audio interface and HDMI external monitor in this case) it works, if I plug one other device in it crashes instantly... So I cannot use any of the ports on the Blackmagic eGPU.