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cenbrown
Participating Frequently
March 21, 2018
Question

Premiere playback not smooth in Source or Program Monitor (Windows 10)

  • March 21, 2018
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Hi,

I have just made the switch from Mac to PC recently.

System Spec:

Intel i9 9700x

Nvidia 1080 8gb GPU

64GB Ram

M.2 SSD Samsung Sytem Drive

2 x Samsung SSD Media Drives

When I play back anything in the source monitor or program monitor the playback is NOT fluid. It seems very jerky regardless of resolution or settings.

When displayed through the BlackMagic card to a HD TV the video is smooth with NO dropped frames. Yet still jerky in premiere app.

When I playback in Resolve in the source monitor or program monitor the footage plays back smooth with NO indication of any dropped frames.

So, no dropped frames. Fast video drives. Yet very jerky preview in premiere.

Is this a Bug within the latest version of premiere or is it settings I need to change?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Many thanks,

Christian

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andi_urra
andi_urra
Known Participant
April 15, 2019

I have the same problem.

Win10

Xeon E5-1650 @ 3.6 Ghz

128 GB RAM

2 x NVIDIA GTX 1080 ti

NVME System Drive

Cache on dedicated SSD

Data on SSD

LG 32" 4k Monitor

all drives with plenty of space

Premiere is jerky and stutters so that it is almost unusuable.

Even with Cineform proxies (1280x720).

Most pronounced with fast edits.

P.S. you can click "I have this question, too" on the original post.

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D3hotrod
Participating Frequently
April 15, 2019

Use Handbrake to convert to Constant Rate instead of Variable

It's a free tool that the support team at Adobe had me install.

https://handbrake.fr/

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displayname
Participant
April 14, 2019

cenbrown​ - Did you ever get to the bottom of this? I am experiencing similar problems.

mattdndsaajdasljdsl
mattdndsaajdasljdsl
Participant
December 4, 2018

So I have similar problems on my PC and I suspect it is related to having 2 monitors of different resolutions. It corrects itself sometimes if I unplug my monitor and replug it to jog the Adobe UI's memory for whatever reason.

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boss12345
Participating Frequently
June 23, 2018

i ask...

how is possible that with that monster configure (intel i9 64 gb ram) premiere have issue and the playback is jerk and choppy?

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boss12345
Participating Frequently
December 30, 2018

same problem,

i need to change my pc... i9 xxxxx ssd gtx1080 ..... total 2000 and more dollars for what?

when i try to work on a dji mavic file or go pro file or 4k file, is not possibile (freezing, not smooth, jerky..and if you apply a colour is worst) and i need to convert all in pro res?

they are serious?

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KelvAnd
Participant
April 30, 2018

For me, found a very simple answer to this problem (after trying different formats for the proxies, system restart, clear cache, etc); in the Media tab of Preferences, there's a "Enable proxies" option that was unchecked. After checking this option, video scrubbing was smooth.

I will add that Cineform proxies are definitely smoother for me than H.264.

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clintbohaty
Known Participant
March 27, 2018

Could you try turning on the "Dropped Frames Indicator" in the source monitor (under the wrench dropdown menu)?

I have a GTX 1080 with updated drivers and am experiencing the same playback issue.  I've confirmed that my choppy playback is due to constant dropped frames.

Bill Gehrke
Bill Gehrke
Inspiring
March 23, 2018

Christian,

  1. Is this a commercial computer or did you build it.  OEM computers come with lot of garbage processes and programs which can steal CPU cyles disrupting playback.  Have you done any tuning?  Turn off any and all processes that are not necessary for Premiere.
  2. How many presses show in Task Manager/Performance Tab?
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excited_Genie16B8
Legend
March 21, 2018

Use Cineform proxies.

Work offline using proxy media |

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cenbrownAuthor
Participating Frequently
March 21, 2018

Thanks Jim. But It's not a proxy issue as it happens with all codecs and resolutions including Cineform proxies. It seems to be the way video is displaying in premiere rather than the fact the computer cannot manage the playback the frame rate, bit rate or resolution as it plays back smoothly in other apps like Resolve and outputs through BlackMagic card perfectly to a HD TV.

Peferling
Peferling
Inspiring
March 21, 2018

PPro, in my experience, does not play well with VBR and H.264 as a rendering material, (anything that requires conforming).  I stick with MXF wrappers, (sourced from Sony XDcam and Canon XF), as it falls into their smart rendering spec (it's software native).  All 3rd party materials are requested as MXF or I ingest as MXF OP1a.  It's the sole reason I dropped Cineform proxies.  I  don't care if it increased the file size 10 fold.  It flies from 2x-4x realtime in rendering, (FX free clips or those with realtime FX are simply copies.  No rendering involved).  The only time I'll encounter mp4 is the final render, and I still get 1:1 going out.

It also works well for two layers, cuts only on a laptop with shared HD graphics, (lattitude E7440).

What happens when you change the playback resolution in the program monitor?  Does is provide some temporary sanity if you go 1/2?

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