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andrewb33843100
andrewb33843100
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May 1, 2017
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Program and Source video lag, freeze,etc. Premiere 11

  • May 1, 2017
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Recently within a week I have updated Adobe Premiere to 11.0

Any playback error you can think of, source and program video preview are having frequently.

Example  freezing, lagging to play; skipping etc.

I have even tried previews at 1/4 resolution but it doesn't make it any better

Also occasional Adobe Premiere will  give the message Not responding.

Any suggestions how to fix this?

Here are my computer specs

Computer: Asus Q550LF

Op System : Windows 10

ProcessorIntel(R) Core(TM) i7-4500U CPU @ 1.80GHz, 2401 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)

Graphics card : GEforce 745M

64-bit

8 GB Ram Hard Drive

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Correct answer R Neil Haugen

You do have a problem. This program is now built around using multiple cores and such ... you're running only a two-core machine, that's a HUGE bottleneck right there. "Logical" processors don't really count, only count the actual cores. You need at least four cores for decent CPU activity.

Next ... RAM ... only 8GB of RAM, if I read your post correctly ... PrPro can barely function with that amount of RAM.

Video (GPU) ... I don't know how much actual separate vRAM that card on your rig has, but at least 1GB is minimalist, 2Gb better.

Now, as to drives ... the current CC 2017 version of PrPro (according to expert Bill Gehrke) is clearly optimized for "3rd generation" SSD's. And can work very well with an external Samsung T3 via a USB3 port, if you have one. If you're running one older spinner or SSD drive, that's another major bottleneck.

You can go to the Adobe Hardware Forum for advice on such things ...

Neil

https://forums.adobe.com/community/premiere/hardware_forum

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andrewb33843100
andrewb33843100Author
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September 14, 2017

To any who come back to this post if you having the same trouble as me with similar specs with my laptop
I got premier to run much smoother by simply having my video files and project file saved in the same folder
off a external hard drive

R Neil Haugen
R Neil HaugenCorrect answer
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May 1, 2017

You do have a problem. This program is now built around using multiple cores and such ... you're running only a two-core machine, that's a HUGE bottleneck right there. "Logical" processors don't really count, only count the actual cores. You need at least four cores for decent CPU activity.

Next ... RAM ... only 8GB of RAM, if I read your post correctly ... PrPro can barely function with that amount of RAM.

Video (GPU) ... I don't know how much actual separate vRAM that card on your rig has, but at least 1GB is minimalist, 2Gb better.

Now, as to drives ... the current CC 2017 version of PrPro (according to expert Bill Gehrke) is clearly optimized for "3rd generation" SSD's. And can work very well with an external Samsung T3 via a USB3 port, if you have one. If you're running one older spinner or SSD drive, that's another major bottleneck.

You can go to the Adobe Hardware Forum for advice on such things ...

Neil

https://forums.adobe.com/community/premiere/hardware_forum

Everyone's mileage always varies ...
andrewb33843100
andrewb33843100Author
Participant
May 1, 2017

Thanks Neil

I don't think I hav dedicated vram for my laptop . I can't find specs for

it

You mentioned and external Samsung ssd t3. can this be a solution also to

only having 2 cores?

R Neil Haugen
R Neil Haugen
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May 1, 2017

No, it can't replace the basic capabilities of the CPU ... that's a very limited CPU by it's design.

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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