slow playback in premiere

Question

Why do I get such crummy playback in Premiere? Do I have something set up wrong?

My computer struggled to do basic playback in Premiere so, when I built my next system, I looked for specs that should have allowed smooth 4K editing. But playback was still ****.

Figured it was my fault so, this time, I decided to let someone else build it.

I just purchased a workstation from Puget Systems.

Intel Core Ultra 9 285K 3.7GHz 24 Core 36MB 125W
96GB Kingston DDR5-5600
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 INSPIRE 3X OC 16GB
Windows 11

And … it struggles on playback.

I have three tracks:

1920*1080 MOV file exported from Animate.
A single voice over track (.WAV or .MP3)
A single music track (.WAV)

I’m playing back in a tiny little window (30%) and half resolution. Playback stutters. Sound frequently drops out altogether.

Do I have something set up wrong? How does this problem persist no matter how much RAM and horsepower I throw at it?

Thanks for any insights.

R Neil Haugen · Answer

Wow, that’s awful! My older Puget build with a 3960XRyzen, 128GB of RAM, and ‘only’ a 2080Ti doesn’t have any issues like that at all. With even most H.264/long-GOP, which my system is not really built to handle. I do have twin Nvme drives, one for OS/Programs, the other for all cache files, and then eight internal SSDs for projects and media.

What are the specs for the file from Animate, framesize/rate and codec? Are you running all SSD internal drives?

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