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Dimitris Christanas
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Feb 7, 2019 6:12 PM UTC
Question

Unexpected disk usage 100% in Premiere Pro

So i'm having this issue, when i open a project and start editing suddenly my timeline doesn't respond when scrubbing or select a file and in source monitor goes black or freezes, also if i put my cursor on the file in the bin it says media pending. It take at least 5-10seconds to respond again until it does it again after a while.I open task manager while edit to see what happens. Cpu/Ram seems fine, only the scratch disk that i have for my files shows unexpected disk usage 100% when this happens in premiere.

Premiere pro CC 2018 v.12

My setup : 

CPU: I7-8700

GPU: GTX 1070 8GB

RAM: 32GB 3200MHZ

MOBO: Z370 ASUS ROG  

Samsung 960 EVO Nvme M.2 500gb (win 10 & apps only)

Sandisk ssd 500gb : Scratch disk 

Samsung 860 evo 500gb : adobe media cache 

2 x 8TB hdd as storage

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    Viktor_Gray
    Participant
    Apr 22, 2024 8:16 AM UTC

    I solved it. My pagefile cache was causing it. Adobe and other apps appeared to be using it instead of my RAM, so I disabled it.
    Here is an article about pagefile and how you can disable it  What is a pagefile? – TechTarget Definition
    lemme know if that helps!

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    Sean Personal
    Sean Personal
    Participant
    Oct 29, 2024 5:08 PM UTC

    I tried deleting the pagefile but that did not help. My source files are on a separate disk. It is that disk that is seeing excessive reads whenever I change focus from Adobe Premiere and switch to another application and then back to Premiere. The disk reaches 90% activity. It is a newer SSD drive, only using 2 TB or 4TB capacity and read times of over 500 MB/S. It is like Adobe is having to reload the source file (in this case a 25 gig AVI file).

     

    This did not use to happen. In the past I could bounce back and forth and not have this issue.

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      fantim008
      Participating Frequently
      Aug 31, 2023 1:38 PM UTC

      Has anyone found a solution to this issue.  It seems to occur on the drive where Adobe products are installed, and not on the scratch disks.

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      Dennis_K
      Participating Frequently
      Oct 17, 2023 7:40 AM UTC

      Having the same problem on Premiere Pro 2024. Im currently editing Canon MXF Files in 4K DCI, which shouldn't be a problem.

      I first had the files (about 350Gb) on an older 6Tb SATA WD Red drive, abd it was absolutely impossible to edit. Premiere would get laggy very quickly, stopped showing video weile scrubbing an the freezes completely.

      Fair enough, the drive isn't the fastest, so I moved the files to a 40Tb Thunderbolt3 RAID5. It's running way better niw, but it still gets laggy and the RAID is runs on 100% all the time. 

      Editing the same footage is no problem atcall in DaVinci, even when it's on the WD Red.

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      Dennis_K
      Participating Frequently
      Oct 17, 2023 7:43 AM UTC

      Sorry for the spelling, i wrote that on my phone. Is there no way to edit comments?

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      christopher7
      Participating Frequently
      Jan 3, 2022 4:48 PM UTC

      I am also experiencing the same issue. Have you found an answer to this problem?

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      RobShultzCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      Feb 8, 2019 9:43 AM UTC

      Maybe try re-setting preferences:

      have the app closed

      On Windows: Click on the app: hold down shift/alt/ctrl while the app is opening.

      on Mac: Click on the app: hold down shift/option/ctrl while the app is opening.

      The use file/open to open your project. Hope that this helps.

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        Zoran332324377b24
        Participant
        Nov 28, 2023 5:49 PM UTC

        Worked for me. Thnks.

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          Dimitris ChristanasAuthor
          Participant
          Feb 7, 2019 10:07 PM UTC

          The problem its not at the beginning only. When I edit my footage in timeline it does it and its getting worse when its getting too long or make many sequences.

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          Peru Bob
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          Peru BobCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          Feb 8, 2019 12:09 AM UTC

          Is there anything else running in the background?

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          Dimitris ChristanasAuthor
          Participant
          Feb 8, 2019 8:34 AM UTC

          No, I close everything else before I open Premiere.

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          Averdahl
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          AverdahlCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          Feb 7, 2019 7:55 PM UTC

          Make sure to let the media be Conformed and mind that large projects take som time to load when you open them. Look at the indicator down right in the user interface.

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