Preview Playback Red Line Freezes Despite Video Playing

[Pranav S Kumar]

Issue:
When previewing a composition in After Effects, the video continues to play, but the red timeline indicator (playhead) gets stuck or freezes. This issue did not occur previously.

Steps Taken to Troubleshoot:

• Ran After Effects in Safe Mode with no third-party plugins.

• Installed the latest NVIDIA Studio Driver instead of NVIDIA Game Ready Driver.

• Rolled back to After Effects v24.6.5 to test for version-related issues.

System Information:

• OS: Windows 11 24H2

• After Effects Version: 25.2

• CPU: Intel Core i7-12700H

• GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3060

• RAM: 16GB

Additional Notes:

• The issue persists regardless of project complexity.

• Attached a video showing the issue in real time.

[pcoron]

I am having the same issue. My drivers are up to date and as of ten minutes ago, I had the latest version of AE, but, there could have been a few new updates since then. Lol.