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January 21, 2022
Question

Audio waveform causing After Effects to become choppy and slow

  • January 21, 2022
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Ive come across this problem where everytime I open the audio waveform for a layer it will cause my entire composition to become slow and choppy no matter what im trying to do (opening more will cause the problem to increase). No matter how much or little is in my composition it'll cause my movements to be slow and choppy. Ive tried using different audios and compositions but the same thing happens.

 

would appreciate any help! Thanks.

 

 

 

CPU    AMD Ryzen 9 5950x 16-core processor

RAM  Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB

GPU   Nvidia GeForce Rtx 2070 Super

Windows 10

 

 

2 replies

Participant
May 2, 2025

hey i have same problem, did you find solution?

nishu_kush
Legend
January 22, 2022

Hi Mark,

 

Thanks for writing in.

Is it happening with a particular file type?

Go to After Effects Preferences > Display > uncheck "Hardware Accelerated Composition, Layer, and Footage Panels". If it doesn't help, try clearing the media cache.

Let us know, we're here to help.

 

Thanks,

Nishu

 

Mar.kAuthor
Participant
January 22, 2022

Issue doesn't seem to be attached to the file type. I unchecked the "Hardware Accelerated Composition, Layer, and Footage Panels" and cleared my media cache but there were no changes.