Current time Indicator isn't moving

[Jessehr]

Hi,

Im trying to make a edit in after effects but my current time indicator isn't moving so I have no idea where the video is playing and thats a pretty big problem for me if I want to edit. Does anyone have a solution for this? Greetings Jesse

[laurel17]

Hi I have the same issue but is happening ony in one of the compositions that I have in certain project. In the main composition I can perfetly move the time indicator; but in a composition of a caracter which then is going to be in the main one, it suddenly stop working the time indicator. I turn off the Bluetooth but still persist the problem I have a wacom tablet which sometimes I use it in Bluetooth and the phone.

I have the last version installed 17.1.2. If you have any advice or suggestion I will appreceate thanks so much

[Rick Gerard]

What is the deal with the video that is selected in the project panel?

The frame size is also not standard. 

Seeing the CTI move when you preview is part of the GPU acceleration for the UI and that setting can be changed.

[GuillaumeO]

Hello, I'm having the same issue and I can't manage to fix it.

Tried reinstalling on fresh settings, clearing cache/disk, opening neutral project files from different people... nothing worked so far.

Thanks in advance

[Hatou_Owl]

I have the same problem did you know how to solved or not yet?

[AgmedShawky3395]

I have the same problem too. 

[Hocok]

Same here, After installing last update (17.1.0 (build 72)) - Current time Indicator stopped moving

After restarting and purging - it is working, but after switching to another app and back it stops. It is annoying to restart afterEffects after each ALT+TAB

[mwuahahaha]

I also have this exact same problem in version 17.1.1 (build 34). And there is no way my 64GB of RAM isnt cutting it if the playhead was moving on an older machine with 32GB of RAM before this update.

[lukegarnett]

I'm having the same problem too. Playhead won't move, making it difficult to do what I'm trying to do.

[Warren Heaton]

There's the Current-Time Indicator (CTI) and the Preview Time Indicator (PTI).

Just to clarify, only the PTI should move during a Preview.

This behavior is hardwired (as users, we cannot enable/disable it).  

Here's a sample of what it should look like (this shows AE CS6, but only the colors of the CTI and PTI have changed in newer versions):

Try creating a new, empty Composition in a new project and then start a Preview.

• If you're seeing the PTI move as expected, then you're probably running into an overhead issue in your other project where you're not seeing the PTI move.  (In other words, your system is not powerful enough for AE to work as expected based on what you're asking it to do.)
• If you're not seeing the PTI move in an empty Comp in a new project, you want to troubleshoot your After Effects installation.  As third-party software can affect After Effects in unexpected ways (I've had a fax extension cause all footage to load at 0 x 0 pixels), I recommend a clean OS install with up-to-date drivers with just After Effects installed and then continue from there.