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January 6, 2017
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Choppy/Stuttering Playback in Timeline Preview - Premiere Elements 15

  • January 6, 2017
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Hello,

I am experiencing stuttering in the timeline playback on my PC (please see specs):

Radeon Software Version - 16.12.1

Radeon Software Edition - Crimson ReLive

Graphics Chipset - AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series

Memory Size - 2048 MB

Memory Type - GDDR5

Core Clock - 1000 MHz

Windows Version - Windows 10 (64 bit)

System Memory - 16 GB

CPU Type - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz

I am using .MOV files shot from my DSLR Nikon D5300 @ 1080p 60fps. I noticed the timeline preview playback is choppy, however when I export the final file the playback is fine when playing it on Windows. I have tried nearly all the Project settings to no resolution. All video card drivers are up to date.

I tried this on my Surface Book laptop with dGPU and it has no problems with the timeline playback stutter, so I am not sure if this is a software issue or hardware issue on my PC.

Any help is appreciated.

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    Correct answer caroline_edits

    Hey there, we've visualized some of these potential solutions in a 2-minute video. There's another option listed in this thread that works too – if you go to your Audio Hardware preferences and set your Default Input to "No Input" that can also improve playback performance.

    If that doesn't work for you, try these tricks!

    Hope it helps

    Caroline

    20 replies

    Levi.Krishna
    Levi.Krishna
    Participant
    September 1, 2021

    Hi,

    After having installed EpocCam software started having the same issues (choppy playback). Uninstalled, and it's back to normal.

    strangerfilms
    strangerfilms
    Participant
    February 15, 2021

    If you are having repetitive, stuttering issues in the playback of all footage in Premiere Pro and have a Blackmagic capture card installed, it may be because your Audio Hardware input is set the Blackmagic Line. Change this to no input and it should solve the problem. 

     

    Edit / Preferences / Audio Hardwere / Default Input / select 'No Imput'.

      caroline_edits
      Community Manager
      caroline_editsCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
      Community Manager
      October 8, 2020

      Hey there, we've visualized some of these potential solutions in a 2-minute video. There's another option listed in this thread that works too – if you go to your Audio Hardware preferences and set your Default Input to "No Input" that can also improve playback performance.

      If that doesn't work for you, try these tricks!

      Hope it helps

      Caroline

        JB Morgan Hill
        JB Morgan Hill
        Participant
        March 25, 2021

        Thanks Carolin, the audio hardware input was the culprit, couldn't figure it out! I have a black magic card so it was trying to use that as an input and it was making my machine play back a simple audio clip super choppy

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        Kerwin F
        Participant
        August 12, 2020

        Thanks for this tip, it solved the issue. God bless you and your family always! 🙂🙏

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          Steve Grisetti
          Legend
          June 4, 2020

          Glad you found this solution. It is usually the first thing we recommend when someone is having sound problems. But your issue sounded like it was a playback issue, which is why we were troubleshooting your video issues.

          T
          thomasv85081831
          Participant
          April 23, 2020

          Changing the audio latency to 120 did it for me

          H
          Hi16854
          Participant
          March 5, 2020

          I had the same problem and this fixed it, thank you.

          R
          RossyOHarmada
          Participant
          January 18, 2020

          This is what it was for me also! Thank you! Was trying to figure this out forever. No thanks to adobe!

          Y
          yzleandro
          Participant
          December 27, 2019

          It resolves my problem!! I just did what you said (set the Default Input to "No Input"). I don't know why this solves my problem at all, but it did!!

           

          The problem of mine was that I see jitterings when I playback any kind of video. I tried to transcode, proxy it and did not work. The problem was not related to dropping frames, and I have a powerful PC more than enough to playback 4K videos while I was only looking at 1080p video at the time.

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          sxu
          Participant
          November 22, 2019

          worked for me, thank you so much!

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