Adobe Premiere Pro Mask Tracking Issue.

[Sungwon3321]

When you use Tracking feature for Mask within Clip in Premiere Pro,

It might work at start. But at some point it will pop red message box of error denoting that “Error waiting for frame to be rendered, timed out.”

Then it freezes tracking.

In order for it to start again, you have to save the project. Quit Premiere Pro, and restart the project and resume tracking. I have to do this for every single clips I need masking tracked. That means you have to quit Premiere Pro every time you need tracking.

What should have happened?

- it shouldn’t freeze tracking feature within Premiere Pro.

What actually happened?

- But it freezes tracking whenever I create masking around the object I need tracking.

Do you have any third-party plug-ins orpanels installed (even if they aren’t being used when you encounter the bug)?

- I only have Captineer and Cutback but this issue started way before these plugins were installed.

Please include your hardware specs and the exact name and version of your operating system.

- Mac mini M4 24GB Ram 2024 version / Sequoia 15.3.1 (15.3.1 (24D70))

- But I encountered this issue with Mac Studio and Mac mini M1 and so on. It’s a known bug from Premiere Pro.

[Rabih_Sleiman8490]

The mask tracking freeze in Premiere Pro is a known bug on macOS systems.

Fixes and workarounds:

1. Update Premiere Pro to the latest version.

2. Change renderer to Software Only under Project Settings → General.

3. Clear media cache from Preferences.

4. Track shorter sections instead of long clips.

5. Lower playback resolution to reduce GPU load.

6. Restart Premiere if it freezes (temporary fix).

[Sungwon3321]

Thank you @Rabih_Sleiman8490 for your quick reply.

And yes, thank you for acknowledging the known issue LOL. (i was gonna go insane if anyone refuse to believe it is)

But yes, those temporary fix is great. But i do really hope Adobe would focus on these core features and stop tinkering with AI Features. Lord knows if i wish they would just make sure every features just work the way it is..

And i'm a former motion graphic artist turned Editor now and i began using premiere pro jsut recently (and used After effects my whole life before) and i realized what a limited program Premiere Pro is compared to After Effects when it comes to editing with effects (like this tracking features) 

And i know i know.. marketing and blah blah you have to buy after effects blah blah. 

But seriously, it takes couple codings enable core features you need in "editing" that are only in After effects to Premiere Pro.

But i guess Adobe just doesn't like that idea.. 😛

Anyway, thank you for your timely response !!