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CCS18
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March 20, 2019

Audio cutting out in Premiere - it's killing me.

  • March 20, 2019
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So this problem has seemed to have ramped up over the past month or so and it's getting increasingly difficult to edit.  I've tons of searching, and there seem to be a lot of people having similar issues - but all have different possible causes.  I'm trying to edit interviews, and basically I can't work.  Some of the obvious questions I know I'll get:

Was happening on the last version of 2018, and I'm now on 2019 - 13.0.3.

System:

I'm on a Mac Trashcan - I know it's getting up there in age, but it's handling the video fine - it's just the audio cutting out.

3.5 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon E5

64 GB 1866 MHz DDR3

AMD FirePro D700 6 GB

I've had this happen on multiple projects, with multiple types of media and multiple hard drives.  (Predominately Lacie Rugged which we've always used).

In this case files are 4K MXF - although I have proxies attached which seems to have exasperated the audio situation.  Although I rarely have needed to use proxies, so my other projects had problems using the original footage.

I always make my sequences from the clip, so matching settings should not be an issue - except iI guess potentially in this case where I have proxies attached.

I've cleared my cache, I've upped my buffer size to the max, and made sure my sample rate matches. 

I've been editing over 25 years, linear tape to tape, Avid, and I've been using Premiere since 2012 and CS6, and I've never been more frustrated. 

Anyone else?

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Participant
April 16, 2020

I got around this problem by opening the original clip in Adobe Audition, then exporting it (using same as source settings), then importing it into Premiere Pro.  Horrible workaroud, but it gets me going again.

Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
Community Manager
Community Manager
March 6, 2020

While I would recommend transcoding, I'd do so to an editing or "intermediate" codec, like ProRes, not H.264 files. You probably should never refer to a .mp4 file as a "high quality" file. It is definitely not that. .mp4 is a delivery codec, not one you should edit with or transcode to.

 

Cheers,
Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
flatstyle
Participant
March 26, 2020

I've been having this issue as well, and the responses here made me think, so I dug in. In my case, I'm editing a multicam clip, with both in camera and off-camera audio tracks, synced. I tried deleting the camera audio to see if I could play the timeline for more than 2 seconds without the audio cutting out. It worked. Now and again there's a little "blip" of the audio cutting out, but nothing like before. Not a great solution, but I can finally press on with my project after almost throwing my computer through the wall in frustration 🙂

fwiw I tried everything I could first - clearing the cache, rendering audio, etc. Nothing had any effect on the problem until I deleted tracks. There were originally 6 audio tracks. Now I have 2, and have a working scenario. I also have a very capable editing PC.

gavinb3729535
Participant
November 6, 2019

Since I was matching on board camera audio in the 'Audio 1' track to my .wav's in the 'Audio 2' track, I simply deleted the on board audio in track 1 after I had synced sound. No cut outs after that and its not like I was going to use the camera audio anyway. 

Participant
March 6, 2020

I can up with the same problem,

 

I first renedered, cleared the cache, updated premiere and nothing...then I saw that this worked for others so I tried moving my files to the computer rather than my works server. I then deleted the audio clips from the camera that I was not using, and then rendered everything. Not sure what out of all those things fixed the problem.

Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
Community Manager
Community Manager
March 6, 2020

Elio,

My advice is: Don't place media on any "server" unless it is expressly built for serving video streams.

 

Thanks,
Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
Participant
July 31, 2019

So, I spent HOURS today trying to figure this out and I FINALLY found the answer (at least for me). The audio kept cutting out in the timeline (only) and it was because the sequence settings didn't match. I shoot in 60fps and have always dropped my footage into a 24fps timeline with no issues before this latest update. So, I just created a new seq and the kept frame rate at 60 and the audio was seamless. Then I went back into seq settings and adjusted it to 24 and it seems to work perfect (for now)!   

CCS18
CCS18작성자
Known Participant
June 10, 2019

Sorry I didn't get back here sooner, as I managed a work around and life goes on.  Based off the issues I have had and others I know have had - this problem affects audio playback, morph cuts and a range of performance problems.  Commonalities seem to be mov and mxf files in CC2019 on older Macs 2013 trashcan etc, but some also on last round of imacs.  In every instance, transcoding the original footage to high quality mp4s got us through the job.  I've since gotten a brand new imac and am not experiencing those same problems, but I haven't worked on that same exact footage again either.  I also did not experience these problems on the trashcan prior to cc2019.  Bottom line, if you're struggling try transcoding to high res mp4s. 

March 21, 2019

Have the same problem, mostly caused by the audio being on an external hard drive (i guess), which is still not a reasonable excuse for the audio to be cutting out... Premiere is trash and it's time to go has come.

Participant
June 5, 2019

I'm jumping ship to Davinci because of this bull .... I can't edit on Premiere anymore, its unusable but I have to somehow deliver a video tonight when the audio cuts out every 4 seconds.

 

Worst editing software of 2019 by a long shot.

Participant
April 18, 2020

yep. i've been trying to fix this same issue for days now on a project from a year ago, as well as a brand new project with just prores media. Just got Resolve installed... fingers crossed.

Legend
March 20, 2019

I wonder if it's worth using mediainfo or something like that (tree view ) to show what the source stuff is to begin with ??

Legend
March 20, 2019

I have a custom built editing thing. On top of case are jacks for headphones and microphone. On back of computer are outputs (mobo sound 5.1 stuff ). At first audition would have problems if I unplugged stuff on top of board, replacing with another device.. e.g. from headphones to a line going to stereo aux.  If audition was ON during the plugging it was fine ( would see unplugged and new plugged in thing). If audition wasn't on it normally wouldn't know what was going on and I'd have reset preferences. So that was one weird thing. Then no matter what I did sound was cutting in and out on the whole computer ( including editing). I am not sure but I THINK the stupid mini stereo jack on top of computer was simply getting loose wire inside. At any rate I bought external speakers for the computer and they have a headphone jack on them, and plugged THAT into the rear of computer,, so I never have to unplug or plug anything in and out anymore re: the computer.

Sometimes hardware is getting old and worn out and not working right and it's the LAST thing we suspect as our problem. Sometimes it's the software.  Who the heck knows ???

Good luck finding answer. If a lot of people have same problem at least there should be a lot of solutions coming your way.

CCS18
CCS18작성자
Known Participant
March 20, 2019

Interesting thought.  I have Genelec speakers connected to a PreSonus Audiobox... but I've got two setups and they've both done it so I doubt both went bad at the same time.  But it doesn't mean that Premiere isn't all of a sudden deciding it doesn't like that config... but I kinda doubt it.  When I get more time I'll try to test that. 

Participating Frequently
March 11, 2022

The vast majority of users aren't having the issue. At the same time, if you're having this, it's a massive problem. Like so many computer bugs.

Which is why those questions about what your system are, med, and practices are so important. Both to try and get you working and to get data for where/when this happens.

Neil


It's now 2022 and I'm having this same exact issue on a brand new custom built PC with and thread ripper cpu and 3090 gpu. In researching the problem i'm seeing forums clear back from 2014 complaining about this issue. It's absolutely unacceptable and OP is correct that the program is broken. I've had many Premiere issues over the last 10 years of editing but this is now unusable. My editor friends have been complaining about this issue for some time as well, all on different computers. I suspect your claim that "the vast majority of users" don't have this issue is far from true.