Hi, I have use MAC Studio with M1 MAX processor with Premiere Pro and have various problem.
I am freelancer and my project is simple. I work on 1 hour multicam sequence with four cameras with XDCAM 4:2:2 codec, and cut to 45 minutes for television. Source is on NAS connected with 10 Gb BASE-T connection.
I use Premiere pro 2022 and 2021 with latest version (2022 - V22.4 and 2021 - V15.4.5) on the same machine and compare them.
Problems with 2022 - version 22.4:
- Problem 1: When i want to use scene cut detection it takes 40 minutes to detect cuts, compare to 8 minutes in version 2021
- Problem 2: I export in two formats H264 for previews and XDCAM 4:2:2 codec( the same codec from the sourse material) No matter wich format i use the Premiere pro 2022 behavior is strange. Premiere pro 2022 render part of video then pause and idling, after some time it continues. Premiere pro act like computer is reach some limits and wait to pass.
The same project on the same machine with version 2021 is NOT behave like that. It render without pausing. Result is, it take almost twice the time to render compare to v2021
- Problem 3: When i move frame by frame backward on program monitor i see video jump on some strange frame of video for part of second and after this show actual frame. This is frustrating because i can't compare two frames and choouse wich one is better for thumbnail.
- Problem 4: Version 2022 feel slugish on play compare to same project in version 2021, not to mention bad design of "export window", i see so many people complain about that.
Premiere pro 2021 - version 15.4.5 problem:
The only problem, but it is BIG one:
- Many times when I time strecth difrent part ot multicam sequense and export them, on exported material there is diffrent kind of artifacts. This happend no matter what kind export I use( H264 or XDCAM)
Sometimes this happend with clips too(not only with nested multicam sequence).
This is very frustrating, because in program monitor I don't see this, only on export material. And with limited time and production with big material, I don't have time to watch all export material, I want them to be exported on the way i see on my Program and Control monitor.
So now in conclusion:
I'm very unhappy with Premiere pro on MAC! I feel like i'm beta tester.
It pass 2 years from apple release M1 processor and there is still big problems with Premiere pro.
When I want to work faster I use Premiere 2021, when it is time to export I jump to version 2022 to be sure my export is correctly exported ....but slow. If television want some corection, I must jump back to version 2021, make correction and jump back on version 2022. Like I said it is very frustrating and this is wasting my time.
I know I must use user voice, but I'm sure here in forum much more people will read this, and share opinions, and this will push Premiere to release much better product.