P: Selection Follows Playhead Multicam bug

[Jake34290661129j]

In the past year I have used multicam frequently to edit podcasts. Took a small break over the holidays and I am now returning to edit multicams in v25.1.0. After starting an edit I found the multicam view completely glitches selection follows playhead.

 Through testing I have found a few issues.

1. none of these issues appear until you open multicam view in a sequence.

2. regardless if it is a timeline with a multicam in it or not opening MC view is what causes these issues.

3. It appears closing and reopening the sequence clears the bugs but they immediately resume when you open MC view

-when MC view is open - SFP appears to function fine but...

1. Selection immediately resets to under playhead when you select a different clip, regardless of how long you wait.

-When multicam view gets closed 

1. SFP no longer functions with space bar, or JKL hot keys, it will only follow playhead selection if you click with your cursor on the timecode bar at the top of the sequence.

I have replicated this exact issue on my coworkers computer running Sequoia and 25.1.0. My computer is running Sonoma and 25.1.0

The video files below show all the issues replicated with stock footage for privacy. The first video shows the re selection bug, second video shows closing multicam and SFP not functioning with play pause only clicking with the mouse.

[Jake34290661129j]

Forgot to mention what I have done to try and fix this.
-reset workspace
-clear cache

-reset preferences

-restart program and computer.

[IanB_360]

Hi @Jake34290661129j and welcome to the Premiere Pro Forum community.  Thank you for taking your time to file a bug report. Love the details provided. The team just needs a little more information to begin troubleshooting. If you could just jump to the link here  How do I write a bug report and follow the steps to providing more information about your bug, we will gladly take a look.

Thank you

Ian

[Jake34290661129j]

Hi Ian

Selection follows playhead does not function properly after opening multicam view. If you select a clip else where on the timeline it will instantly reselect the clip under the play head. If you close multicam view selection follows play head no longer works with jkl, or play/pause with space bar.
PPV-25.1.0

Mac OS, Sequioa/Sonoma (replicated issues on both)

Intel I5

Radeon pro 580x 8gb

64gb DDR4

External Synology NAS hard wired.
Video format is varied, Braw, quicktime mov, h.264

I was in a multicam workflow when I found the bug, but the issues replicates in any project or workflow if you open multicam view.

Steps to reproduce

1. make sure selection follows playhead is enabled
2. Open multicam view

Expected result: first selection after pausing will be the clip my playhead is under, selection should then follow what I click on.

Actual Result: Selection follows playhead but when you select another clip it immediately reselects the clip under the playhead. When multicam is closed SFP no longer functions with jkl or play/pause it only follows when you click the timcode bar at the top of timeline.

Video examples are attached to original post.

[Dani_V.]

Hi @Jake34290661129j,

Thank you for the information provided. We have been able to reproduce the issue and a bug report has been filed with the team. Sorry for the frustration.

Dani

[Paul Styler]

Description:
After updating to the latest version of Adobe Premiere Pro 25.2.0 (Build 147), I noticed that the "Selection Follows Playhead" option no longer works as expected.

Expected Behavior:
In previous versions, when the timeline was playing, the clip currently under the playhead would automatically become selected in real-time as the playhead moved.

Actual Behavior:
In version 25.2.0, selection only occurs when playback is stopped and the playhead is moved manually. During playback, clips are no longer being selected dynamically as they were before, even though the "Selection Follows Playhead" option is enabled.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Enable the "Selection Follows Playhead" option.

2. Start playback on the timeline with multiple clips.

3. Observe that the clip under the playhead is not selected during playback.

4. Stop playback and manually scrub the playhead — selection works as expected in this case.

Version:
Adobe Premiere Pro 25.2.0 (Build 147)

Platform:
[Windows 11 24H2 RAM 64 GB DDR5  RTX4070Ti SSD NVME SAMSUNG 990Pro]

Additional Notes:
This issue significantly impacts workflows that rely on real-time clip selection for effects, markers, or automation tasks.

[jamieclarke]

Hi @Paul Styler -   Thanks for submitting your bug report. We need a few more details to try to help with the issue.

Are you in multicam mode?

Sorry for the frustration.

[Paul Styler]

Yes i catch that problem in multicam sequence, but already find workaround

[JonnyGross]

Hi all,

I have Selection Follows Playhead enabled, as I always have done.  If I stop the playhead and it lands on a clip it'll be selected, which is fine and normal behaviour.   But let's say for example I want to copy paste attributes from another clip that's somewhere else on the timeline, (but I don't want to move the playhead or lose my place) I select that clip, but the selection will then immediately jump back to the clip under the playhead and I wind up making changes to the wrong clip.  This never happened before and it seems to be a bug.  

Note: this is not an issue while playing, I usually stop playback to make edits.  It's when everything's stopped and clip selection jumps back to the clip under the playhead after I've selected a clip somewhere else on the timeline. 

I'm on the latest version, Windows 11.

Thanks in advance!

[Stan Jones]

@JonnyGross,

Also Win 11 PR 25.3.0.

I am not seeing this. Let's say we have 10 clips on a timeline. As you say, if I click on the timeline ruler area, it will select the clip under it, and if I play the timeline, it will select the clip that is under the playhead when it is stopped.

So let's say I stop on clip 8. Clip 8 is selected and the playhead is where I stopped it. If I left-click on Clip 3, it is selected and the Playhead does not move. I copy. I now right-click on Clip 5; it is selected and the context menu pops up; the playhead does not move. I pick paste attributes and do whatever. I click OK, and Clip 5 is still selected, and the Playhead is still where I left it. (Or instead of the right-click on Clip 5, I can left-click and Ctrl+Alt+V.)

What are you seeing?

Stan

[JonnyGross]

Hi Stan, thanks for the reply.  It's not the playhead that's moving. After I left click on Clip 3, the selection jumps back to clip 8 automatically before I can do anything to clip 3 and it does this every time.  I should have mentioned, I've been editing multi cam sequences a lot lately, I'll check to see if this can be replicated in a normal sequence.  

[Stan Jones]

Got it. Let us know.

Stan

[JonnyGross]

It appears to be only in MultiCam.

Example - https://youtu.be/TBQpp2CAzIE

[Amal MP]

That's correct. Upon editing the multicam project, I observed the same behavior.

[Stan Jones]

I used a very simple multicam sequence from 3 clip, keeping Audio from clip 1. I see the same behavior when in Multicam mode in the Program monitor. When I switch back to composite mode, it does not happen. In composite view, selection follows playhead works EXCEPT for playback. The selection does not change when you stop.

Upvoted.

Stan