23.6.0 (build 65) performing very slowly for basic editing

[Michael30710761ea4u]

I have been a profesional editor for 30 years. I've cut several films both scripted and doc as well as hundreds of episodes of television (95% on AVID) becase AVID is what most Professionals use. I have only used Premeiere when I have entered a project that had already made the mistake of using it prior to me being hired.

I am currently cutting a feature length doc on Premiere Pro 23.6.0 and I spend more time troubleshooting than editing. I spend More time watching the spinning ball than editing. I spend More time watching BS files being created and jamming up the system than editing. There is no flow, there is no room for creativity. It is just a struggle. I have upgraded my system to a newer one, installed 64mb RAM, cleared cache, EVERYTHING...and still most days I spend most of the time waiting on the software to stop making my system chug.

[TLA4444]

I kind of thought this was hyperbolic but I just downgraded back to 23.5 and it's much snappier, less lag on every action. So maybe I agree. What happened?? Apple M1 ultra, latest Mac OS

[jstrawn]

I can understand your frustration with our products given the size of the project you're working on. You mentioned the spinning ball, so I assume you are on Mac OS, right? When Pr is in a state like that, can you go to Mac's Activity Monitor and take a sample process, or if that is not available, a spindump (or both if you want)? Then send me a direct message and I'll figure out how to get that from you. Those diagnostic tools can often help us identify system conflicts or other things that could cause to Pr to chug, as you say.

[Michael30710761ea4u]

Yes! There is lag on every action. I get the spinning ball when extending a clip, or extracting a clip...this wasn't happenning before the "upgrade"...how do you downgrade?

[Michael30710761ea4u]

Thank you - I will attempt to send you what you need, I would like to know if this latest build is the culprit becase things were smoothe before the update

[jstrawn]

Q: "...how do you downgrade?"

A: To roll back to a previous version, go to your CC Desktop App > All Apps, and find Premiere Pro in your list of Installed apps. Click on the spanner menu (three dots) next to the Open button for PrPro and choose older versions. There you can choose from a list of older versions that can be installed. Note that, depending on how far back you want to go, you may or may not want to uninstall your existing version of Pr first. Typically, different major versions (like Pr 23.n and Pr 22.n) can co-exist on the same system, but dot releases of the same major version cannot.

 

[Brittney228704684nbb]

I having this issue too, let me know if you find any solutions or if it's an issue with the upgrade.

[Shinx]

I'm having similar problems!

[UK TV Professional]

I have this problem too. But I'm on Windows 11 and Premiere 24.0.3 (build 2)

Simon

[R Neil Haugen]

I would recommend starting a new thread, and post details on the systems, network drive setup if used, the media, and probably rough asset count.

For any long-form work, either doc or feature, you really should be working in Produtions mode, which is designed to take the load without stumbling. The old stand-alone single project file simply can't handle that much data without slowing.

Premiere Pro Productions Introduction

Using Productions in Premiere Pro

Adobe Long-form and Episodic Best Practices Guide 

Jarle’s blog expansion of the pdf Multicam section: Premiere Pro Multicam

[Brittney228704684nbb · Accepted solution]

I solved this issue for myself, it was in the timeline display settings... specifically "Show Duplicate Frame Markers". I now keep that turned off and it runs much faster. Annoying because that feature was super handy to have on, but now I just toggle it on and off when I need it