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AmiiG
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January 2, 2018
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Adobe Premiere Preview/Timeline/Render Lag!?

  • January 2, 2018
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Hello!

I'm hoping that someone can help me because I'm in quite the pickle.

I don't know what changed but before my video previews and timeline and rendering were working fine but now everything seems to lag. I just got a new computer and all of it's specs should be completely fine for running adobe premiere.

What happens is I will import a video file that I want to edit and whether I drag it into the preview panel or the timeline - when I play the video it will lag and look like the frame rate is dropping like crazy. I'm trying to play .mov videos of PC Gameplay and the video is choppy. The audio works fine but there's also a delay when I press play (spacebar). This make's it pretty much impossible to edit any videos unless I spend countless hours waiting for the video to play through. Also, rendering takes forever too. I've tried everything I can from looking stuff up online and I'm at a loss. I've updated all of my adobe software and tried fiddling around with everything I can in the preferences and project settings. I've also noticed in the project settings under General and Renderer, the option is greyed out. I've watched a video on how to unlock this feature and enable the CUDO option but this still doesn't fix my problem.

I don't understand what's going on because when I first installed everything it worked fine and then all of a sudden the lag started. I've tried starting out new projects and I just can't figure out what the problem is. Any help with this would be awesome.

I have Windows 10 64 bit

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700 CPU @ 3.60GHz

Installed memory (RAM): 16.0 GB (15.9 GB usable)

I have NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (which I don't think adobe premiere is recognizing either)

I've updated everything as best as I can and I don't know what the problem is

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Correct answer excited_Genie16B8

Step 2B below will solve this.

Unofficial Premiere Pro Troubleshooting Guide

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Kevin-Monahan
Community Manager
Community Manager
January 9, 2018

Still seeing this issue, AmiiG? Please let us know.

Thanks,
Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
Participant
May 6, 2020

Hello
I'm having a similar issue and I can't find the reply to this post. Can you help me out?

When I play a video it lags like crazy. It starts at 20 frames and goes up to 100 frame drop during playback. This is while playing the raw file without any effects or anything.

 

 

Kevin-Monahan
Community Manager
Community Manager
May 6, 2020

Fixed the link, Arian. The suggestion is to "try other media." Please try that.

 

Ideally, "try other media" means media that, ideally, was shot from a camera, not a game stream or a mobile device. If you don't have such media, you can download it online.

Come back with questions.

Thanks,
Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
excited_Genie16B8Correct answer
Legend
January 2, 2018

Step 2B below will solve this.

Unofficial Premiere Pro Troubleshooting Guide

AmiiG
AmiiGAuthor
Participant
January 9, 2018

Thank you so much!

The .MOV files that I was using were slowing Premiere down like crazy. I re-recorded my videos and saved them as MP4s instead and now rendering time takes probably 10 minutes as opposed to 3 hours. Thank you so much!