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Adobe Premiere Pro Is Lagging

Forum|Forum|2 years ago
September 3, 2023
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My Premiere Pro is lagging while editing. I can't preview the video because it's constantly jumping forward and backward, and the sound in the videos is completely garbled.

I've tried several things to fix it, but nothing is working. After Effects is working perfectly, so the issue probably isn't with the drivers.

Things I've tried:
1.Turn on GPU Acceleration

2.Lower Playback Resolution

3.Purge Media Cache Files

4.Optimize Rendering for Performance

5.Disable Mercury Transmit

6.Disable Refresh Growing Files

7.Use Proxy Files

8. Turn off Video Effects and lumetri scopes

9.Increase memory allowance

10. Render preview videos
11. Use GPU Acceleration

Videos/websites I've looked at:
https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/premiere-pro-lagging-fixes/
https://filmora.wondershare.com/adobe-premiere/premiere-pro-playback-lag.html
https://motionarray.com/learn/premiere-pro/premiere-pro-playback-lag/
https://blog.frame.io/2022/11/14/troubleshooting-common-premiere-pro-problems/

My hardware is as follows:
BIOS Version: American Megatrends Inc. E17G1IMS.50F, 31/07/2019
OS Name: Microsoft Windows 10 Home
OS Version: 10.0.19044 N/A Build 19044
RAM:32,0 GB
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz 2.60 GHz

Regarding the media I'm using, this issue occurs with every type of media. I have tried using videos in 4K at 30 frames per second, captured with my Canon 5D Mark IV. Additionally, I tested with a video of very low resolution, and it still exhibited lag.

In this particular case, I am not applying any effects.

Does anyone know what might be causing this or which settings I should adjust?

Thank you.

Correct answer RjL190365

That disk is supposed to be an upgraded OEM-only variant of the contemporaneous Samsung 960 series NVMe SSDs.

Your CPU, on the other hand, may no longer cut it for newer versions of any video editing software as it is a rehash of the Skylake architecture that had debuted in late 2015 - only that the 9750H is code named Coffee Lake-H Refresh. And even so, it has only 6 cores and 12 threads. And the killer is that newer versions of all video editing software pile on so many additional rendering features so that they now require a more powerful CPU than older versions just to not lag.

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KaniDESIGN

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Found a quick video on YT and this actually fixed the issue. Many responses listed suggestions without any instructions, so that was counterproductive. Anywho, for those struggling with the issue.. rendering the video in and out was the fix! Here's the 30 second how to: https://youtu.be/DmvZoXEY67E

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hallgeir_0095

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In Adobe Premiere Pro 2025, paused Resolution is set default as "Full". Change this to "1/4". This made a huge difference for me! [ Right click in the program window, and you get the option Paused Resolution, among others ]

MyerPj

Community Expert

Good to know @hallgeir_0095 , I've never seen that improve anything on PP. In AE most defintely. I always use Full on both options on the wrench menu and High Quality Playback.

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weeksr63359924

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Been going mad with this. Just tried truning off ruler and guides. This worked for me.

Kevin-Monahan

Community Manager

Hello @Catarina_santos , @klee jefferso30909447p1p7, &@kav@kavehr80139299,

Most performance issues are related to non-performant H.264 or HEVC media. Please test by transcoding Long GOP media to ProRes or ProRes LT and then report back.

Thanks,
Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio

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klee jefferso30909447p1p7

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how did you install the 2020 premiere pro, it's no longer availeable

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Catarina_santosAuthor

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Hi! With the 2020 version of premiere pro it's ok. Try to install that version

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nv92

Participant

yeah weirdly enough my problems started with the new version.

good job adobe, once again. not enought to scam people out of their money, eh?

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kavehr80139299

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i have the same problem...exactly the same..

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nv92

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oh nice i see your problems also started when you installed the new version

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Catarina_santosAuthor

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Thank you, with the 2020 version of Premiere Pro it works!

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Catarina_santosAuthor

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the after effects also with the latest software version, are working correctly, is this normal?

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RjL190365Correct answer

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That disk is supposed to be an upgraded OEM-only variant of the contemporaneous Samsung 960 series NVMe SSDs.

Your CPU, on the other hand, may no longer cut it for newer versions of any video editing software as it is a rehash of the Skylake architecture that had debuted in late 2015 - only that the 9750H is code named Coffee Lake-H Refresh. And even so, it has only 6 cores and 12 threads. And the killer is that newer versions of all video editing software pile on so many additional rendering features so that they now require a more powerful CPU than older versions just to not lag.

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nv92

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oh that's just great. sounds like another fancy money grab.

thank you for the info

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