Clips are blurred on playback but sharp when timeline is paused

[tom_3809]

My students drag in clips they've ripped (eg archive material of news broadcasts) and PP plays them fine. But they're blurred, until you pause the playback (when they appear totally sharp). There's a yellow line above the timeline. 'Render in-to-out' doesn't change anything. How can we see them playing without looking blurry? Obviously the clip format (variable) doesn't match the timeline format (1080, 50fps). But will PP render them nicely?

Help!

System:

Premiere Pro 2025.3.0 (Build 84)

PC - Intel i7-13700 (2.10 HHz), 32 GB RAM, 

[STUDIO29K]

try this....

[tom_3809]

Thanks - I've checked the Sequence Settings (top screenshot) - but where's that second screenshot located? That's the one I need to check 🙂

[tom_3809]

Got it - under View

Thanks. Will try

[tom_3809]

Hmm. Or is it? Can't see the options

[STUDIO29K]

SECOND MENU

[ScottSimmons]

The second menu is the Wrench menu under the Program Monitor. There is both a playback resolution and a paused resolution.