How to completely DISABLE Peak File Generation?

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August 31, 2017
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For one particular project I have to deal with lots and lots of short clips and several large ones totaling a few hundred GBs. All of these will be edited with a separate soundtrack so for all intents and purposes I DO NOT NEED the audio from these files.

The problem is Premiere Pro insists on generating peaks files for all of them - over a hundred hours of footage. While it does, PP is practically unusable because all the disk access is being taken up generating these useless waveforms. Working on a tight schedule means that such delays are extremely frustrating. Can the peak file function be disabled altogether somehow or another or only on clips/audio files that I select?

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Swemba

Inspiring

This issue still seems to persist. There isn't any reliable way to tell Premiere to not generate Peak Files. Really tough to deal with when opening a really old large project as you need to wait up to 6 hours for Peak File generation to complete before the software is in a usable state.

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Vincent Cassel

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Vincent Cassel

Participant

don't forget to restart Premiere Pro

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stevec47827977

Participant

I;ve found that if I create a new project, disable waveforem creation in that project and then copy the sequences from my old project into that new project, close the original project, then it stops creating peak files

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Samsuddoha23171548zwkg

Participant

I think this isn't a proper way to generating peak file.

MandyDroid_

Participating Frequently

This is frustrating. I am currently working with Adobe to identify and fix this issue. I have tried several times to disable auto waveform generation and include captions on import. This works for most files but it seems like some files excessive of 1.25 hours have this issue where it ignores the diable pek file generationa nd thus has to scan the entire file during import causing a major break in workflow. Thanks all for the post jhoping to find a solution soon!

mattyboy1980

Known Participant

Am glad to hear you are working with Adobe on it mate.
Please do keep us informed of any developments.

Best wishes,

Matty

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aubes32106969

Participant

ADOBE! Please give us some feedback here - this is extremely frustrating during assembly. As has been stated, the program basically stops functioning as it generates peak files at random for clips in the Media Browser. It inhibits scrubbing through clips in the Media Browser panel, and slows down the workflow tremendously. This has not been addressed for what seems like the last few years looking through other frustrated comments.

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Keith Dadey

Participant

Agreed! I have been waiting easily 20 minutes to open an old project while the peak files are being written. Don't know how much longer I have to wait. I think the peak files should only be written when a clip is actually accessed in the source monitor.