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alex296392046wb2
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April 28, 2023
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How to make Premiere Pro use CPU and GPU power

  • April 28, 2023
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Hello friends and geniuses,

 

I am an IT System Administrator by trade and a photographer by hobby. Previously I edited my videos on a 2020 MacBook Pro using both PP and FCP. Never experienced delay or hiccups.

 

Recently I installed PP on a very powerful - perfectly working - retired Dell server.

 

The trouble begins. Even though my hardware is very powerful, Adobe PP does not seem to be making use of the power. After I import the video files, the video and audio are very jumpy, rough, and not smooth.

 

I am using a Dell PowerEdge server R820 with 4 physical Xeon CPUs with a total of 40 logical CPUs running Windows 10 Workstation. GPU is not the latest, but a very respectable RTX 3050. Memory is 128GB Registered ECC. I have the Task Manager - Performance window opened to monitor the CPU and GPU graphs. OS and Data drives are Samsung 980 Pro NVME M.2 SSD. All the drivers are properly installed and many other programs are running smoothly.

 

After the video files are imported, I would imagine PP is generating PEAK files so that the preview would be smooth when I "scrub" or move the head along the time line. But, it is terribly jittery, and CPU and GPU graphs are idling at 1% or 2%. PP should be using the CPU and GPU madly to generate the PEAK files. But apparently it is not.

 

Please help if you have been in a similar situation and/or have some words of wisdom.

 

Much appreciated,

A

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alex296392046wb2Author
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April 28, 2023

I meant to say proxy files. I have no idea why I typed PEAK files or my computer corrected me. -A

Kevin-Monahan
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Kevin-MonahanCommunity Manager
Community Manager
April 28, 2023

Hi Alex,

Sorry to hear about these issues. Are these H.264 files? If so, Xeon processors do not have Quick Sync so performance on those may be hampered. Have you tried transcoding the files to ProRes LT or creating QuickTime based proxy files? If they cannot be transcoded in Media Encoder, try Shutter Encoder (freeware). Let us know if the performance is any better after trying this test. Hope the advice helps. 

 

Thanks,
Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community & Engagement Strategist – Pro Video and Audio
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alex296392046wb2Author
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April 29, 2023

Thank You, Kevin. Your suggestion is very logical. I will try to ingest/transcode the original H.264 files into QT-based proxy files and see what happens. I shall report back. Thanks a million. -A

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