Peak Files Issue

Report · Jan 31, 2019

Dear Support Team,

Premiere is generating Peak Files every time I open up a project. I have many copies of each Peak File although they are already exist.

I've seen in the Adobe forums that there were issues with Peaks in earlier versions. But, obviously the problem has not been solved so far.

We are working right now on a large series with 20 TB of footage. There is no room and time for generating unnecessary file copies. It slows down our workflow dramatically!

Our storage system is an Avid Nexis connected via 2 x 10Gbit.

HP Z840 Workstation, 2x Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 2,4 GHz, 128 GB RAM,

Local Drives: 4 TB SSD (Samsung)

Network Drive: Avid Nexis, 80 TB

We tried everything concerning Media Cache and Scratch Disk: Linked/Copied/Moved to SSD, Linked/Copied/Moved to Nexis.

No change at all, PR is still generating Peak Files when opening the same project again.

Any Ideas? Solutions?

Many Thanks.

Matthias

Report · Jan 31, 2019

Go to Edit > Preferences > Audio and un-check Automatic audio waveform generation.

If you later on need audio waveforms for some clip/s you can click on the clip in the Project panel and go to Clip > Generate Audio Waveform.

EDIT: This will not diasable Conforming so you might be stuck with the issue anyway...

Report · Jan 31, 2019

Averdahl

Thanks for the help, but it didn't work out for me.

Still generating Peaks and - as you mentioned - Conforming.

Report · Oct 06, 2019

The only thing I want is to stop the conforming. How are there no solutions?? If this was a hobby and not my job, maybe I wouldn't be so pissed at all the shortcomings we all continue experiencing update after update...

Report · Jul 15, 2019

Adobe, I have the same problem. Unchecked Auto waveform generator and it is still generating Peak files. It has already made them when I brought the footage in. Why is it doing it every time I open the project. I'm new to premiere from FCP but this surely can't be the norm. I'm editing a 2 hour documentary and have over 100 hours of footage. You can see this would be a problem when this happens every time I open the project. Whats your official response to this?

Report · Jul 15, 2019

I'm new to premiere from FCP but this surely can't be the norm.

This is not normal but i have seen it happen when one start working with media while it still conforming the audio, and/or when having the Media Cache Files and the Media Cache pointing to external or network drives. Go to Premiere Pro > Preferences > Media Cache and change them to internal drives.

Are the files conforming or are they generating peak files?

Report · Sep 26, 2021

For me they are Generating and not conforming. Pls help us figure this problem out!

Report · Sep 21, 2023

Same here and im so tired of Premiere Pro having issues with so many things. Now crashing again for the 12 time today. On a new mac. Feels like they suppor PC better? But seriously konsidering going to another software now!

Report · Nov 17, 2023

Ok here's what Iv'e found so far. I've run into this problem for the first time in a while. I am using Teams Projects now with my clients and using Lucid Link, so everything is essentially either online (using the internet) or on a server. I'm assuming when this server or my internet is being over used it slows the processes down like generating peak files. I turned off auto generate waveforms and now it stops that process. If I highlight a clip or all clips and go to Clip>Generate Audio Waveforms it will actually create them faster than if it was on Auto... yet I'm still running into some issues with certain large clips... So that isn't of much help. Try this and it might help clear the bug initially but there is something going on here. Either my internet, or an Adobe bug...

Report · Dec 09, 2023

Any Update on this? I have the same problem and couldn't find a solution yet...

Report · Jan 28, 2024

I have the same problem and it's really exhausting. Adobe products are a nightmare to work with professionally. Every time we change a computer or anything like that its constantly buggy and glitches like this. I am learning FCP X.

It's hard to believe i've put up with this level of instability for close to a decade now.