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andrewnoel
andrewnoel
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October 7, 2015
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Playhead Drag / Lag Problem

  • October 7, 2015
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Hello All,

I've been visiting these forums too frequently after the El Capitain update. To add to the GPU problem, does anyone have any idea whats happening here?

My play head in the source window lags behind my mouse and then retraces it's steps.

Please advise, thanks in advance.

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    Correct answer R Neil Haugen

    El Capitan is the ish ... that OS has had more bugs for more programs than I've seen in a long time ... Apple is getting out patches slowly to fix things, check for updates there ...

    Neil

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    devin119
    devin119
    Participating Frequently
    October 28, 2015

    iMac 27" Mid 2011

    3.4 GHz i7

    16 GB 1333 mhz DDR3

    AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2gig

    Cuda driver 7.5.21

    OS X 10.11.1

    Latest PPCC 2015

    This did not happen before updating to El Capitan.

    R Neil Haugen
    R Neil HaugenCorrect answer
    Legend
    October 28, 2015

    El Capitan is the ish ... that OS has had more bugs for more programs than I've seen in a long time ... Apple is getting out patches slowly to fix things, check for updates there ...

    Neil

    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
    alixchristine
    alixchristine
    Participating Frequently
    October 28, 2015

    Well in that case where's Apple's El Captain forum where I can post my rage?

    cowboycoffee
    cowboycoffee
    Participating Frequently
    October 26, 2015

    Same here. And i had it in Yosemite. It's making me crazy.

    MacPro (LATE 2013)

    3GHZ 8-CORE

    64GB Ram

    AMD FirePro D700

    S
    seraph
    Participant
    October 27, 2015

    Same Specs, same problem!

    V
    viva_la_zoom
    Known Participant
    October 26, 2015

    iMac 5K maxed out

    4ghz i7

    32gb

    AMD Radeon R9 M295X 4096 MB

    OSX 10.11.1

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    bsbeamer
    Inspiring
    October 26, 2015

    As has been in the past, in order for Adobe to provide help and answers, people need to provide system specs. 

    It would really help out if everyone experiencing this can state the machine they are on with model identifier (example: iMac11,2), what OS version they are using, what GPU driver they are using, what version of CUDA is installed, then other system specs like RAM or special configurations for system storage.

    Also would be helpful if people newly posting to this thread can clarify if you experienced this in OSX 10.11 and are STILL experiencing on OSX 10.11.1 after GPU and CUDA updates are applied.

    Jakesbenjamin
    Jakesbenjamin
    Inspiring
    October 26, 2015

    I don't know about Andrew but I'm running a


    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)

    2.8 GHz Intel Core i7

    16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

    AMD Radeon R9 M370X 2048 MB

    Running OS X 10.11.1

    Jakesbenjamin
    Jakesbenjamin
    Inspiring
    October 25, 2015

    I'm having the same issue on a maxed out 2.8ghz Mac Book Pro hopefully adobe looks at this thread it's really hard to edit like this. I'm also having this issue: Strange auto-scrolling behavior in timeline I'm assuming the 2 are related

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    bsbeamer
    Inspiring
    October 23, 2015

    Have you updated to OSX 10.11.1 yet?

    Have you tried the NVIDIA Web Driver?

    NVIDIA DRIVERS Quadro & GeForce Mac OS X Driver Release 346.03.03‌

    Have you installed and updated CUDA driver?

    NVIDIA DRIVERS 7.5.21

    After doing all of this, the problem is not AS bad as it was previously and much more manageable.  Still needs to be addressed, however.

    devin119
    devin119
    Participating Frequently
    October 24, 2015

    Add me to the list. I was about to post a similar video.

    What a weird laggy annoying mess. I've updated everything and nothing has changed.

    I can not go back to a pre-El Capitan OS either.

    R Neil Haugen
    R Neil Haugen
    Legend
    October 25, 2015

    Yea, that sort of thing drive you nuts. It tends to be better to wait a bit before adopting new OS, new NLE releases ... see what's happening first. Apple used to put out such stable OS's. But oh well ... times have changed. Most anything fresh out will have some issues these days.

    Neil

    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
    alixchristine
    alixchristine
    Participating Frequently
    October 22, 2015

    Same freaking problem. I agree, my FCP X has never had this problem. How can this be fixed? I have no precision with my In and Out points with this issue. I am forced to wait for the playhead to stop dancing around on my source monitor so what used to take me 1 second is taking me 5. Do I need to mention what does 5 times more time means for an editor?

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    viva_la_zoom
    Known Participant
    October 22, 2015

    This problem is really infuriating. we can't edit like this ADOBE

    Before I had the timeline autoscroll issue which seems to have gone, then the xmas tree timeline effect (which still happens) and now this!!!!!

    It's bad because sometimes you scrub trying to find a point in the timeline, click I to establish 'in point' and the 'in point' sets 1 minute before you wanted.

    Really bad, it seems to me I haven't had a problemless session of video editing with Premiere for quite a while.

    Time to check that Final Cut X trial

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      sebastians98647339
      Participant
      October 21, 2015

      I've having the same problem since I installed El Capitan. the problem is... I don't have Time Machine set up, so I cannot go back to Yosemite.

      I have a  MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015),  2.8 GHz Intel Core i7, 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

      Any solution?

      R Neil Haugen
      R Neil Haugen
      Legend
      October 22, 2015

      At this time ... no. Not realistically until Apple fixes the MANY glaring problems of El Capitan. Yesterday's patch fixed some things for a few people. That's it so far.

      Neil

      Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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      viva_la_zoom
      Known Participant
      October 23, 2015

      tbh before El Capitan, I had issues which I think are related to this one. Like the widely spread auto-scroll timeline or the xmas tree timeline effect, where the thumbnails in the timeline re-generate constantly until you purge the memory.

      So looking at the problem from just one side doesnt adjust to reality. The sad truth is that I haven't had a pleasant editing experience with premiere on a Mac for ages, there's always something major going on.

      I Have heard good things about final cut x though, it might be time to give it a look.

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      nesha_le
      Participating Frequently
      October 12, 2015

      I've have had that problem on Yosemite, working on AVCHD footage. Problem continues on El Capitan.

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