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anthonys2016
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October 17, 2024
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Premiere 2025 Choppy Timeline Playhead

  • October 17, 2024
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I am noticing after the 2025 update that my timeline playhead is very choppy.  However, this issue only seems to happen when the timeline is docked.  Once you undock the timeline the playhead runs smoothly.

 

What is the cause of this, and is there a way to fix this?

 

I am running Windows 11 and a 3 monitor setup, but premiere's workspace only takes up 2 of those monitors.

I am taken a screen recording of the issue on my main monitor.

 

https://www.loom.com/share/5fa79c8824514308bf9e717bd5a06374?sid=49265cee-ff94-4e46-84bb-b94ab876877e

    Correct answer anthonys2016

    Ok, just spent a bit of time with Adobe Support and it appears my Nvidia driver was the culprit.  We rolled back to an earlier driver and my issue appears to be resolved now.

    I believe you can use either Geforce Driver 560.94 or 556.12. Hope this helps/works for others as well.

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    kipas_8181
    Participant
    July 24, 2025

    Try this:

    Edit>Preferences>General>Uncheck the GPU acccelerated UI rendering

    It worked for me

    MikeDy
    MikeDy
    Known Participant
    December 17, 2024

    Hi All,

     

    I have the same problem with Vers 25.1 yet neither installing the latest driver or the mentioned earlier drivers has fixed the problem. Timeline is fine if floating and not docked but updates about every 5-10 seconds when docked. Unusable as it stands really....

      MikeDy
      MikeDy
      Known Participant
      December 17, 2024

      I should mention I even used DDU to strip all traces of previous drivers prior to installing the new.

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      ginab12398486
      Participant
      February 21, 2025

      Is it mostly in the audio? the choppiness? If so, I found a solution for my similar issues.

       

      Preferences > Audio Hardware > change input settings to none.

       

      Maybe this helps you, maybe its a different issue entirely. I just know what fixed my problem.

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      Mahedi Vijapura
      Participant
      October 31, 2024

      in my case, I just reinstall my graphic driver (studio driver) and its solved for me.

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      anthonys2016AuthorCorrect answer
      Participant
      October 21, 2024

      Ok, just spent a bit of time with Adobe Support and it appears my Nvidia driver was the culprit.  We rolled back to an earlier driver and my issue appears to be resolved now.

      I believe you can use either Geforce Driver 560.94 or 556.12. Hope this helps/works for others as well.

      J
      Joshua Gesterkamp
      Participating Frequently
      October 28, 2024

      Confirmed fix for me, although I updated Nvidia driver to the latest one (Studio in my case) and now, no more choppy playhead.

      J
      Joshua Gesterkamp
      Participating Frequently
      October 18, 2024

      +1, also I noticed that certain panels make the problem worse if they are visible in the UI:
      -Effect Controls
      -Media Browser
      -Graphic Templates

      If I disable UI hardware acceleration, the entire timeline flickers constantly but the playhead doesn't get choppy as it moves.

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