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Ashley7
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July 4, 2017
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Premiere Pro will not stop playback

  • July 4, 2017
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Premiere Pro has been working fine... I just changed Preferences/Timeline to allow for a scrolling timeline on playback. After that, I started playback and observed the expected scrolling timeline... however, I cannot stop playback now. My last proj save is about 5 minutes ago... probably okay if I kill the process but would like to avoid that... it's a lengthy sequence so the alternative is to wait like an hour LoL .

Note, I enabled scrolling playback because paging playback was not working... it is usually fine. I'm thinking my long sequence is the problem. I tend to see issues when I get into multi-hour sequences that I sometimes use for reviewing footage into a rough cut.

Any thoughts on how to interrupt this playback? I tried Control-Break but no dice... it appears the Premiere UI is stuck so looks like I won't be able to interrupt it with a UI control or space bar.

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    Try this:

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    VarArisson
    Participant
    August 12, 2018

    Same thing here in 2018 lol

    and no reply from Adobe.

     

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    Fayeded
    Fayeded
    Participating Frequently
    November 25, 2017

    I've had this bug for such a long time. It's absolutely ridiculous, it's STILL happening on CC 2018 with multicam sequences. I have installed everything on SSDs & have very good specs. i7 4790k, 1080ti, 32gb ram, samsung 850s etc. What's wrong with Windows+Premiere? Why does it run so poorly?

    My macbook can handle this flawlessly on Final Cut. Embarassing.

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    excited_Genie16B8
    Legend
    November 25, 2017

    What's wrong with Windows+Premiere? Why does it run so poorly?

    Generally, it doesn't.  I do see more "Mac issues" in the forums than "Windows issues".

    Fayeded
    Fayeded
    Participating Frequently
    November 25, 2017

    I just dragged an audio clip into the timeline and it froze then crashed. Quality product.

     

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    Jer_R
    Participant
    September 17, 2017

    The fix for me was 2 things. (For context: I edit on 3 4K screens on PC) and the problem seems to be cause by one of two things. It won't happen if I edit on only one screen PLUS I have to change my monitor settings to 100% scale. I'm referring to the "Change the size of text, apps and other items" line below. Normally I'd have it at 150% so the icons are not so small. I hope that helps!

    My quick fix:

    Edit on only one monitor

    Edit at 100% monitor scale size (PC) - I'm referring to the "Change the size of text, apps and other items" line below.

    Turn off smooth scroll (changed to page scroll)

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    excited_Genie16B8
    Legend
    September 17, 2017

    It won't happen if I edit on only one screen PLUS I have to change my monitor settings to 100% scale.

    It happens to me under exactly those conditions.

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    studioflux
    Participant
    July 9, 2017

    I hadn't changed any preferences like you did, but I'm experiencing the same thing.

    Hitting pause doesn't work, Hitting space bar doesn't work. I will note that playback does stop about 50% of the time, the other 50% will keep playing despite trying to stop it.

    By accident, I found out I could stop playback by manually saving the project (file-save) with my mouse and it stops. Hope that helps. Not ideal, but until the bug is fixed, it's at least a work around.

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    Ashley7Author
    Legend
    July 9, 2017

    studioflux  wrote

    I hadn't changed any preferences like you did, but I'm experiencing the same thing.

    Hitting pause doesn't work, Hitting space bar doesn't work. I will note that playback does stop about 50% of the time, the other 50% will keep playing despite trying to stop it.

    By accident, I found out I could stop playback by manually saving the project (file-save) with my mouse and it stops. Hope that helps. Not ideal, but until the bug is fixed, it's at least a work around.

    In my case the entire UI was stuck, mouse could not reach menus or anything else.

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    Latte Brothers
    Participant
    July 28, 2017

    Very Frustrating.  Same problem. Seems to be since latest update.

    Shuttle works properly in Composite Monitor mode - But,the shuttle looses focus, and will not properly control the playback most of the time while in Multi-Camera Mode.

    Tried all the Knowledge Base work-a-rounds (Screen Resolution and turn smooth scrolling off).  Nothing Works 

    PLEASE HELP!

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    Ashley7Author
    Legend
    July 4, 2017

    looks like this is a known issue, I'll file a bug...

     

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