show time above sequence when playing

[robirdman1]

PP CS6 on Win10 plays so jerkily when I start adding transitions and stabilization.  I notice that closing other windows helped some, so it seems not enough resources.  If I went for 16g ram to 32G should that help.

I like having the time in minutes and seconds showing above the timeline as it plays.  It used to but now that has disappeared.  How to get back?

[Ann Bens]

Timeline panel menu  > Time Ruler Numbers

or right click on Playhead Position (top left) in timeline and select xx fps Timecode.

Premiere is more horsepower driven.

[robirdman1]

right clicking playhead worked thanks,  I don't see where the timeline panel menu is.

[robirdman1]

Does more horsepower mean more RAM would help?  

[Ann Bens]

No cpu power.

[robirdman1]

This is what the laptop has. What would be needed?  Performance says 3.37Ghz  though.

[Ann Bens · Accepted solution]

Your laptop should do fine for CS6 but should not have upgraded to W10 rather stayed with W7, IMO.

Might want to consider Editing offline.

Adobe Premiere Pro Help | Create clips for offline editing

[robirdman1]

My laptop was bought with win8, which was short lived and recommended to go to 10.  It never was Win7.

My PC has always been Win7.  I was unable to finish the export there as it rebooted or shut off 3 times.  Not at it now and don't have specs, but it is 8 core and I think about 3.7 Mhtz.  Recently, Adobe stopped support for Win7 and now my Photoshop CC won't run on it and no help available. 

[robirdman1]

I am looking into the offline editing.  Normally I export at H.264 for youtube 1029.

What would be a good low res choice to use?

[robirdman1]

Still waiting for a suggestion on low res parameters, to proceed.

[Ann Bens]

Export settings have nothing to do with off line editing.

Try mpeg2 720p

You need to experiment what works best for you.

[robirdman1]

So I exported as suggested and then thought I would just play it back in Windows Media.  It said it needed a new codec and I have to go to the store.  I enter password and have to agree to terms of sale when I don't even know if there is a charge so I stopped there.

But I was wondering about when I export a project, it becomes one clip and I no longer see individual clips with their former demarcations and names, so how would it work from this point back in PP anyway?

[Ann Bens]

Use VLC player.

That is normal when exporting a project it becomes one clip.

If you mean making proxies/converting for individual clips you might want to read the article again.