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Timeline jumps back to playhead anytime I click while playback / I press play or stop

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
February 20, 2022
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PP2022

I am not sure if this has always been like that, or if it's a new thing but it's driving me nuts.

For example:

I watch my edit in the timeline and then in some part I zoom in to inspect some detail while it keeps playing. If I now hit pause the timeline automatically jumps to where the playhead has moved to while I was inspecting and away from the section I was looking at. I would like the timeline to stay on the section I was looking at.

If I click in the timeline in order to relocate the playhead while it's playing, it will always jump to the current playhead's position and not where I clicked.

In order to achieve this I always have to zoom out, so that the playhead is visible, then stop, move the playhead to where I want to be and zoom out.

This has cost me so much time and I am about to lose my mind about it. I really can't remember ever having this problem in 15 years of editing.

I hope I am making myself understand. I have been searching extensively on the internet but I don't even know how to name this problem.

For a moment I thought that "selection follows playhead" was the solution but it really wasn't. I am also under the impression, that sometime for some reason it will work just as I want and remember it, but then it will go back. Maybe I am hitting some secret key without knowing it.

Your help is highly appreciate. If you don't understand please ask,

Thanks

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SuperSamC

Inspiring

I know exactly what you are talking about and it is infuriating! I was holding off on updating to the latest software and I really wish I hadn't. It is the worst! It wastes SO MUCH TIME.

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danield25437812

Inspiring

Was going to post this bug but then saw that I'm not alone. This is an extremely annoying bug that started happening a couple versions ago. I'll push play then as it's playing, scroll to a different section of the timeline to check something, then press space bar to pause, and it'll jump back to the section that was playing. Or, I'll press play, scroll to a different section, click on the timeline where I scolled to, and it will also jump back to where the playhead was playing. This can't be a new feature, I don't see any utility to that and I dunno how they haven't fixed this in several versions, especially with all these comments about it. Good thing y'all have Remix and Transcribe, both of those are saving me tons of time.

Matthew Johnson Films

Participating Frequently

Yup, still a thing..

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Davide Boscolo

Inspiring

This hasn't been solved, right?

Matthew Johnson Films

Participating Frequently

Nope. I rolled back to build 15 where the issue doesn't exist. My wife roles back to a slightly newer build, I'm not sure which one, there's several versions available. I just went back to when I knew for sure.

jaydeen99056735

Inspiring

These truly need to fix this. It completely ruins my workflow.

This is why I'm sticking to Premiere CC 2021. The very first 2022 still works this way but the recent updates destroyed it.

I'll test out the Move Playhead to Cursor workaround but this isn't something that Adobe should ignore.

Hopefully they patch this in the next version!

Matthew Johnson Films

Participating Frequently

Can you confirm what version/build you're on? I'm going to roll back to that as soon as my current deadlines are complete. It's such a small glitch that get brutal just a few minutes into editing. As a full time editor, it's more than just frustrating, it's workflow altering.

gerikp

Community Expert

I'd like to know that too. I've tried to replicate what people are experiencing using version 15.4.2 and I get the same result of the timeline jumping to the CTI that people are complaining about. I guess I might just work differently so it doesn't bother me.

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joel21954078em27

Known Participant

There's been a few Adobe updates, does anyone know if there is still the problem with the newer versions, please update if anything changes. All please share/complain to Adobe, they are great with feedback but we need to all give it to them to make a change

Matthew Johnson Films

Participating Frequently

I'm updated and it's still an issue. Additionally experiencing major issues rendering exports. Not happy.

Matthew Johnson Films

Participating Frequently

THIIIISSS!!! I'm so glad someone finally explained it in a way that makes sense. Since moving up to the 2022 version, this has been killing me! I make a lot of cuts and edits in the line of work that I do and this is not just a pet peave issues, it's costing me time, and that's somethign we know editors have not interest in wasting. Esecially when getting the pacing down to a frame. Please please please fix this.

This is not fixed with the "No Scroll" selection in timeline preferences for auto scroll, that's not what is being discussed here. We're talking about clicking on the timeline to pause the playback while the playhead has passed what is visibile in the timeline.

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joel21954078em27

Known Participant

The first verion 2022 also works fine, just not the 2 newer updates

see: "how to install provious versions" if you havent before (very easy)

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Anton WAuthor

Inspiring

I installed 15.4.1 and I can click in the timeline and it will stick to where I am zoomed in. If I press stop/play it will jump to wherever the CTI is. I guess that is how I remember it to be. So strange that they would change that.

But Gerikp's work-around-shortcut is working great for me (Move Playhead to Cursor)

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Anton WAuthor

Inspiring

THX everybody

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joel21954078em27

Known Participant

MOVE BACK TO 2021 VERSION (in using 15.4.2)

Also driving me crazy, ive spent hours looking for a fix, ive had to move back to 2021 version again which is such a shame

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Anton WAuthor

Inspiring

Really? Is this acctually a new feature and I am not crazy? In 2021 it doesn't happen?

gerikp

Community Expert

I'm trying to understand your problem. One question I have is in your Preference > Timeline..., what is your "Timeline Playback Auto-Scrolling:" set to?

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Anton WAuthor

Inspiring

Mine is in german but I think the translation would be "no scroll"

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Anton WAuthor

Inspiring

Ok, I believe I understand what you are trying to do. Unfortunately, I don't think there's a different way to change the behavior to do what you want are wanting. You could add a feature request to the Premiere Pro user voice site where the developers monitor suggestions https://adobe-video.uservoice.com/forums/911233-premiere-pro

Other ideas might be getting familiar with quick shortcuts to help you navigate the timeline faster. Some are in the default set of shortcuts and others you can customize. Here are some of my favorites you can find within the Keyboard Shortcuts settings.

- Move Playhead to Cursor

- Go to Previous Edit Point

- Go to Next Edit Point

- Zoom to Frame

- Zoom to Sequence

Just a few ideas.

"Move playhead to cursor". I had to come back and share how it did not only solve my problem but really added a powerfull new tool to my box. Let's say I am searching for a clip or sequenz in my timeline and I just want to have a quick overall scroll through the edit while watching it in my programm monitor, Now I can hold the shortcut down and wherever in the timeline I move my mouse, it will drag the playhead along. I never acctually have to go up with my mouse and grab the blue playhead thing to do this anymore. This saves me a lot of time.

So thanks again.

Jeff Bellune

Legend

What happens if you stop the play head when it gets near (before or after) the section you want to inspect and then zoom in?

I don't see the usefulness of letting playback continue when you want to work on a particular section of the timeline.

Now, I may be missing out on a good editing technique and if I am please go into more detail.

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Anton WAuthor

Inspiring

Hi, I don't understand your question very well and also don't appreciate the underlying sarcasm of your comments.

Just one example:

I am working on a timeline and so now I want to watch it. I press play and in minute 8:41 I just want to prolong a transition so I zoom in and do it while the playhead keeps advancing. It takes me two seconds to do it but then I notice something that I have to fix right next to the transition and now I want to stop the playhead but it has gone on and I am really zoomed in...so it jumps and I have to zoom out, search for the sequence I was looking at

Most of all I am a documentary editor so I am constatnly searching for footage that I have stowed away somewhere in my timeline.

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