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P: Transcript Panel Does Not Update After Timeline Edits.

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September 11, 2025
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whenever i transcribe my timeline and then cut something out of my timeline, the transcription doesnt follow. I look at it and its all off. like when i hit play on the timeline, the transcription is showing something totally different then what I'm hearing on the timeline. I swear the transcription used to travel with you when you cut stuff out. Premiere version 25.4.1 (Build 3)

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jamieclarke

Community Manager

Hi @Stan Jones - Thank you for your help with this one. @rachelcenter please let us know if you identify any reproducible steps when this issue occurs.

georgep21368903

Participating Frequently

Premiere Pro Version 25.4.1 (Build 3) Transcript that is generated as media is imported is losing sync as I edit. I have to restart Premiere to get sync back.

George P

jamieclarke

Community Manager

Hi @georgep21368903 - Thanks for submitting your bug report. We need a few more details to try to help with the issue.
Please see, How to Report a Problem.

Can you share a screen recording?

What type of footage are you working with?

Sorry for the frustration.

Stan Jones

Community Expert

@rachelcenter @carley_9607,

Essential information for troubleshooting transcription issues:

Have you generated source media transcriptions of each clip or do you have a static transcription of your sequence?

And either way, what "view" are you in when you experience the problem? Source media view of a source media transcription, Program Monitor view of the source media transcriptions of the clips in your sequence, or Program Monitor view of a static, sequence transcription.

I still can't tell from the information posted.

Stan

rachelcenterAuthor

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stan: to answer your question about source media vs static: all I'm doing is going to my timeline and hitting transcribe. and when i cut something out of the timeline and the transcription is off, i'm forced to re-transcribe via "static". As for your other question, I'm a little confused by it but the text transcript is not reading the source window, its reading program monitor.

Stan Jones

Community Expert

i went to record my screen for you. the problem doesnt occur when you start a fresh new project. the problem occurs as you're 2-3 hours into the project. and deleting stuff from the timeline. it doesnt make sense for me to make another screen record for you to only see the same thing as the last screen record. theres absolutely no difference besides the fact that i'm in a different project now. You mentioned you werent able to replicate the issue. Id like to know how complicated of a project you're in, how many hours you've spent in that project trying to reproduce this issue and how many cameras you have. I have 2-4 cameras stacked and I've been in the project for about 4 hours now. I'd like to see if you got the same text transcription bug as me if you applied those same number of hours and cameras to your test.

@rachelcenter,

I recognize how frustrating this can be. Your responses are helpful. And yes, it will be difficult to catch this in a screen recording. And no, my test so far has been in a simple project in a short editing session. Remember, I am not saying that you are not experiencing a problem or bug. I'm trying to understand the conditions under which it occurs. I need to make some educated guesses as to what complexity to add. Then I'll test under those conditions.

There's another thread with this issue, so I'm summarizing.

@carley_9607, Are you still experiencing this issue? You experienced the problem on 25.5 (and maybe earlier?). Did downgrading to 25.3 fix this? What operating system and version are you on? For you, restarting the computer, clearing caches, and reinstalling PR did not fix.

@rachelcenter, you are exeriencing this on 25.4.1 and then 25.5 on Sequoia 15.6.1. The problem does not occur in a new project, does not occur right away but in a longer edit session, and is in a complex project. The static transcript workaround was not showing the problem; it is working as designed because it will always fail to change with edits. Source-media transcription editing is not working for you.

From your original post, "the transcription is showing something totally different then what I'm hearing on the timeline." So it may not be a little off, it may just look like a different section of the timeline?

Possible issues to explore include (among many others):
- Lagging due to bug or very long transcriptions or other elements. These can sometimes create the appearance that something has not updated or that elments are out of sync. I don't think this is likely.
- Overlapping audio tracks with transcriptions may create the appearance of the transcription being off or may reveal a bug under some conditions. Overlapping audio tracks with transcriptions can be challenging because, while they are working "as designed," editing overlapping transcriptions is difficult. I wonder if this might also cause inaccuracies in coordination between the transcripts and edits depending on other factors, for example track targeting or locked tracks.

Here's the other thread:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-bugs/transcript-losing-sync/idi-p/15509865

Edited to correct OS version.

Stan

rachelcenterAuthor

Legend

issue: see original paragraph at the top of this page
steps to reproduce: transcribe your timeline. cut a section out of the timeline, close the hole, then consult the transcript to see that it doesnt match what the timeline is saying any more.
expected result: for the transcripts to match the timeline
actual result: whatever is being said on the timeline at a given moment doesnt match the transcript. the transcript isnt following/keeping up with the timeline.
screen recording: I cannot publicly post this footage from my clients from an unrelease project. I would only be able to privately send it to adobe employees. which i might do in a private message after i write up this report
Premiere version 25.4.1 (Build 3)
operating system mac os sequoia 15.6.1
comparative - yes it has affected all of my recent projects.

C

carley_9607

Participant

Two customer support sessions and the only solution was to downgrade premiere to version 25.3. In the process they demolished all my presets and deleted my plugins which I can not figure out how to reinstall. Save yourself!

C

carley_9607

Participant

Just FYI, I've tried the follow activity monitor check box and it makes no difference. Screensharing with support now. Will relay any fix info if they have a solution.

rachelcenterAuthor

Legend

Is it a long transcript? the timeline is only 3 minutes 40 seconds. yes auto-scrolling is checkmarked. wont have time to make you a screen recording until tonight when my edit session is over.

jamieclarke

Community Manager

Hi @rachelcenter - Is it a long transcript? In the three dot menu of the Text panel do you have auto scrolling checked? We may have to see a screen recording of the issue you are experiencing.

rachelcenterAuthor

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i found it at the bottom of the text window. and it looks like a checkmark is already enabled for follow active monitor. "Do you have the source transcript or the timeline transcript loaded?" im understanding the question. i wont have time to file a bug report until tonight.

rachelcenterAuthor

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im looking at your screenshot and i have no idea where that is in premiere, can you please give me more instruction or a screenshot that shows more of premiere?

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