M1 MACBOOK ISSUE PREMIERE PRO

[seansglasslife]

Quick breakdown of the workflow:

1. QuickTime Screen recording
2. Bring that file into Pr Pro
3. Usually include some other footage from a camera to sync in the timeline

The issue:

• If the screen recording file includes any movement, the footage looks very pixelated. 
• This is a problem before and after a render as well as after the export.
• The original file does not have this problem.
• This was an issue with the M1 MacBook on the non-Beta version of Pr Pro, it seems to be better with the Beta, but still prevalent.
• This did not occur on a 2019 silicon updated MacBook. 
• The screen recording file is not the same framerate as the sequence/timeline, but that has not been a problem on past/non-M1 machines.

Possible fix:

• Disabling hardware encoding will fix it, but I don't see that as a viable solution given how slow software encoding is.

If anyone knows of a fix without using software encoding, that would be incredible. 

[Joëlle Bh]

Your footage have variable frame rate,you should convert it to constant frame rate using Handbrake
https://handbrake.fr
and here's a tutorial on how to use handbrake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=34&v=xlvxgVREX-Y

[seansglasslife]

I'll check this out. Could be a good workaround, but this was not needed on my last computer with the exact same workflow.

[coryk0789]

Have also noticed this, never does that on my intel mac, hoping this is fixed soon, shouldn't have to 'hack' it to make it work.

[Michael Grenadier]

the issue with variable frame rate is that the problems are not consistent and are unpredictable.  .   Many people have reported this issue on many different systems including intel macs.  My understanding is that Adobe is working on this, but in the meantime, use handbrake to convert to a constant frame rate.

[Abdulrahman5E87]

Hi,

Did it work with you?

have you found any fix?

[surya6C19]

Manually set the profile as main and level anything apart from 4:2, it'll work. I had the same issue, now hardware encoding is working. 

[Abdulrahman5E87]

Thanks a lot.

Worked perfectly.

https://youtu.be/OQUDjJCbKjw