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July 5, 2024
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Premier Rush Bogging Down on Brand New Mac Studio M2 Ultra

  • July 5, 2024
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I have been using Rush for a few years now and I recently upgraded to a very fast (supposedly) Mac Studio M2 Ultra.  I have been editing on an amazing Mac Pro from 2013.  I know. BUT I had loaded it with 128gb of ram and I felt like I could open the entire internet on there and it would just hum along.  It became time to move along only when the Pro's chip wasn't compatible with all the new Adobe and other updates based on Apple silicon.  The Studio only has 64gb of ram, but based on all the reviews I read I thought that it would be able to handle my fairly fairly simple stuff with half its processors tied behind its back. (I also use Rush on my Macbook Air with an M2 chip and it works perfectly.)  

 

Running Rush on this machine is terrible.  The video barely plays. There is a huge lag inputing type into a graphic.  It's ridculous in pretty much every way.  Has almost doubled my editing time.  It does however, render OK after all the hassle.

 

I have seen on the Premier Pro boards that people have had to use an older version of the software to make their Studio M2 Ultras run the program correctly.  Is there a similar situation for Rush?  What else can I do about this? It's completely unworkable as it is.  

 

PS--I am running three displays, but I was doing that on the older machine as well.  I just transferred everything over from the old computer via a time machine backup.

 

Thanks

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Kevin-Monahan
Community Manager
Community Manager
July 9, 2024

Hello @halb15305574,

Thanks for the note. Sorry for the performance issues. Since you have a monster Mac there, I don't think it's hardware-related. I suspect it's your media. If possible, can you give us precise specs of that media by running it through MediaInfo and posting the results in tree view? (Note: You have to pay for tree view on Mac.).

If the footage is H.264 or HEVC 10-bit 4:2:2, and especially if it has a variable frame rate, transcode the media straight away using Media Encoder or Shutter Encoder (freeware) if Media Encoder doesn't work or isn't available.

 

See if your situation improves by transcoding the media to plain vanilla H.264 with a constant rate or, even better, ProRes or ProRes LT (if you have the space). Let us know if it does.

 

Thanks,
Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
Participant
July 10, 2024

Hi Kevin,

Sorry I just saw this.  I'm working right now with plain old iphone 15 Pro Max.  Happy to run media info and get back to you. 

 

Hal

Participant
July 10, 2024