How To Fix Premiere Pro Playback Lag

In this video we're going to look at how to fix premiere pro playback lag. Premiere pro playback lag can be extremely frustrating when what you want is an instant experience scrubbing through and viewing your video footage. But in this premiere pro tutorial we're going to show you the ways to fix playback lag so that you can edit smoother and faster in Premiere Pro. Once you've gone through all the solutions, we hope that premiere pro playback lag is a thing of that past for you and your computer!

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[MemoSelf]

Thank you, Jordan. I wanted to ask this of everyone watching - most of my lag issues began with the upgrade to Premiere Pro 2019 (version 13). Projects that played perfectly smoothly when created with 2018 (v. 12) lagged terribly when converted to 13, even though I was using proxies (UHD down to 720p) and reduced the playback resolution to 1/4. Every editor I spoke to who was having the same problem was telling me that it was the same 13 vs. 12 issue, and now I've been using 12 exclusively, with no lag problems at all. My question is that Adobe has subsequently released several updates of 13 (it's now up to 13.1.4), and I wondered if anyone who HAS made the upgrade, who had lag problems before, has found any improvements. Thank you for the terrific tutorial in any event!

[danielwolfe]

Imagine paying hundreds of dollars a month for a program you have to research on how to fix things that souldnt have been problems in the first place

[suprmposng]

Quick solutions:
0:51 1. Drop playback resolution
1:01 2. Turn off High Quality Playback
1:13 3. Reserve RAM
1:33 4. [Switch to] GPU Acceleration
1:51 5. Create Proxy files
2:49 6. Prevent overheating
3:20 7. [Switch out] slow hard drive
4:28 8. Just render everything
4:49 9. [Turn on] the Global FX Mute
5:12 10. Close Lumetri Scopes
5:23 11. Render and replace

5:48 Long term solutions

[ariesg]

that intro 😅i thought this potato laptop is lagging again

[StarWarsTherapy]

New computer with great specs and STILL lags. This is why I'm here.

[eskay]

Props for getting to the point quickly. Youtube score: 10

[offkey]

Reducing the reserved RAM quickly solved my problem. Thank you.

[Mrkingbecks]

Mate, you're a life saver. I left throwing my MacBook Pro Retina 15inch 2.8GGz 16GB RAM out the window. Your first advice worked. I reduced the playback resolution from full to 1/2. It's working smooth again. You have no idea how much you've help me pal. Thank you.

[TheMadelectron]

I HAVE NO CLUE WHY, but for some magical reason turning HQ playback ON?!?! and playback resolution to FULL?!? actually fixed my problem

[Poafa]

THANKS SOO MUCH!!! I turned on GPU acceleration and it fixed all of the lag, cant thank you enough!!

[LaDimensionDeHuesos]

Holy sh*t!! 57 seconds on the video and you already fixed my problem!! Now, that's what I call an amazing video!! Thank you bro!!

[kevlardude]

Working on a 10+ year old computer and following a handful of these tips actually worked! Thanks!

[Ashley-soce]

I'm working from an external hard drive, and the proxies worked like MAGIC. Thank you 🙏🏾

[frauholleohnee]

Thank you so much. Closing the Lumetri Scopes made everything smooooth again. 🥺

[HV.STUDIOS]

Thanks for this, this is one of the best videos I've seen for this purpose! 🔥🔥

[mooonwaffle]

Your intro made me think there was something wrong with my computer. You totally got me 😂

[BrylerTipa]

Dude, I just take a breath of relief stumbling upon this video, Thanks!

[thisisderf]

this guy really made me think for a sec it was my pc in the begining....good one my sir

[fantasma]

thanks, definitely a stress reliever to see this

[Spudetti]

Thank you SO much. You’ve really helped me!!