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Premiere Pro - How To Fix Dropped Frames & Choppy Playback
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To reduce the stress on your GPU while editing, we must make a few changes to your settings. Navigate to Sequence, Sequence Settings. Make sure to change the Editing Mode option to 1080p square pixels, in case you use high-resolution footage. You can always change your export settings to avoid losing video or audio quality. Below, set your sequence timebase to 24 FPS. In your Video Settings, you should have these settings by default. Ensure that your Pixel Aspect Ratio is set to Square Pixels, and at the bottom, uncheck the Composite in Linear Color option. After clicking on ok, you may get an alert that some of your clips don’t match the sequence settings, select Keep existing settings. By now, your preview should be a lot smoother.
Premiere Pro Sequence Settings
To reduce the stress on your GPU while editing, we must make a few changes to your settings. Navigate to Sequence, Sequence Settings. Make sure to change the Editing Mode option to 1080p square pixels, in case you use high-resolution footage. You can always change your export settings to avoid losing video or audio quality. Below, set your sequence timebase to 24 FPS. In your Video Settings, you should have these settings by default. Ensure that your Pixel Aspect Ratio is set to Square Pixels, and at the bottom, uncheck the Composite in Linear Color option. After clicking on ok, you may get an alert that some of your clips don’t match the sequence settings, select Keep existing settings. By now, your preview should be a lot smoother.
Adjust the Premiere Pro Media Preferences
To increase your performance, navigate to Edit, Preferences, Media. On the window, set your Indeterminate Media Timebase option to 24 FPS, and ensure that the Enable Proxies option is unchecked.
Premiere Pro Memory Preferences
Under Memory, allocate enough RAM for Premiere Pro to use. You should also set the Optimize rendering option to Performance. Click on Ok to apply your changes.
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