🚀 SPEED UP Premiere Pro - 30 Ways to FIX Premiere Pro PLAYBACK LAG
Is Premiere Pro running slow? In this video, we cover 30 proven ways to fix Premiere Pro playback lag and speed up your editing workflow in 2026. Whether you're dealing with choppy playback, "Media Pending" screens, or slow export times, these optimization tips will make Premiere Pro run like butter—even on lower-end PCs or laptops.
Stop wasting time waiting for frames to render. From Proxy workflows and Memory allocation to hidden NVIDIA/AMD hardware acceleration settings, we’re diving deep into the ultimate performance guide.
📌 What You’ll Learn:
✔How to enable Hardware Acceleration for instant playback.
✔Setting up a Proxy Workflow for 4K and 8K footage.
✔Optimizing your Media Cache to prevent disk bottlenecks.
✔Secret Timeline Display settings that save CPU cycles.
✔GPU vs. Software rendering: Which one should you choose?
⏱️Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:28 - Update Creative Cloud & Premiere Pro
00:38 - Open only Necessary Panels
------ PROJECT SETTINGS -----------------
00:48 - MATCH Sequence & Footage Settings
01:12 - Change Video Preview Settings
01:16 - Film in ProRes
01:52 - 'Turn ON' GPU Acceleration
02:14 - Use Proxies
------ TIMELINE SETTINGS -----------------
03:00 - Disable Unused Clips
03:23 - Low Quality Resolution Playback
03:44 - Use Adjustment Layer
04:05 - Effect Order Matters
04:15 - Disable Global Effects
04:38 - Render Previews
05:09 - Avoid Dynamic Link
05:24 - Export Complex Timeline Early
05:37 - Use 'Previews On' Export
------ PREFERENCES SETTINGS -----------------------
05:53 - Turn Off 'Automatically Refresh Growing Files'
06:15 - Disable Mercury Transit
06:37 - Allocate Memory
06:51 - Disable Autosave
07:00 - Clean Cache Files
------ COMPUTER SETTINGS ------------------
07:17 - Delete Preview Files
07:29 - Clean Up Disk Space
07:52 - Don’t Use Memory/SD Card
08:02 - Use 3 Drives
08:20 - Create Partition
08:31 - Maintain Folder Structure
08:43 - Update Graphics Card Drivers
08:57 - Prioritize Premiere pro
09:49 - Restrict Startup Apps
09:59 - High Performance Power Plan
10:13 - Clean Up Hardware
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