Can't playback in 1/2 or 1/4 preview quality in Premiere Pro CC

rmond6 · Oct 22, 2019

Hi all.

I'm always editing my videos with Premiere Pro but having a small issue.
When I preview my footage in Source panel I can only play my footage in 'Full playback resolution'.
The screen goes completely black when I play in 1/2 or 1/4 or 1/8.
This is a bit annoying because all my footage from Sony A7iii and Gopro Hero 7 has no issues at all but only drone footage does.
If anyone knows the solution please help me out!!

Model: Mavic Pro Platinum
Recording resolution: 2K (2,720 x 1,536)
Frame rate: 30fps
Colour setting: D-Log

Editing device: Lenovo Legion Y540
CPU: i7-9750H
RAM: DDR4 2666Mhz 16GB(8GB x2)
SSD: M.2 NVME 512GB(WD)
Graphic: Geforce GTX 1650 (laptop)
Editing Software: Adobe Premiere Pro CC v13.1.3

LenSavage · Oct 23, 2019

The lower res source preview works fine on my desktop machine.

Maybe your machine is having an issue with D-Log which holds a lot of data; can you 1/2, 1/4 etc. non-D-Log footage?
You may be forced to use proxies. It's an extra step, but it should solve the preview issues.
One other option you can try: Sequence > Render In to Out. You may need to do it periodically during the edit as necessary. Let me know if this solves it.

Here's an example of D-Log I did for one of my Hollywood film clients: Malpaso Productions - Clint Eastwood's movie company:

It's a tragic drama and this scene is at the Pacific Beach Pier. In this video, at about 1:20 per their instructions is 'The Money Shot'. End of Pier and sunset in 'the thirds'.

And one more video showing the power and some fun with D-Log:

rmond6 · Oct 23, 2019

LenSavage said:
The lower res source preview works fine on my desktop machine.

Maybe your machine is having an issue with D-Log which holds a lot of data; can you 1/2, 1/4 etc. non-D-Log footage?
You may be forced to use proxies. It's an extra step, but it should solve the preview issues.
One other option you can try: Sequence > Render In to Out. You may need to do it periodically during the edit as necessary. Let me know if this solves it.

Here's an example of D-Log I did for one of my Hollywood film clients: Malpaso Productions - Clint Eastwood's movie company:

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It's a tragic drama and this scene is at the Pacific Beach Pier. In this video, at about 1:20 per their instructions is 'The Money Shot'. End of Pier and sunset in 'the thirds'.

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Maybe I should try to use 'normal' colour rather than D-Log.
And I know I have the proxy option but I don't really like it because it takes extra time.
'Render In to Out' option won't work because I'm having this issue when I check my videos from 'Media Browser' and watch it in Source monitor. (The clip wasn't even added to timeline)

Thanks for your suggestion though!

Cheers.

ChrisOutdoors · Oct 23, 2019

Your specs seem capable of handling the video. Sounds like a driver issue or settings issue in Premier CC. Use the google to figure out whats broken and keep trying until fixed, a follow up post with what you did to fix is always appreciated.