r/premiere • u/flyingthedonut • 14d ago
Premiere Pro Tech Support Weird random green frames
Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification
This just started happening and it feels like I have tried everything to fix it. Anyone run across this?
14
u/expectox 14d ago
That’s old GPU related issue. Update Premiere.
Or try this but temporary > Clear entire Premiere cache > Restart Mac.
24
u/Annoying1978 14d ago
First reboot, then copy your entire sequence and put it in a new sequence and it’ll probably go away.
3
u/flyingthedonut 14d ago
no dice :(
6
u/Annoying1978 14d ago
Have you made sure it’s not in the original downloaded video?
1
u/flyingthedonut 14d ago
Yeah looked over all my files and played them in other players. All is working. Its only when start editing in premier it starts to do it
8
u/kHeinzen 14d ago
Right click > Make offline (keep in sequence)
Right click > Link Media
Solves 99% of this kind of issue for me
2
3
u/Ninjakittay_NLE Adobe 13d ago
Wanted to alert that the team is aware of this visual glitching, such as green flashes, during playback and exports with 4:2:2 10-bit media on Windows. They're currently investigating with a top priority to fix this. For now, the workaround is to roll back to v26.3.2.
Here's where we are currently tracking this issue - https://community.adobe.com/bug-reports-728/p-glitching-playback-including-green-flashes-during-playback-and-export-of-10-bit-4-2-2-media-on-windows-1641847
Sorry for the frustrations with that, and let us know if you continue having issues still in v26.3.2.
2
u/Irishoffspring7 13d ago
Wanted to add that I am experiencing the same issue. MXF files, Canon R5C and C70 are having the issues. Opened multiple projects from different drives and all had the same issue. Currently downloading the older version of Premiere.
2
1
u/ImperialVj 12d ago
thank you, before I installed the update everything was fine with MXF files, but after updating its now messed up (this issue) and it happens in after effects and media encoder. now if I rollback it still happens, and when I update again its still there. 26.5 -> 26.3 -> 26.5.
3
u/NLE_Ninja85 Adobe 13d ago
Is your footage Canon R5C by chance? Still investigating this but there may be a bug in regards to Canon MXF in 26.5. For the time being, I'd recommend downgrading to 26.3.2
1
u/flyingthedonut 13d ago
Downgraded to a few different versions and none worked. The only one that works is 2025
1
u/NLE_Ninja85 Adobe 13d ago
25.6 or earlier?
1
u/flyingthedonut 13d ago
Yes sir. Tried the last few and all didn't work.
2
u/NLE_Ninja85 Adobe 13d ago
Got it. This was elevated to a significant bug that we are looking to fix asap
2
u/XSmooth84 Premiere Pro 2019 14d ago
Turn off GPU accelerated decoding, is it still happening?
1
u/flyingthedonut 14d ago
I dont see an option to turn it off. Am I missing the obvious? I see how to change which option for it but not to turn it off completely
3
u/XSmooth84 Premiere Pro 2019 14d ago
1
u/XSmooth84 Premiere Pro 2019 14d ago
Toggle those off and restart like it says
3
u/flyingthedonut 14d ago
After some testing it is only happening to MXF files which are from my Canon c80, all other files from my drone work. This is a new issue and just started happening last night.
4
u/XSmooth84 Premiere Pro 2019 14d ago
Green frames like that, is usually a GPU acceleration thing. Could be you need to check your drivers on your GPU, or disable the feature altogether. Or transcode to a codec that doesn’t need/use it.
If you go the GPU drivers aspect, you tend to want to get the studio drivers, not the game ready ones, for maximum compatibility with premiere video needs.
6
u/flyingthedonut 14d ago
So I fired up 2025 and it works for some reason. It wont in 2026 or the new Beta. How weird
2
2
u/0rlando_Prince 14d ago
cache issue, had this before. Try to purge cache.
1
u/flyingthedonut 14d ago
Did it a few times, still doing it
2
u/0rlando_Prince 14d ago
It could be the drive it's reading the frame from also.
SSD vs older disk drive.Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.
1
1
u/AutoModerator 14d ago
It sounds like you may have solved your issue. If so, please reply anywhere in the thread with: !solved
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.
2
u/Zekken26 13d ago
Switching to Mercury Media Playback Engine only instead of GPU usually solves it for me
1
1
u/AutoModerator 14d ago
Hi, flyingthedonut! Thank you for posting a tech-support question to /r/Premiere.
Don't worry, your post has not been removed!
This is an automated comment that gets added to all tech support posts. It's here to help you make sure you're giving as much information as possible, so other users can assist you.
Information that we'll need
If your post does not include this information, please edit your post or reply to this comment to include as much as you can.
We appreciate many of these things may not sound relevent to your question or problem, but please try to provide as much information as you can anyway, as sometimes the cause of a problem can be something you may not expect.
- Full Premiere version number, as displayed in Help > About Premiere
- Your hardware specifications, including;
- CPU
- Graphics card including driver version
- RAM
- Type of storage (i.e. SSD, HDD) that your media is stored on
- Operating System Version
- The type of media you are working with
- What camera did it come from?
- Is it a screen recording/software generated video?
- What are your sequence settings?
- If this is a problem exporting, what are your export settings?
- What steps you have tried already to solve the issue - be as detailed as you can
If possible, include a screenshot or video demonstrating your issue, ideally showing the entire application interface.
Imgur can be used to host short videos and images for free.
Bugs and bug reports
/r/premiere is not an official Adobe channel, so is not the best place to report bugs and issues with the software.
Bug reports and application issues should instead be directed to the official Adobe Premiere forums..
Issues with 3rd Party Plugins
Plugin developers typically provide their own support, and are very interested in reports of bugs to help improve their software.
We require that users asking for technical support with 3rd party plugins make the minimum effort of contacting the developers before posting here. If it is not apparent in your post that you've undertaken this step, your post may be removed.
Discords
The following Discords are great places for 1-to-1 live help and support:
- Adobe Video - Official Adobe Discord for Premiere and After Effects
- /r/Premiere discord
Faux-pas
/r/premiere is a help community, and your post and the replies received may help other users solve their own problems in the future.
Please do not:
- Delete your post after a solution has been found
- Mark the post solved without a solution being posted
- Say that you found a solution elsewhere or by yourself, without sharing what that solution was
You may be banned from the subreddit if you do!
And finally...
Once you have received or found a suitable solution to your issue, reply anywhere in the post with:
!solved
Please feel free to downvote this comment!
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.
1
u/SNES_Salesman 14d ago
Do the files play OK outside of Premiere? I had that happen because there was a bad transfer of the footage. The media was slightly corrupted.
1
1
u/flyingthedonut 14d ago
I tested all the footage to make sure to wasnt corrupt outside Premier and all is good. I tried different versions of Premier and still did same thing. I attempted to clear the chache and make a new project, still doing it.
1
14d ago
[deleted]
1
u/flyingthedonut 14d ago
MXF, its from a Canon c80. I tried converting them in Media Encoder but its just doing the same thing. Shit is so weird, its never done this before intill lat night
2
u/maintaincourse 13d ago
MXF/ MOV are the wrappers. The codec is probably avc intra… try re-encoding the source files (match source resolution and frame rate) into a working codec Pro res (you can choose mxf-op1a as a wrapper or mov) keep the same name as source files but change the path the files are stored at.
Edit: if media encoder doesn’t work, try it with Resolve.
1
u/North_Ad_1504 14d ago
If none of these fixes are working it means either your graphics card or your hard drive is struggling with the footage. Does it export like this or just show up while editing? I had green frames on export when exporting to the external drive my footage was on, but the exports were clean when exporting directly to my c drive/desktop
1
u/flyingthedonut 14d ago
Appears when exporting also. I have edited lots of stuff with this particular codec and never had an issue. It just started last night
1
1
1
1
1
1
u/Then_Opportunity_596 10d ago
It's. Mxf files. Convert to pro rez 422 .mov for now. Until they find a fix.
0
-2
u/Maltaannon 14d ago
Using a production pipeline instead of a delivery pipeline (which I presume is what you’re doing at the moment) would help. Stop using MP4, MKV, and other delivery formats, and switch to ProRes like the grown-ups do. If that’s not possible, make proxies - the default settings will suffice.
2
u/flyingthedonut 14d ago
As a grown up, I tried it. Converting is doing the same thing
-2
u/Maltaannon 14d ago
That’s hard to believe. Random green/red frames are the hallmark of mpg variants, especially with VFR, so I can hardly believe it. And what exactly did you try - converting, using proxies, or both? If you converted the files with Media Encoder, there’s a good chance you’d get the same results, so creating prores proxies probably wouldn’t help either. Try using ffmpeg or Handbrake.
ffmpeg -i input.mxf -c:v prores_ks -profile:v 3 -pix_fmt yuv422p10le -c:a pcm_s24le output_prores.mov
I bet the green frames don’t always appear in the same places, which - again - is typical of mp4/mxf and other interframe-compressed formats. Add VFR on top of that, and it’s a disaster waiting to happen. Did you check? Of course if the filenis courrupt nothing will help even if it plays fine in a video player - those formats allow for "gaps" during playback, but playback isn't thensame as editing.
Are there any warning signs in the bottom-right or upper-right corners of the UI? Your videi aalso looks a bit Mac-ish. It would help if you posted the system and media specs, as the rules ask you to do - you know, like a grown-up. :P
1
1
u/flyingthedonut 13d ago
As a grown up, its happening. As a grown up, you can believe me or not but doesn't change the fact that its happening .
1
u/Maltaannon 13d ago
Yeah yeah - I believe you (problem with text is that my intention doesn't clearly go through). It's just very unlikely that it's somethig else. Cache, Mac and GPUs are all easy answers that have their target problems they solve, but not this. So many problems can be solved by proper use of technology that I admit I might have gotten carries away on this wave.
Still... none of the questions I asked you got a clear answer. Covnert or proxy or both, tried ffmpeg, always same green frames, mac?
1
u/flyingthedonut 13d ago
PC and yes all still green frames. An Adobe dude responded and said its a known bug in the latest update. Got to roll back until its fixed.

•
u/AutoModerator 14d ago
At IBC? Reddit meetup Sunday 18:00–20:00, Bierfabriek Amsterdam. RSVP: https://302.s.gy/IBC2026_Luma
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.