Timeline Lagging in Playback

So I have an issue with Adobe Audition CS6. When I playback ANY audio file and watch it in the timeline the timeline lags. Either the waveform or the spectral display, the video is always lagging behind the audio. I can't find any answer to this anywhere. And it isn't a consisten lag either. It gets wors as time goes by. It seems like for ever fifteen seconds of playback the timeline lags behind the audio an extra second. So at a minute it is four seconds behind. When I stop and start it catches up but the lagging builds again.
I'm at a total loss now. Thank you for any help.

The first thing to ask is whether you've installed the 5.0.2 update? If you haven't, you can find it here (assuming you're a Windows user). This resolves a number of issues, and really is the first thing you should try.

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Please help ASAP.
Specs: IOS 10.6.8
Processor 2.4GHz Intel Core i5
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When I export the sequence I edited with quicktime, the playback video is very different from what I edited on the timeline. The playback has the clips with ins and outs that are way off than what I cut, and some of the clips don't show at all or have changed transitions. However when I play in the timeline in FCP, the sequence is fine, just the way I cut it.
The source of the clips was one long .mov that I cut into clips for the timeline. Everything has gone smoothly but the exported .mov is just so different.
How can I get the time codes of the clips to be the same in the exported .movs? I just want the quicktime .mov to represent my edit exactly.
This video is due tomorrow - if the solution is too time consuming, can I play within the FCP player window and Log and Capture?
Thanks,
MV

What is your source material? Is it H.264? FCP does not work correctly with that material.
Click on a source clip in the FCP Browser, and once selected, type Command + 9 to see the item properties for the clip. Either report those properties, or take a screen shot of the item properties, and post that here.
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Timeline Lag is horrendous

The timeline lag is painful on Premiere Pro 2014.( was equally horrible in the previous version) Any time I bring a clip in or edit a clip the computer hangs until the timeline catches up. Then maybe I can run through the timeline for a bit then it hangs up. The processing is extremely poor and almost unusable. I am using:
Asus g74sx
8gb of ram
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Any suggestions would be appreciated. As another side note I purchased this computer video and photo editing only. There is minimal programs on this machine.

l had a G73jw and edited successfully using PPro for years. Your trouble is probably a combination of hardware issues and trying to edit difficult, highly compressed codecs. If you cannot afford any upgrades,you can try using the now free Cineform codec available at GoPro to convert any difficult codec.
The easier to edit avi files will be huge,but, will run like butter through your cpu.
    My laptop was destroyed by lightning and , like Bill Gehrke on this forum, I bought a refurbished Asus G750JW for $850....less than half normal price ! It blows away my old machine,esp. since I put two new Crucial SSDs in it.....upped the memory to 24 GB, and applied an overclock to the GPU memory using MSI Afterburner.....bringing it to 3000Mhz. Your machine needs to max out the reachable memory....there is one stick hidden under the keyboard you cant get to....I am assuming its 2GB..So, match the specs of the existing stick and put three new 4GB sticks to bring it to 14GB.
    THEN,address your storage issues....C drive must be less than half full, be defragged,and only have OS,programs and page file on it. D must also be defragged and less than half full...indexing and compression turned off on both drives. All media and project files on D drive. Using your USB 3 port,you can attach a cheap USB 3 dock, and plug another drive in to it for previews,cache, and media cache files...no worry...premiere recreates these files,if needed. or, you can simply use the new Patriot hi speed USB3 thumb drive....reads at 190 MB/sec !!!
       The newest 2014 CCloud PPro has massive improvements over previous versions in performance.....they fixed the problem with DSLR Canon mov file footage....no more 32 bit hampering....it runs like butter. Also,it contains better 4K performance. Without Windows 8.1, I am not sure how well upgrading your machine would go...if you are serious about editing....this is the time to plan a new machine. This fall, the new Haswell E chip comes out...many huge improvements with that.....take THAT road, if you can !
......I almost forgot...make sure your timeline specs MATCH the footage you are putting on it....if you are unsure, drag a clip onto the " new item" icon, and it will create a matching sequence FOR you ! A mismatched sequence can make problems.
In general, the new PPro is so powerful that to fully use its capabilities, you need a machine with a minimum of 32GB system memory, fast SATA III SSDs,or, RAID array for storage and a beefy NVidia 7 xx series video card, ( 780ti is ideal ).

Why does playback on the timeline lag on my premiere elements 9 project?

Whenever I playback my edit on the timeline, it starts off playing fine, but after a few seconds it starts to lag. I am using a macbook pro (2.4GHz intel core 2 duo processor, OS X V10.9.4), and was initially editing off a WD hard drive connected with a Firewire800 cable. I have shifted all my rushes and the premiere elements project file from the hard drive to my laptop, but that doesn't seem to work. Project settings and Clip settings seem to match, otherwise I wouldn't be able to open the project file anyway. I fiddled with some of the playback settings, but nothing seemed to work. I need to rush out a piece of work asap. Any ideas?

AT Romano,
Please see my actions taken regarding your questions below:
One of my questions was attempting to determine if the total duration of clips on the Timeline has any effect on this random playback issue.
Am I correct in assuming that you are saying that this Timeline playback lag can be seen even with only one 1 minute clip on the Timeline? If not,
how many clips needed on that Timeline when the Timeline content playback starts to lag?
The lag can also be seen with only one 1 minute clip on the timeline.
If you start a new project with a different video source or just some jpg photos do you run into this Timeline content playback lag after rendering of that
Timeline content?
NO, this lag does not occur with a new project with different video source.
Did you understand what I wrote early on about Premiere Elements 9.0/9.0.1 being a 32 bit application when run on 32 or 64 bit computer? Do you use the computer for programs other than Premiere Elements? I asked since you wrote
Upgraded the RAM. I'm now running on 2x 8GB of RAM.
A 32 bit system is typically characterized by maximum supported installed RAM = 4 GB and typically 3.2 to 3.0 or less of that being available. So, why the upgrade to 16 GB of installed RAM?
I guess I didn't quite understand the 32 bit system thing. But i kinda get the idea now. In any case, my computer seems to be running faster than usual even though it didn't solve the elements 9 lagging issue.
Just recap time....
1. Optimize the computer with free ccleaner for Mac run through
CCleaner - Download
Done.
2. Make sure that there are no pile ups of preview files, conformed audio, and conformed video files. At this time, how much
free hard drive space at the location where the Scratch Disks are directed?
Done. About 870GB of free HD space. This is an external hard drive.
3. Set Playback Quality to highest instead of automatic
Did this, but the lagging becomes worse. It freezes longer on certain frames.
4. Make sure video card/graphics card driver is up to date according to web site of manufacturer of the card
According to Manufacturer, graphic cards installed on MacBook Pros are already optimised by Apple during the installation.
5. If dual monitor system, disconnect one, use only one
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6. Delete the Adobe Premiere Elements Prefs file...
Users/Libraries/Application Support/Adobe/Premiere Elements/9.0
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exhibits any lags.
After export, there are no lags.
8. Do you run into the problem with and without the antivirus disabled?
I have no antivirus installed. But i did try turning on and off the firewall. With the firewall on, the lag seemed to get worse.
9. For troubleshooting purposes only at this time, download and install the free 30 day tryout of Premiere Elements 12
from Adobe....If it works for you, then we can target version 9....If it does not work for you, then we can target your computer.
There is no Premiere elements 12 available for trial download. Only premiere elements 13. Have downloaded that and copied the project file into elements 13. The lag is still there, but not as bad. But, it is still there.
- Gold Pirate.

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7) CTRL-A (delay), P (delay), click for keyframe (delay) scrub timeline back and forth, noticeable lag.
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If you can "Sample Process" in the Activity Monitor when things get slow that would be great. Feel free to e-mail for more details, if needed.
We are very interested in resolving this issue. We are actively looking for users that will help us get more information and repro steps.
Feel free to email me directly at [email protected]
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