Premiere 26.5 · Known bug

Hardware decode stalls on mislabeled ProRes proxy plus 4444

Not marked fixed as of Premiere 27.0.0. The bug was reported for Premiere 26.5.2. Adobe tracks it (status: In Development). It happens on macOS only. There is a workaround.

Status: Not fixedAdobe: In Development
Severity: Major
Affects: Specific feature
System: macOS only

Workaround

Disable hardware accelerated decoding in Preferences > Media and restart Premiere.

Timeline

Oct 12, 2026Reported on Premiere 26.5.2
Nov 10, 2026Not marked fixed as of Premiere 27.0.0Adobe: In Development

The report

1 vote · 2 replies

Reported on macOS by 1 person (from the report and 2 replies).

“Hardware Decoding Deadlock on Apple Silicon When Mixing Mislabeled ProRes Proxy (4:4:4) and ProRes 4444 Clips of Identical Resolution”

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