How To: Is Your Footage Supported for Hardware Accelerated Decoding/Encoding in Premiere Pro?

Is your footage lagging in Premiere Pro, leaving you frustrated and wondering what’s going wrong? In this video, we dive into why this happens and teach you a step-by-step method to check if your footage supports hardware decoding—a critical feature for smoother playback in Premiere Pro.

Learn about:

Hardware decoding vs. software decoding and how it impacts playback.
Why certain codecs like H.264 and H.265 might cause issues.
How to use MediaInfo and Premiere’s Debug Monitor to test your footage.
Tips for optimizing your system for Premiere Pro performance.

** Chapters **
0:00 - Video Introduction
0:36 - What is Hardware Decoding?
1:47 - Puget Systems Article Callout H264/H265 Hardware Decoding
2:11 - How to Check Your Footage for Hardware-accelerated Decoding
4:11 - Hardware Decoding Info recap/conclusion
5:20 - PugetBench for Creators Callout
5:36 - Articles and Blogs Callout
5:46 - Get In Touch
5:55 - Conclusion

** Links **
Download Media Info: https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo/Do...

Hardware Decoding in Premiere Pro Article: https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/art...

PugetBench for Creators: https://www.pugetsystems.com/pugetben...

Contact Us: https://www.pugetsystems.com/contact-...

Hardware Solutions for Premiere Pro: https://www.pugetsystems.com/solution...

All Articles & Blogs: https://www.pugetsystems.com/all-posts/

** Official media support links **
Media supported by AMD Hardware
https://www.amd.com/en/products/graph...

Media Supported by Intel Hardware
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/...

Media Supported by NVIDIA Hardware
https://developer.nvidia.com/video-en...


Who is Puget Systems?
Puget Systems is based in the Seattle suburb of Auburn, WA, and specializes in high-performance, custom-built computers. We believe that computers should be a pleasure to purchase and own. They should get your work done and not be a hindrance. Our goal is to provide each client with the best possible computer for their needs and budget.

Learn more about Puget Systems: https://www.pugetsystems.com