Issues with peak files regenerating?

Report · Oct 21, 2018

Hi, this is my first time asking a question here.

I am running Premiere Pro 2017.1.2 v11.0 on windows 7 (skipped pp2018 because without windows 10 dolby audio wouldn't work)

Looking through the thread seems to have similar issue where peak files kept regenerating.

I have at least 7 copies of the same peak files now for every single time I opened the same project.

However mine is on the same drive never been transferred to another user.

Any fix so far? I tried copying the same project and footages to a different disk to test on a windows 10 with pp 2018 to see if it regenerates and it still does. (sorry I have no pc info of that test workstation)

Did I miss out any info I should be sharing for this help? Thanks in advance

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.1GHz

Memory: 14336MB RAM

Available OS Memory: 14328MB RAM

DirectX Version: DirectX 11

Card name: NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Manufacturer: NVIDIA

Chip type: Quadro FX 580

DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC

Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0659&SUBSYS_063A10DE&REV_A1

Display Memory: 4071 MB

Dedicated Memory: 487 MB

Shared Memory: 3583 MB

Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)

Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor

Monitor Model: 273ELH

Monitor Id: PHLC07D

Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz)

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Sound Devices

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Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)

Default Sound Playback: Yes

Default Voice Playback: Yes

Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0889&SUBSYS_104383C0&REV_1000

Manufacturer ID: 1

Product ID: 100

Type: WDM

Driver Name: RTKVHD64.sys

Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6037 (English)

Driver Attributes: Final Retail

WHQL Logo'd: Yes

Date and Size: 1/29/2010 14:48:44, 2260256 bytes

Other Files:

Driver Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

HW Accel Level: Basic

Cap Flags: 0xF1F

Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000

Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0

Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0

HW Memory: 0

Voice Management: No

EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No

I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No

Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No

Report · Oct 30, 2018

Hi power911,

Sorry for the frustration.

Did I miss out any info I should be sharing for this help? Thanks in advance

Do you keep any media on network drives, like a SAN or NAS?

Thanks,
Kevin

Report · May 26, 2022

Kevin,

I'm having this issue in all versions of PPro CC22 (Currently on 22.4). I've noticed it constantly re-generates the PEK files every time I open Premiere and then open a project. OF NOTE: It is only doing this to BRAW (Blackmagic Design raw files) and MOV files (h.264 or ProRes 422... may do others, but these are the only ones I am using).

Interestingly, it is not regenerating the peak files for AVCHD media (h.264 .mts files from Sony), MP4 media (either h.264 or h.265), WAV files, or MP3 files. This is machine agnostic potentially, at least as far as the Windows 64-bit version goes, as I have the same issue at home and at work on machines with different specifications.

I have tried all the suggestion of placing the metadata files in various places and clicking on and off the "automatic audio waveform generation" button. Nothing seems to make a difference. I even did a fresh install of PPro, along with resetting preferences.

Also, recently when importing media (after updating to 22.4), when I go to close Premiere, I get the "metadata writing in progress (xxx files)... if you exit now you will lose any unsaved data" warning. The xxx file number is identical to the number of files that have peak files being regenerated. However, my computer is idle. Any idea why it can't write metadata about these files?

Does anyone have any thoughts? It's not preventing me from working...yet. However it just means 30-minute documentaries take a long time to load and then be ready for work, as the system is very sluggish while regenerating 200+ peak files.

Windows 10 / 32GB / All local drives / not team project

Thanks for any help. I have posted in the DVA Uservoice area as well, hoping to find an answer.

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Issues with peak files regenerating?