"Playback stops after 10 seconds." Cause: The HDD reads the 4K clip, then has to jump across the platter to read the cache, then jump back. Fix: Buy a small 256GB USB 3.0 SSD for only $30. Use that for your Media Cache and Scratch Disks . Keep the 1TB HDD for footage storage only . This hybrid setup changes everything.
WEDDING_DRIVE (D:) │ ├── 1_Current_Projects │ └── Smith_Johns_Wedding_2025 │ ├── 00_Footage (Rushes) │ ├── 01_Audio (Speeches, Toasts, Music) │ ├── 02_Graphics (Titles, Overlays) │ ├── 03_Exports (Master files) │ └── 04_Project_Files (.prproj & Autosaves) │ ├── 2_Premiere_Media_Cache │ ├── Peak_Files │ └── Media_Cache_DB │ └── 3_Archives (Compressed old weddings) adobe premiere pro wedding projects with 1tb hdd
Wedding footage is often shot in 4K (usually 60fps or 120fps for slow motion). 4K files are heavy. Trying to stream these from an HDD is a bottleneck. "Playback stops after 10 seconds
A single full-day wedding easily exceeds 500GB of raw footage. Keep the 1TB HDD for footage storage only
For OS and Adobe Premiere Pro software.
