Playback feels slow

Slow playback usually means the current frame requires more work than Yrendr can finish in real time. Final render quality does not need to be reduced to improve editor responsiveness.

Improve playback responsiveness

1. Lower Preview quality from 100% to 75%, 50% or 25%.
2. Temporarily bypass expensive Track or Master video effects.
3. Test animated shadows, generators and multiple full-resolution layers separately.
4. Press F7 and inspect Render Profiler for decode, plugin, conversion or compositing hotspots.
5. If decoding dominates, consider transcoding difficult source media to a more editing-friendly format.

Note: The same Preview quality setting applies to paused frames and active playback. There is no separate Playback quality control in this build.