Used previous versions of Bridge without ever experiencing this particular problem, but with the new installation of the 2021 version this has become a problem.

I use Bridge to audition audio file for projects, as I have a decent SFX library. I click an audio file, it plays, I move on. Nice and simple workflow.

However, in 2021, when I click a file, Bridge will play 2-5 seconds of it, then stop. If I move off the file and back again, it will usually play the whole file as long as it is less than 30 seconds long. Some times it takes 4-5 attempts to get through the whole file.

This happens with files both on local drives and network storage. Windows 10 x64 32GB RAM, Bridge 11.0.0.83. Works on any version prior to 2021.

Bridge 2021 11.0.0.83
Hi, first of all, in general I love Bridge, providing all I need for Photo Management!
I observed the following performance issues when updating my photos stored on a NAS (SMB access).
Batch or Mass updates of Filenames or Metadata (Keywords) is extremely slow (even for SMB access).
I am using Bridge on my Apple Silicon M1 MacBook Pro.
When Batch renaming 150 files it took >15min before I 'killed' Bridge manually. It was using 1 core at 100% and took ages to complete the update. It might be related to updating the Cache DB, because the filenames where already updated completely.

So for the last several months, Bridge CC has had terrible performance, with preview/thumbnail generation taking much longer than it ever did in the past, using 100% of CPU resources while doing so, constantly locking up and even locking up overall system function, even with Bridge.exe set to low priority.

This happens on both systems I use (an i7-4790/24GB/GTX 980 desktop, and a i7-4712/16GB/Quadro K1100M laptop). Both are using SSD for storage.

I have:

Cleared bridge cache.

Added dedicated bridge cache SSD to desktop system (no other use)

Updated all CC software to newest versions as available

Done clean installations of CC software, graphics drivers on both systems

Tried "prefer embedded" thumbnails (has no appreciable effect)

Turned off exporting cache to folders

Turned off high-quality previews

Turned off 100% previews

Turned off preview panel

Turned off favorites panel

Read numerous support threads and tried long-shot fixes like removing windows favorites folders and random registry fixes.

I am at my absolute wit's end with this piece of software. Not sure what has changed, but after over a decade-plus of use, I am ready to cancel my CC subscription and take my business elsewhere.

For instance, I just did a fresh Cache purge after the latest CC updates today, and opened a folder of 1200 D850 NEF files. The system sat at 100% CPU (99.8% of it Bridge) with Bridge consuming 14GB RAM, for about 20 minutes before the folder was able to browse or be used. Or the entire PC for that matter, as even with Bridge set to low priority, mouse movement and click recognition was very hit and miss.

Others have posted similar but to be clear- in the Downloader, why does it sort by most recent day- early to late, previous day- early to late, etc... with no option to change (that I can figure out)? This means if I take 2 photos today and 2 tomorrow and then import them and use sequence number they will be numbered 3, 4, 1, 2 even when their actual chronology is 1, 2, 3, 4. This makes no sense and sequence # might as well be eliminated as a naming option since it's only the sequence within a given day. Is there not a way around this without having to import and then batch rename or wait for the software fix?

Hello, I'm using version 9.1.0.338 of Adobe Bridge. Recently it started acting up when zooming and navigating on photos at 100% zoom. I'm using the latest version of Windows 10 Home, version 1903, installed on 8/15/2019, OS build 18362.295

I haven't changed anything on my computer (no new software or hardware) and I'm using the same RAW and JPG files on Adobe Bridge, but now, when I zoom at 100% pressing the space bar on the Filmstrip view, there's a lot of lag when zooming and when navigating around photos at 100%. It wasn't like this a couple of weeks ago.

My PC runs with AMD Radeon RX480, 24GB of RAM, i7 processor and SSD drives. It shouldn't be lagging on this. Could you please look into it?

Thank you,

Antonio