# Flame playing back too fast

**URL:** <https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-playing-back-too-fast/9400>\
**Category:** Flame Questions\
**Tags:** timeline\
**Created:** [October 30, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-playing-back-too-fast/9400 "2023-10-30T16:47:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![naveen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f07891/32.png) [@naveen](https://forum.logik.tv/u/naveen)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-playing-back-too-fast/9400/1 "2023-10-30T16:47:29Z")

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Hi all,

Has anyone seen this issue before? When I hit play on the timeline, the clip plays faster than real-time. This is Flame 2023.3 on Rocky. I’ve tried clips on their own but also in an timeline with audio and the results are consistent. Is this a setting I’ve somehow missed?

Any thoughts or suggestions are 1000% appreciated.

Many thanks,  
Naveen

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**Author:** ![hildebrandtbernd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/hildebrandtbernd/32/3038_2.png) [@hildebrandtbernd](https://forum.logik.tv/u/hildebrandtbernd)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-playing-back-too-fast/9400/2 "2023-10-30T17:09:38Z")

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You can check in the dropdown of the playbutton, whether it’s set to real time or ‘play every frame’. With good luck this might be the problem, as somehow it gets switched sometimes.

If not also there was a rare bug of that happening when you have an exr sequence.

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**Author:** ![naveen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f07891/32.png) [@naveen](https://forum.logik.tv/u/naveen)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-playing-back-too-fast/9400/3 "2023-10-30T18:31:19Z")

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I checked all that stuff for sure. I think I’ve figured it out now though. It appears to be somehow tied to the refresh rate of the monitor. So once I lowered that to 60Hz it seems to be performing as expected. Thanks for reading. I hope this helps someone in the future!

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**Author:** ![Slabrie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@Slabrie](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Slabrie)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-playing-back-too-fast/9400/4 "2023-10-31T12:21:05Z")

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As documented here, refresh rates higher than 60 Hz are not supported.

[https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/flame-2024-sysreqs.html](https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/flame-2024-sysreqs.html)

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**Author:** ![naveen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f07891/32.png) [@naveen](https://forum.logik.tv/u/naveen)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-playing-back-too-fast/9400/5 "2023-10-31T13:55:45Z")

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Thanks @Slabrie ! Much appreciated.

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**Author:** ![borzi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/borzi/32/8260_2.png) [@borzi](https://forum.logik.tv/u/borzi)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-playing-back-too-fast/9400/6 "2024-12-19T22:46:26Z")

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Another thing to check if your timeline playback speed is faster than usual is whether the **2:3 Insert** option has been accidentally _enabled_. To check, click and hold the play button, and you’ll see this option at the bottom of the list. If it’s enabled, make sure to disable it!

 ![2_3_insert](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/thedepartmentofexternalservices/original/2X/a/a67b7171373dcf9c4c6772aa086adc94da30c942.jpeg)