Lightroom Preview Generation Issues Plague Sony RX0 II Users, Prompting GPU Workarounds
Lightroom users photographing with the Sony RX0 II camera are encountering persistent crashes and hangs during preview generation, forcing some to disable GPU acceleration as a temporary fix. the problem, reported extensively on the Adobe Product Community forums, appears specific to RX0 II image files and has been ongoing for an extended period, impacting workflow for photographers relying on Adobe’s editing suite.
The core issue centers around Lightroom’s preview generation process, which leverages the GPU for faster rendering. However, with RX0 II images, this process frequently results in complete lockups or application crashes, particularly during catalog operations. A user reported disabling the GPU for preview generation resolved the hanging issue on their NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, but subsequently caused lightroom to crash on startup. Adobe has not yet issued an official statement acknowledging the problem or providing a timeline for a resolution, leaving affected photographers to seek community-driven solutions. The extensive list of OpenGL extensions provided by the user suggests a complex interaction between the RX0 II image data, Lightroom’s rendering engine, and the specific GPU hardware and drivers.
