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If you’re using Premiere Pro 25.2.x and you get a dialog box or a warning in your sequence that says:

Can’t access audio

The audio for {Filename} can’t be read quickly enough from storage. Please check your storage and try again.

It’s a known issue and Adobe’s addressing it.

The workaround?

  1. Uninstall Premiere Pro 25.2.x.
  2. Reinstall Premiere Pro 25.1 or earlier.
  3. (Optional) Disable Auto-Update for Premiere Pro: Creative Cloud > Preferences > Apps > Auto-update > Premiere Pro: Toggled to Off

More details in this Adobe Community thread:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-bugs/p-audio-quot-can-t-be-read-quickly-enough-quot-from-storage/idi-p/15246881

Dialog - Can't access audio

Warning in a Sequence - Can't access audio