Choppy video in Premier...what's the solution?

murrayair 06-03-2005, 9:54 PM

I just got Premier but when I started playing around with it the video I imported was choppy. What can I upgrade on my computer to fix this? Someone recommended that I get a new graphics card(I currently have an old G-Force 3 mx, I think), will that help at all? Everything else on my computer is way above the minimum requirements of the program. Any help would be appreciated.

(richd) · (richd) **Join Date: Oct 2003** 06-05-2005, 7:08 AM

Make sure your scratch disk is de-fragged can help as well.

06-06-2005, 2:55 PM

im rocking 1 gig of ram, and i've noticed that computers that use less than that seem to have problems with premiere.

(dcervenka) · (dcervenka) **Join Date: Sep 2002** 06-07-2005, 6:33 PM

What's the source of your video? .avi? .mpeg?

Do you see a red bar above the timeline? If so then you need to render the clip (hit the enter button)..

Post back with those answers and other similar info you might have..

(dakid) · (dakid) **Join Date: Feb 2001** 06-07-2005, 9:44 PM

quote:
im rocking 1 gig of ram, and i've noticed that computers that use less than that seem to have problems with premiere.

i'm only rocking 512mb, and i've yet to have any problems. *knockin' on wood*

(dcervenka) · (dcervenka) **Join Date: Sep 2002** 06-08-2005, 12:46 AM

Word!

(richd) · (richd) **Join Date: Oct 2003** 06-08-2005, 6:31 AM

I believe playback efficiency with modern NLE's is more dependant on system throughput and disk performance then memory. More memory will help somewhat with rendering speed/times but not to the extent with an NLE that it does with a program like Photoshop, which tries to load everything into RAM. Nowadays just about any modern system is plenty fast enough to handle DV, I wouldn't be surprised if it was something like what Dave mentioned above.

murrayair 06-08-2005, 4:24 PM

Kung Fu- I found the red bar and did what you said, and what do you know, it runs much more smoothly now. Thanks! There is also a yellow bar under the red one, I think. Oh and my source of video is .mpeg with my current camera (but I'm getting a new DV soon, so that may change).