...for capturing videos. I know there is a way, I saw a FAQ that showed how you can do something with your DOS to seperate things and make a better video capture. I've been looking for half an hour, I can't find it anymore.
Btw, my cpu is 1.6 Ghz that's why I'm looking to speed it up. Thank you!
Increasing CPU speed
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THoff
A faster CPU won't let you capture better quality video.
The only time it will make a difference is when you are capturing directly into a highly compressed format, and in that case you will still get better quality with a slower CPU that captures in the native format or uncompressed and then transcodes afterwards, than a faster CPU that transcodes during capture.
The only time it will make a difference is when you are capturing directly into a highly compressed format, and in that case you will still get better quality with a slower CPU that captures in the native format or uncompressed and then transcodes afterwards, than a faster CPU that transcodes during capture.
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Wolfmans55
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Wolfman,
When you have used your computer for awhile, your hard drive can become fragmented. You have bits of files that are not placed back in order, so the drive heads have to seek all over the platters for all the neccessary info. This can slow down a system. So it is recommended to regularly defragment it.
Go to Start>All Programs>Assesories>System Tools>Disc Defragmenter. That is if you have WinXP. There are other better defrag utilities, but WinXP does include one. That's what I use. Oh and you will probably want to do this before you retire for the night. It will take several hours to complete.
Ron P.
When you have used your computer for awhile, your hard drive can become fragmented. You have bits of files that are not placed back in order, so the drive heads have to seek all over the platters for all the neccessary info. This can slow down a system. So it is recommended to regularly defragment it.
Go to Start>All Programs>Assesories>System Tools>Disc Defragmenter. That is if you have WinXP. There are other better defrag utilities, but WinXP does include one. That's what I use. Oh and you will probably want to do this before you retire for the night. It will take several hours to complete.
Ron P.
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More ideas
I also have been using a freeware program called SPEEDDEFRAG.EXE Not sure what site I got it from...filehippo.com?, but if you google search you can find it. Loads and defrags before Windows and then gives you the advance setting option of restarting or shutting down, so you can run this and then go to bed, computer will shut down when finished.
Also, I have followed 'Steve's' excellent guide from this forum on setting up a Video Editor hardware profile and user profile. This ends up with you having a special profile to boot into too that will have the minimal amount of processes loaded in the background. Example, in my regular profile and boot up configuration I use for normanl everyday computing..I have 1 GIG RAM with 500 MEG free. On the Video Editor profile, I have the 1 GIG RAM installed, but after booting into Windows, I end up with about 800 MEG free. VS runs quite nicely with that much free RAM and low level of system resources being used. GOOD LUCK!
Also, I have followed 'Steve's' excellent guide from this forum on setting up a Video Editor hardware profile and user profile. This ends up with you having a special profile to boot into too that will have the minimal amount of processes loaded in the background. Example, in my regular profile and boot up configuration I use for normanl everyday computing..I have 1 GIG RAM with 500 MEG free. On the Video Editor profile, I have the 1 GIG RAM installed, but after booting into Windows, I end up with about 800 MEG free. VS runs quite nicely with that much free RAM and low level of system resources being used. GOOD LUCK!
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