VS 11.5 Help
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VS 11.5 Help
I just got a new camera, Canon HF100 and I upgraded to VS 11.5 plus. When I insert video into the timeline is gets choppy playback. I have a dell computer about 2 years old now. duo core 3.0gig with 2 gigs of ram. Is there anything I can do to fix this?
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Welcome to the forums! 
Your camera films using the high definition AVCHD format. Unfortunately, while very high quality in very compressed form, AVCHD is the most greedy for computer resources even just to play it back smoothly.
First, we need to absolutely confirm that you have fully upgraded to VS11.5+. I know you say you have, but when you click on the ? sign up in the top right corner and select 'About VS', it needs to show the version as 11.5.0157.2 Plus. If you don't have the final 2, you need to add the 6 November 2007 patch.
I suspect you might also find that your computer, while powerful for just about anything else, might be at the bottom end, or below it, of computers which can handle AVCHD properly. The general consensus here is that you probably need the slightly more recent Core 2 Duo processor, or even a Core 2 Quad to handle AVCHD directly.
VS11.5+ does, however, have a SmartProxy feature for high def editing. In effect, when you enable it, it generates temporary standard def versions of your AVCHD files. You then edit those standard def clips and at the end, the edits are applied -- somewhat slowly, admittedly -- to the high def clips. And it works fine.
But again I have to say that your computer may not be in a position to be able to play back either the original or the edited clips smoothly. (I edited AVCHD on my 'old' P4 3.0 GHz with HT/NVidia 7600 GT with 512 MB of its own RAM; 2 GB system RAM. First, the original video would not play smoothly. After waiting for the editing, it was also not smooth, so I thought the whole process had failed. But when I transferred the files to my then new Core 2 Duo 2.4 HGz laptop, they played back beautifully and smoothly... as they do on my current Quad!)
Apart from that, though, you would need to consider a new computer. Either that, or else use SmartProxy and burn the files to either a Blu-Ray disc (for which of course you would need a Blu-Ray burner and discs). The only other option at present would be to burn the AVCHD in that format but to a standard DVD. That will allow up to 40 minutes per disc. But they will only play on a Blu-Ray rated player, which does however, include the Play Station 3. For what it is worth, I am facing this conundrum currently myself... what to do with my high def footage...???
Your camera films using the high definition AVCHD format. Unfortunately, while very high quality in very compressed form, AVCHD is the most greedy for computer resources even just to play it back smoothly.
First, we need to absolutely confirm that you have fully upgraded to VS11.5+. I know you say you have, but when you click on the ? sign up in the top right corner and select 'About VS', it needs to show the version as 11.5.0157.2 Plus. If you don't have the final 2, you need to add the 6 November 2007 patch.
I suspect you might also find that your computer, while powerful for just about anything else, might be at the bottom end, or below it, of computers which can handle AVCHD properly. The general consensus here is that you probably need the slightly more recent Core 2 Duo processor, or even a Core 2 Quad to handle AVCHD directly.
VS11.5+ does, however, have a SmartProxy feature for high def editing. In effect, when you enable it, it generates temporary standard def versions of your AVCHD files. You then edit those standard def clips and at the end, the edits are applied -- somewhat slowly, admittedly -- to the high def clips. And it works fine.
But again I have to say that your computer may not be in a position to be able to play back either the original or the edited clips smoothly. (I edited AVCHD on my 'old' P4 3.0 GHz with HT/NVidia 7600 GT with 512 MB of its own RAM; 2 GB system RAM. First, the original video would not play smoothly. After waiting for the editing, it was also not smooth, so I thought the whole process had failed. But when I transferred the files to my then new Core 2 Duo 2.4 HGz laptop, they played back beautifully and smoothly... as they do on my current Quad!)
Apart from that, though, you would need to consider a new computer. Either that, or else use SmartProxy and burn the files to either a Blu-Ray disc (for which of course you would need a Blu-Ray burner and discs). The only other option at present would be to burn the AVCHD in that format but to a standard DVD. That will allow up to 40 minutes per disc. But they will only play on a Blu-Ray rated player, which does however, include the Play Station 3. For what it is worth, I am facing this conundrum currently myself... what to do with my high def footage...???
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As Ken pointed out, you're computer is below the bottom end for editing AVCHD video. That's why you're getting the choppy preview.
No adding additional RAM will not correct this problem for you. A computer is only as fast as its slowest component. What is needed is a faster, more robust processor, like the Core2 Duo or Quad Cores.
No adding additional RAM will not correct this problem for you. A computer is only as fast as its slowest component. What is needed is a faster, more robust processor, like the Core2 Duo or Quad Cores.
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