Editing delays

Ormond Williams · Post by **Ormond Williams** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 4:15 am

As a MSPro8 user, I have now got a VS11.5plus and am trying it out on my notebook, specs:

System Model: XPS M1330
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7700 @ 2.40GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 3582MB RAM
Page File: 1293MB used, 6038MB available
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
Display Memory: 1648 MB
Dedicated Memory: 113 MB
Shared Memory: 1535 MB
Operating System:Vista Business
Motherboard: I have not been able to find this info.
Sound Card: Microphone Array (SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC)
Hard Disk Drive: SAMSUNG HM250JI ATA Device

When editing video, I find that there are long pauses between the click on a video to drag it into the timeline in the edit window and when that action happens.
The video is just over 200megs and in MSPro8 on my desktop this doesn't happen.
It also happens when I click the jog slider to move it to a new location and also when I click the scissors to make a cut.
Between 5 and 10 seconds. It makes editing very difficult.

Is there any way to overcome these delays with large files?

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 4:59 am

Press [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[Del] and check your task manager to see what is running on your computer - how much RAM is in use and how much processor power is being used. Then look to see how many running processes there are.

Can you close / disable any of those running processes to improve on the figures from above. You cannot create a "Video Editing Profile" in Vista but you can still implement many of the suggestions.

To create a Video Editing Profile in Vista would mean installing two copies of Vista on separate partitions. One for General use, the other tweaked.

Ormond Williams · Post by **Ormond Williams** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 5:58 am

Thanks Steve,

Lots of good info in your tutorial. I have since tried disabling some applications but I will study your tut and make a list of all the stuff that can be disabled when editing video. Might have to resort to installing it on the old WinXP desktop as a last resort.

It's a shame that Vista is so resource hungry. I would have thought with 4 gigs of ram and a core 2 duo processor, this task would have been just a tad quicker than it is!

I will report back next week after trying your recommendations!

Thanks again!

Post by **Ken Berry** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:16 am

You also don't say what type of video you are editing. If it is high definition, whether .mts or .m2ts (and particularly the latter), I also find there is a longish reaction time from VS -- though not quite as long as 5 - 10 seconds; more like 2 - 5 seconds on my Quad.

Ormond Williams · Post by **Ormond Williams** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:15 am

Ken,
Sorry, I didn't mention that it is video extracted (avi) from a DVD using a non-Corel application!

Post by **Ron P.** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:21 am

Ormond Williams wrote:Ken,
Sorry, I didn't mention that it is video extracted (avi) from a DVD using a non-Corel application!

There's a slight problem here.. If the video clip came from DVD, it should not be in the "avi" carrier. DVD's must be MPEG-2, unless it is say a DivX DVD. Since there are well over 800 file types (codecs) that use the "avi" carrier could you right-click on one of the clips, in either the Library or Timeline, select properties and post them?

One other possibility is that you converted the clip while importing it, is that the case?

Ormond Williams · Post by **Ormond Williams** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 10:23 am

Ron,
Yes, I converted the video!
I have limited knowledge, but usually enough to achieve the results I want.

Perhaps I should try converting to MPEG-2 or some other format?
I need to be able to edit out certain parts of the video and then render whats left into MPEG-2 format to be played only on a computer.