Massive slowdown after Auto Music (Quicktracks) added (VS9)

richardnau · Post by **richardnau** » Thu May 05, 2005 12:43 pm

I have put together a four minute video. It preview plays fine -- just a couple of seconds from pressing play to commencement of the preview.

When I add Auto Music (Quicktracks), everything slows almost to a standstill. I have added a single Quicktrack along almost the entire timeline. Now it tales more than two minutes to save the project (!), and more than two minutes to start a preview/play. It all seems to work OK when eventualy something happens.

VStudio is working hard during this slowdown -- 50% of CPU time consumed; CPU temp rises from 37degC to 59degC...

Am I doing something wrong??

Richard.

MikeGunter · Post by **MikeGunter** » Thu May 05, 2005 4:01 pm

Hi,

Can't dulpicate here with DV AVI file and 3 minutes of auto music on a P4 3.0GH HT w/800 fsb.

Mike

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Thu May 05, 2005 7:20 pm

Did you mute the audio of the original video? If not, UVS is mixing the two audio tracks, which might explain why the CPU is so busy.

richardnau · Post by **richardnau** » Thu May 05, 2005 10:53 pm

The audio of the original clips is MOSTLY muted -- there is about one minute of mixed audio (intentional).

System specs: P4 3.0GHz, 2GB Dual Channel DDR RAM, video files on dedicated 120GB ATA100 HDD.

Richard.

MikeGunter · Post by **MikeGunter** » Thu May 05, 2005 10:59 pm

richardnau wrote:The audio of the original clips is MOSTLY muted -- there is about one minute of mixed audio (intentional).

System specs: P4 3.0GHz, 2GB Dual Channel DDR RAM, video files on dedicated 120GB ATA100 HDD.

Richard.

I went back, couldn't duplicate, again.

Are the project properties and the content properties the same?

Mike

richardnau · Post by **richardnau** » Thu May 05, 2005 11:13 pm

Yes: PAL DV for both incoming and outgoing. No 'foreign' content.

And when there's no Auto Music, there's no problem with video previewing or rendering. Somehow, when Auto Music is dropped in, things turn to molasses.

I'll have more of a chance to tinker later today.

Richard.

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Thu May 05, 2005 11:25 pm

Have you updated the SmartSound engine? in the Auto Music tab, click on Smartsounds, then Internet, and check for updates.

richardnau · Post by **richardnau** » Fri May 06, 2005 12:13 am

Engine has been updated.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Fri May 06, 2005 1:09 pm

I have the same problem (and did in VS8 too). The longer the SmartSound clip, the longer the project takes to play, save, etc. If it's only a 30 second clip the delay isn't that noticable, but if it's, say, 4 minutes it seems to take forever.

If I remember correctly, one of the VS8 patches claimed to also fix a SmartSound problem and after I installed that it helped greatly. Am I dreaming that or does someone else recall that?

richardnau · Post by **richardnau** » Sat May 07, 2005 3:39 am

For creative reasons, I changed the QuickTrack I was using. Was using: Subterfuge. Changed to: No Borders.

Problem fixed...

Maybe there is a glitch somewhre in the Subterfuge files.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Mon May 09, 2005 2:23 pm

Hmmm, I've used Subterfuge quite a bit. I'll have to give that a try.