First off, I am a big fan of Ulead 8 and am pretty satsified with the product as a whole. My only real frustration comes when I try to watch my work in progress while in the Timeline/Storyboard. I constantly get choppy/jerky motion and it drives me crazy!! What can I do to watch my work in progress without such trouble. Here are my specs:
Dell 4700
3.2 Ghz processor
20 gig free hard drive space
512 RAM
It would seem to me my computer is more than adequate to handle video editing. Will more memory make a significant differrence? Any ideas are greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Memory and Storyboard Choppiness
Moderator: Ken Berry
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jchunter_2
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Trevor Andrew
From Preferences changing the option ‘Playback Method to High Quality’ may help.
But when you hit the play button VS creates temporary preview files (like rendering) which takes time, the resulting playback should be good.
Check the location of the temp preview files from Preferences / Preview, as you will need to delete them when you have finished your project. (you can also access preview files manager from Tools)
I don’t have much problem with playback, except when using Album Transitions, I only have 512 ram but have considered uprating to 1Gb, Johns posting above may have pushed me a little further to that end.
All the Best
Trevor
But when you hit the play button VS creates temporary preview files (like rendering) which takes time, the resulting playback should be good.
Check the location of the temp preview files from Preferences / Preview, as you will need to delete them when you have finished your project. (you can also access preview files manager from Tools)
I don’t have much problem with playback, except when using Album Transitions, I only have 512 ram but have considered uprating to 1Gb, Johns posting above may have pushed me a little further to that end.
All the Best
Trevor
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IronMike778
Thanks for the tips........
Also, I have been using some video files in my projects that I keep on a second hard drive that has about 30 GIG free space. Does it make much of a difference that these video files are not being pulled from my C: drive? The C: drive actually has only 20 GIG free space.
I just monitored my computer during a playback of a project that has images in the top timeline, some video clips in the second timeline, and an mp3 playing in music timeline.
Here's what it showed:
CPU usage ranged between 88%-95%
Physical memory :
Total - 522,000
avail - 111,000
Thoughts?
Also, I have been using some video files in my projects that I keep on a second hard drive that has about 30 GIG free space. Does it make much of a difference that these video files are not being pulled from my C: drive? The C: drive actually has only 20 GIG free space.
I just monitored my computer during a playback of a project that has images in the top timeline, some video clips in the second timeline, and an mp3 playing in music timeline.
Here's what it showed:
CPU usage ranged between 88%-95%
Physical memory :
Total - 522,000
avail - 111,000
Thoughts?
Usually it's recommended to keep your video files on a different drive from your C: drive.
I work on a second HD, and because of space limitations, I store some of my captured .AVI files on a third HD.
I bought my present machine just recently but regretted getting it with only 500MG RAM so doubled that and noticed a real difference. (Of course, you STOP noticing it soon enough.)
I work on a second HD, and because of space limitations, I store some of my captured .AVI files on a third HD.
I bought my present machine just recently but regretted getting it with only 500MG RAM so doubled that and noticed a real difference. (Of course, you STOP noticing it soon enough.)