MSP 8 Beta HDV Performance Problems and a Tip

petr · Post by **petr** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 4:10 pm

Hi,

My major performance stumbling block with MSP8 is whenever I try import an HDV PS mpg file (or even right click on one in the Project Tray) MSP8 processes the file for something and effectively blocks the program's usage for a good 30 minutes for about 30 minutes of HDV 1080 60i footage. I'm using a raid SATA 150 system, 2Gig Ram, and a Athlon64 3200, so its not the hardware side letting me down.
Footage was captured as a PS mpg from an FX1 with CapDVHS. I have 30 hours of footage, so the last thing I want now is to recapture. Other HDV editors don't have the problem I'm experiencing with MSP 8.
Any help will be much appreciated.

Tip:
By default, MSP8 Beta uses an mpg proxy for HDV. Playback on my system is incredibly bad (about 1 frame every 2 seconds.) I've readjusted the proxy via File->Preferences->Smart Proxy->Template to use NTSC DV 16:9. Works like a charm, and I get realtime editing and playback.

Petr

johnpr98 · Post by **johnpr98** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 4:19 pm

Footage was captured as a PS mpg from an FX1 with CapDVHS

Capture with MSP8 & forget the conversion time

Don't use the proxy unless you have too.

Regards

petr · Post by **petr** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 5:54 pm

I might have to recapture with the Ulead product, but it is still a very serious bug. Just browsing the open file dialog to a directory that contains these .mpg files jams MSP8.

Also recapturing will be such a time loss, that it might just be more worthwhile and cheaper to not use MSP8.

johnpr98 · Post by **johnpr98** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 6:08 pm

I used 2 hours of HDV on the timeline captured with CapDVHS, it was OK but the MSP7 captured HDV was a lot easier to handle.

It's all down to the conversion when captured, the MSPro video drops straight into the timeline (No Proxy need for me).

Try a MSP 8 captured tape & compare