Hey again guys,
I'm still struggling with glitchy playing of AVI files in Premier 6 (see
original posting pasted below sig). I've had my task manager on the ball
and from as far as I can tell by observing and reading the stats, the
problem seems to arise from within Premiere itself making demands on the CPU
which stop it from playing the file smoothly, it's persistent from project
to project but not consistent regarding its frequency or position.
I really need to be able to get a couple of large-ish AVI files off my PC to
the cam to run off VHS copies and I'm thinking of going around the problem
for now rather than thru it.
My new question is regarding any alternative (free/downloadable/shareware)
programme which will permit me to play an AVI and record the result into my
DV via firewire. I only need the one function until I get Premiere ironed
out and I can't afford to invest in expensive new software right now, so
free/shareware would be awesome.
Thanks for any replies. I've picked up lots of useful info on other issues
from the group so far, thank you all.
Paul
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Paul Marshall
Portfolio Sound Artist
Frame Drummer Group FDG Double CD now available
www.rhythmweb.com/fdg
http://www.powerhaus.net
http://www.drumdojo.com
http://www.differentdrums.co.uk
NI Facilitator for the Da Capo Foundation
www.dacapo.co.uk
Hey all.
I have compiled a number of short video files in Premier 6, they export fine
to wmv, rm and AVI. The problem arises in normal playback and also happens
when I want to export back to tape (manual or PC controlled Cam).
The files seem to get so far (3-10 mins, it's not consistent) into the
presentation and then they 'glitch' (not a very technical term I know 
the
glitch usually takes the form of a stall of say 2 -10 frames and then a
catch-up, however it occasionally seems to act like it is in 'fast preview'
mode and could forward a few seconds or minutes or right to the end of the
workspace, this can happen anywhere from 0 times to 10 in a 10 min piece.
The glitches do not happen in the same place which removes the clips as a
problem source and there does not appear to be any specific pattern or
rhythm to their occurrence. I played a large file yesterday (2gb AVI) with
my CPU usage monitor on screen, when the vid was playing normally, the CPU
usage remained in the range 25-35%, each glitch (8-10 glitches and 2 fast
forwards) was accompanied by an increased CPU usage of >50% and occasionally
up to 80%.
It is a persistent but not consistent issue and seems to arise mainly on
pieces of 5mins or longer in length although I have seen it on 1 minute
pieces. I have my preview and original AVI files on a dedicated internal
7200 D: AV drive (80mbs, 28mbs free), my project file is on my C:. I've
defragged the AV drive and all appears to be hunky dory as far as I can
tell. I've 500mb RAM onboard and the ram usage remained fairly constant
throughout the glitches. I'm using an AMD 1800+ processor and running Win2k
with all service packs applied
It would appear that there is something running in the background that wants
to eat up CPU cycles no matter what is running, and that is at the expense
of my exporting or previewing these files, either that or I need to change
some of the settings (I've been thru & checked all I can I can find). I
should add that it originally worked just fine and this leads me to believe
that I've added the problem later through some other software. I have had
some material for a friend that I have needed to off load to VHS for maybe a
year now, I'm brassed off with this problem and he's brassed off only being
able to watch & distribute on WMV/RM. Every time I need to try to export, I
start from a fresh re-boot with no other progs running, however I suspect
it's a resident programme rather than one that'll show on my task bar. I
have uninstalled any redundant or trial programmes
Has anyone experienced any issues like this before, over the past couple of
days I've been through recent posts on this list and some archive searching
but I'm drawing a blank, hence the question to the group. If there are
types of, or specific, progs or routines that are known to cause this type
of interference or if I need virtual mem settings etc., I'd be grateful for
any advice as to how to deal with them. I'm happy to have a separate boot
sequence (although I have no idea how to do this)
I need to ask for advice about formats for specific usages but that will be
a separate post.
Thanks in advance for any light that can be shed on this frustrating
difficulty.
A great group, gotta love usenet!
Regards & thanks
Paul
p.s. if anyone's interested in the video it's at
http://www.collide.org/newsite/www2....ss2002_1_0.wmv (12
minutes, 25mb wmv format, in 4:3 but final version in 16:9) I could spend
another day on it and tighten up the editing & sync with imported footage,
but time............
P
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Paul Marshall
Portfolio Sound Artist
Frame Drummer Group FDG Double CD now available
http://www.powerhaus.net
http://www.drumdojo.com
http://www.differentdrums.co.uk
NI Facilitator for the Da Capo Foundation
www.dacapo.co.uk
