choppy video

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choppy video

okay here is a question...I have a powerbook, g4, 1.5 GHz, 1.25 GB of RAM. I am running Leopard. I use a Seagate FreeAgent Pro 750 GB for all my video editing. Some imports that I have been doing lately are all choppy. I took an old file that I knew worked...it's playback was choppy. I saved the file on a different external HD...same thing. I saved it on my local HD (80GB with 25 GB of free space), same thing. What do you think is up?

Powerbook G4 PowerPC 1.5 12", Mac OS X (10.5.4), iPhone, Apple TV

Posted on Aug 20, 2008 11:27 PM

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Answer 1

Alchroma

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Aug 20, 2008 11:53 PM in response to booyabug

Is your Viewer and Canvas set to Fit to Window"?

Al

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rjp49

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Aug 21, 2008 11:50 AM in response to Alchroma

The same thing has started happening to my videos, so I bought at 1T external. The problem continues. I have also tried all the different sizes in the Viewer etc, with the same jerky results. Suggestions anyone??

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Tom Wolsky

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Aug 21, 2008 11:56 AM in response to rjp49

Could you give us just a little information like what kind of drive is it exactly and what format you;re working in and what you're doing in the timeline, stuff like that.

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rjp49

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Aug 21, 2008 3:18 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

Speaking for myself, I have converted from MPEG2 to DV using Streamclip. My extra drive is and Iomega 1TB PRESTIGE™ USB 2.0 DESKTOP HARD DRIVE. It happens with only one file open in the timeline, even a very short clip. And it happens even before anything is added to the time line.

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Tom Wolsky

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Aug 21, 2008 4:36 PM in response to rjp49

USB drives are not supported by Apple for use with video editing applications.

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rjp49

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Aug 21, 2008 5:41 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

Oh, I wish I had known that before ordering this. However, I suffered from the choppy video before getting this new Iomega, and I suspected it was because I was banging up against the top of the MacBookPro hard drive. If USB devices are not supported what would you suggest???

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Tom Wolsky

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Aug 21, 2008 6:59 PM in response to rjp49

FireWire. eSATA.

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rjp49

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Aug 22, 2008 5:22 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

Thank you Tom... however I am still concerned about the choppy video I have with the files that are on the hard-drive of my MacBookPro3.1. Right now I have 55+ gigs of head room.

2.6. GHz Intell Core 2 Duo
Memory 4 GM 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Processor Speed: 2.6 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz

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Tom Wolsky

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Aug 22, 2008 6:04 AM in response to rjp49

Take your computer to an Apple store. The internal drive, unless it's less than 5400rpm should be able to play DV video.

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rjp49

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Aug 22, 2008 7:10 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

It certainly was able to do it before this week. Thank you for all of your help Tom

rjp

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booyabug Author

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Aug 26, 2008 2:40 PM in response to rjp49

Took my laptop to the apple store...they seem to think it is a hardware issue, after running it through a series of tests. Sent it off to apple for repair.

Just letting you all know.

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booyabug Author

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Aug 26, 2008 2:41 PM in response to booyabug

Took my laptop to the apple store...they seem to think it is a hardware issue, after running it through a series of tests. Sent it off to apple for repair.

Just letting you all know.

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rjp49

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Aug 27, 2008 10:05 PM in response to booyabug

How long do they think that process will take??

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