Lousy iMovie HD 6.0.2 playback -- stuttering video and audio
I've spent several weeks now working on a movie which I'm aiming to be about an hour long. Using iMovie HD 6.0.2, QuickTime Player 7.1, OSX 10.4.6 ...all the latest versions, it seems, on a G5 1.8GHz SP, with 1 GB of RAM and two internal drives (System on 80G, movie project on 300G Maxtor drive with lots of room to spare). Before starting iMovie, I close all other applications and relaunch the Finder to have things "clean" as possible. All external drives are shut off. Still....
...the playback quality is becoming so bad, I'm concerned that I won't be able to continue this project using iMovie. The sound is poor, the moving slider is jerky, the image is skippy as is the sound. Mouse actions are slow to respond, and I'm sick of seeing the rotating beachball.
What is wrong with this software??? _ I never had this problem with older versions of iMovie (e.g. version 3), with equally-large projects, on a slower machine (G4/450 with less memory and smaller drives).
If I complete it, will it still stutter once it's burned onto DVD using iDVD 6.0.2? __
Is this a plot to coerce users to buy the pricier Final Cut Pro Express? ____ (is FCPE immune from this problem? _)
The current situation is very bad. Is there a fix? ___
G5/1.8GHz SP 80GB Mac OS X (10.4.5) 1GB RAM, +300G internal, 4 external FW HD's
...the playback quality is becoming so bad, I'm concerned that I won't be able to continue this project using iMovie. The sound is poor, the moving slider is jerky, the image is skippy as is the sound. Mouse actions are slow to respond, and I'm sick of seeing the rotating beachball.
What is wrong with this software??? _ I never had this problem with older versions of iMovie (e.g. version 3), with equally-large projects, on a slower machine (G4/450 with less memory and smaller drives).
If I complete it, will it still stutter once it's burned onto DVD using iDVD 6.0.2? __
Is this a plot to coerce users to buy the pricier Final Cut Pro Express? ____ (is FCPE immune from this problem? _)
The current situation is very bad. Is there a fix? ___
G5/1.8GHz SP 80GB Mac OS X (10.4.5) 1GB RAM, +300G internal, 4 external FW HD's