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CS5 stability questions
Can anyone report on specific stability improvements in CS5?
1) Does the program still crash if you start working before all the media is loaded?
2) Does the ImporterProcessServer (import module) still lock up (sometimes reporting “dimensions too large” instead of simply reporting “file type not supported” and continuing to run?
3) I presume 64-bit operation provides greater stability for larger HD projects. Has project loading time improved with large projects?
4) I noticed on some of the pre-release videos from Adobe they had implemented a direct export option (bypassing Adobe Media Encoder). Is this feature in the final release, and does it support all export formats?
5) Does the media browser now show picons instead of just icons?
6) With CS4, I experience maybe 10 crashes a day (probably more). It is truly awful. I edit in HD with mixed format timelines, and fairly large projects. With CS3 (which I still run on another system), I get maybe 2-3 crashes a day. How will my experience with CS5 compare to the other two versions?
7) Finally, will Mercury improve my real time performance? I understand it improves real time preview, but what will it do for me to improve real time output with an I/O card or box?
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Eric,
You’ve asked all the same questions that I wanted to ask about CS5. I am going to wait and read the reviews before I decide to upgrade. All I know is that Premiere CS4 SUCKED.
Best,
Aaron
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I am sorry, I do not agree with this at all! I picked up Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 Package last fall as well as an AJA Xena lhe Card and running on XP 64 Bit with 6GB of RAM, and am not Crashing at all. Not in any way shape or Form….. Has perhaps went down to the Desktop twice in the past 6-8 Months, that is all.
No issues like that at all, and coming from Liquid Chrome Xe, am really pleased and happy with it. Ok, it is not Liquid, no background rendering, but this is the next best thing I have touched.
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Hi there,
Well – my company went against my advice and bought the Master Collection of CS5.
I have tested the PPro under Windows7 x64 – 8GB of RAM.
The Mercury Engine – works well – but not breath taking, and only if you have supported video cards … see the requirements.
Premiere – well that’s a big lie. It crashed on me every 10 – 5 – 2 minutes. And the project was only 35 minute of HDV material captured with Cineforms HDlink. If you – just play the timeline and try to move the slider will crash – if you cut only audio after unlinking the sequence it will crash – and so on.
Premiere PRO CS5 is VERY UNSTABLE!!!!After effects – is more stable – i have been able to do a project of 5 minutes in it – with only 4 crashes. And that was a whole day.
Photoshop – well that looks more stable – however i have 2 crashes with that too … without letting me know why …
All crashes seem random – and they wont tell you why. Only: Adobe has crashed – windows will look online for a solution.
All in all – CS5 – a big back step. I don’t know why is it like this – i thought new things supposed to be more stable. But it seems Adobe is not the case.
I will continue to work with CS4 – this one after a while stopped crashing on me. I can do my job without too much stress and anger.
Hopefully this will be helping others to realize that for the moment CS5 is a NO GO. Maybe after they will release a Service pack or something.
Respectfully,
Soreen -
The Premiere Pro CS5 (5.0.2) update fixes many problems, including many crashes.
We have also been working with several providers of plug-ins, codecs, and hardware devices (such as Cineform and BlackMagic) to assist them in updating their software to fix some errors and crashes. Please take this opportunity to download and install updated codecs, plug-ins, and drivers from these providers, as relevant to your work.
When you have updated Premiere Pro CS5 and supporting software, let us know whether your problems are fixed.
See this page for details about the Premiere Pro CS5 (5.0.2) update:
https://bit.ly/djiyh4Please report bugs that persist after the update here:
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Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated
Technical Support for professional video software
After Effects Help & Support
Premiere Pro Help & Support
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I have Upgraded the workstation to i7 Extreme with 12GB of ram and 2 Nvidia Quadro’s | Sata 3 HDD’s and SSD for System.
Went down to only 3- 4 crashes a day. Pretty random – no questions or errors shown.It looks like Adobe just made it steadier … it is not as unstable as it was when i bought it …
Purchase it only if you really really REALLY need it …
For me … it was not worth it .. and it never will be … as long as Adobe continues this road. Creating a new product instead of just consolidating the one allready in use.
Corporate thinking .. more money. I hope all that money will go on medical care for all those responsible for these decisions …
Best Regards
Soreen
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