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AE7 displaying HDV footage VERY slowly
I have started to work in HDV, and I have been very disappointed with AE7’s slowness in displaying footage. Final Cut and even basic Quicktime can display my clips in real time, but AE7 struggles to maintain a frame rate of 10fps (and this is even on my DP G5). I have tried using a non-GOP codec, but this did not help.
Am I doing something wrong? (I have even decreased the resolution to 1/4 in my viewer) Why can FCP or Quicktime do better on a lowly G4 Powerbook do better that AE7 on my desktop?
Thanks for ANY help!
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Well sorry in advance if my answer does not satisfy you but in my opinion we just cant compare AE7 with FinalCut, Quictime, Premiere or anything other like that. I might be noob in technical specs but i belive AE does’nt play video out as editing software does. that’s the reason why you could’nt overlay your work window to second monitor or tv (at least in previos versions it was’nt that easy.ps – i did’nt say it was impossible – nothing is impossible in AEworld :D). It’s completely different thing – AE and nonlinear editing systems..
i think someone smarter than me could give you the exact reason why it is like that but i can almostt definetely assure you that the problem is not in you. In fact, just now as i’m writing this i’m rendering out a project not so complex but with like 10 layers and some effects (which are quite fast – trapcode) it’s rendering 20 minutes for my 6 second. reason? film resolution. that’s just the way it is 😀 -
mattiaz is correct- AE does not play footage the same way editing apps do. MPEG data is particularly cumbersome for it.
You should always RAM preview when you’re having playback issues. AE will be slow with MPEG regardless, but you can optimize the playback and your memory usage (tweak the prefs, lower the resolution and zoom, etc.) that can help to an extent.
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