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    Choppy video playback and freezing up using CS3

    Posted by Jason Lee on December 5, 2011 at 1:52 pm

    Hello,

    I am experiencing some very choppy playback and some freezing up for a few seconds at a time when editing HD video using CS3.

    I’m frustrated because just bought a brand new laptop for the very purpose of avoiding this issue. Can someone please help?? Do I need to upgrade to CS5??

    I have my laptop set to high performance battery mode, and I am not editing a lot of content (less than 10 mins of video, not a lot of edits). The video is choppy even when fully rendered.

    Here are the specs of my laptop:
    2nd Gen Intel Quad Core i7 2670QM (2.2GHz) processor
    8GB DDR3, 750GB 7200 rpm Hard Drive
    1GB Radeon HD6770M GDDR5

    The type of video I am editing is 1920×1080 24fps shot from a Canon T3i then transcoded to .AVI using Neo Scene from CineForm.

    Thanks in advance for your help!

    Jason Lee replied 14 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Kevin Monahan

    December 7, 2011 at 8:31 pm

    Here are some troubleshooting steps for older Premiere Pro systems. I’d first try lowering display quality: https://thedvshow.com/faq-pro/index.php?action=article&cat_id=019006&id=495

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  • Jason Lee

    December 8, 2011 at 12:52 am

    Ok, I think I’ve narrowed down the problem:

    The problem seems to occur AFTER I’ve rendered. Before I render, the video preview is very smooth.

    After reading the PP User guide: I think my File Format & Compressor Settings (in Previews) are wrong, but I can not figure out a configuration that doesn’t make it choppy.

    I’ve read that if you don’t use Adobe’s custom program settings, you can experience choppy playback. I’m using 1920×1080 square pixels 24fps. Is there a file format and compressor settings that will work? Is there some sort of codec that can download to fix this?

    BTW: My options for File format are:
    Video for Windows, Uncompressed 8 bit, Uncompressed 10 bit

    Options for Compressor (with Video for Windows):
    Cinepak Codec by Radius
    Go-Pro Cineform Codec
    Intel IYUV codec
    Microsoft RLE
    Microsoft Video 1
    Uncompressed UVYV 422 8 Bit
    None

    I hope I hope I’m on the right track here.

    Thanks for the help.

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