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Multi-Cam Choppy Playback
Hi guys,
I’m having a problem ridding myself of choppy playback from Adobe Premiere Pro’s CS 5.5 multi cam.
Shooting with 4 Canon 7D’s running 1080p. I just upgraded my PC to the newest i7 processor with 32GB RAM and 7200rpm HD’s. I should have the power to have stream X4 cameras smoothly via my multi camera preview monitor… Yes?
How could I have this speed and still be bogged down by premiere with this??? Is choppy HD video to be expected from multi cam?
What has your experience been with this? Maybe its a codec or recompression issue? Help me stop the bleeding!
Cheers,
Chris Jaycox
https://www.eclipsepictures.ca -
3 Replies
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Where are the files stored at? Same as the program drive? Or 2nd internal hd? Or external drive?
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Change the Quicktime H264 MOV files extension to MP4 and then try again. CS5.5 did not have great performance with Multicam and Quicktime files.
Eric-ADK
Tech Manager
support@adkvideoediting.com -
Not Sure if this will work for you but I had the same problem and tried everything. Every time I would use the multicam edit it would start off working and after a few seconds it would start dropping frames, lagging and being really choppy. I couldn’t even edit it was so bad. I tried the adjusting resolution, tried different codecs, searched the forums and all I found was a million people with the same problem and no answer. Tried Adobe and got the run around. Tried a previous version of Adobe. No luck. I even upgraded my graphics card and built a desktop computer with all the bells and whistles. No change. Then I started thinking about my external drive and called a friend. All of the footage I was trying to edit was on an external hard drive. It wasn’t like one of them fancy ones. Just a normal western digital. I called a friend and he said to try to copy all of the footage I wanted to edit to my MAIN hard drive of the computer in a new folder. I did that and also created a folder on the main hard drive to point all my scratch disk settings to. Then I started a new project from the new folders and made another multicam sequence with 5 video tracks and 1 audio. It played PERFECT!! No dropped frames, smooth playback with every clip. I guess the external hard drive wont let the computer pull the info out fast enough and it makes it lag and look choppy. I guess a good analogy would be that it’s like trying to drink a milkshake with a coffee straw. Once i put the footage on my main drive I’ve had no problems yet. I hope this works for you as well. I see alot of people with this issue. Please let me know if it works for you
J in Phoenix
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