Premier pro cs 5.5 program monitor freezing cronically

[Greg Laff]

Does the fact that it happens on low resolution footage debunk that theory?

I am editing some old home movies at 480p and having the same issues.

My system:
HP Pavillion DV-7030us
3rd Gen. Core i7-3610QM @2.30GHz
16.0 GB RAM
Windows 7-64bit
TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100 1TB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5″ Internal Notebook Hard Drive

[Toby Wilson]

Interesting. Although, some SD formats still have a very high bitrate like the digi betacam. Could this be the case?

Your internal hard drive is a slow one (5400rpm) but should hold a SD stream fine so long as the bit rate is low.

If anything for the benefit of your system i would reccomend a faster operating system drive like a 7200rpm or even a SSD and then keep your files on the 5400rpm one you have now.

Its hard for me to comment on the issue anymore as i jumped to a macbook with a ssd as the boot drive and raid 0 external drives for my raw and scratch. All my issues were solved except the usual minor bug you get with prem.

When you lay the footage down on the timeline does it show green or orange or red above the clips?

[Greg Laff]

Here is a screenshot of my timeline
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