Premiere CS4 Lagg editing HD – is my computer powerful enough?

[Robert Westendorp]

What OS? I’m guessing 64b as you have more than 3.2G of RAM.

Have you tried to use multiple Sequences to break up your project? That way you can work on a small subset of the project. Performance should be better that way .. couldn’t imaging doing a project without using multiple sequences.. unless it’s a very simple short project (ie still images, etc).

Give that a try 🙂

[Richard Windsor]

Sounds like you have enough Horsepower. A quad core processor with 8 GB or ram should be ok, but HD video does take a lot of processor power. I have an 8 core Mac and it runs it pretty smooth. You might have some kind of bottle neck. You may need to run system monitor while editing and see if any app is using too much juice and shut it down while editing.

[Mike Velte]

Your drive configuration concerns me…2 drives of less than 100GB each??
Is your source video on your “Cache” drive?

[John Andersen]

I have about 2 TB dedicated storage.

I figured that was pretty bad formulated. I included that spec too at first, but it somehow got lost when I registered a user account here.

So the disks mentioned is only for software and cache, not the raw video in itself. However, I feel I have to mention they are external drives. Can that slow down things somehow? Even though I’m sure I tested on external and internal drives.

I almost always run system monitor when I use program like these, so I it is not something else that drains the juice. I close every other program just to be sure.

I tried to edit in sequence as well, with little luck.

But I am going to try to install another OS, because I don’t feel windows 7, which I am using now, is optimal at the time being, since it also disconnects my external hard drives all the time, which I’ve come to find out is a common problem. So I will test it on Vista, to see it changes anything.

Also, maybe I should consider stepping up to a bigger editing program like Avid. I’ve always known that I have to someday, but the user interface and design really disgusts me. It is also very different from Premiere in my opinion, so it’s a big change to take on.

Strike me like matches, cause everyone deserves a flame

[Mike Velte]

Beta testing as OS with software not designed or approved for the new OS has got to be an adventure full of pitfalls and little joy, especially when none of us can help.

Suggest you and Dan Finnen (who has posted his woes with Windows 7 above) get together and collaborate.

[John Andersen]

Naturally, I would have concluded with that immediately, if it hasn’t been for the fact that every other program in Adobe Production Suite works splendidly. Adobe Flex and Digidesign Pro Tools as well. But as I said, I will try it on Vista, going to install it right now, as I haven’t gotten around to it yet.

Thanks for inputs so far! 🙂

Strike me like matches, cause everyone deserves a flame

[John Andersen]

I will just say it solved the lagg problem with using Vista instead og Windows 7.

Thank you very much to everyone who commented my post 🙂

But I still have my problem with my two brand new external hard drives disconnecting and then connects all the time. This is the same in Vista and Windows 7, but I guess this is not the thread to ask in.

Strike me like matches, cause everyone deserves a flame