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Slow and jerky playback – 1920 x 1080
I finally made the switch from standard to HD. I’m editing a 1920 x 1080 project, at 60i. When viewing my footage in the standard browser or canvas setting, this footage looks and plays back fine. But if I enlarge either of these windows to a much bigger size (or output a Quicktime) it doesn’t play back real smooth….sort of slow and a bit jerky. “This won’t look this way when I burn a disc will it?”
“Could this be because I’m running just 2gb ram, or is this a VRAM issue?”
” I only have 256 mb VRAM and my graphics display is a NVIDEO GFORCE 9400, on an iMac intel, 3.06 Intel Core Duo.”
Thanks…
Jonny Cates
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[Jonny Cates] “”Could this be because I’m running just 2gb ram, or is this a VRAM issue?””
2GB of RAM for FCP editing HD? Yeah, that’s VERY low. 4GB minimum, but 8GB for comfort.
[Jonny Cates] “” I only have 256 mb VRAM and my graphics display is a NVIDEO GFORCE 9400, on an iMac intel, 3.06 Intel Core Duo.””
That is pretty darn low too. 512MB is recommended…but this should work. I think the biggest issue is the amount of RAM you have. Also…what drive is the footage stored on? Connected how?
Shane
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Shane…
I was actually wrong about the amount of memory I have. I do have 4gb – not 2. I was mixed up with another machine I have. But the rest of my info is correct.
I assume this “slowness” would still be attributed to the lack of more ram, huh?
Thanks….
Jonny Cates
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