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Vegas Preview jumpy & slightly blurry
Hello, I recently installed Vegas 7 on a new H.P. computer (Windows XP Pro sp2). The picture in the preview window in Vegas (preview auto) is a bit blurry and jumpy. On my external preview monitor which is a t.v. hooked up via firewire through a Canopus ADVC110 is even worse. Its clear, but very jumpy! I have no other programs running. This same setup on an older computer worked fine. Any suggestions on what my problem may be or what settings may need to be changed?
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Dave P. -
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Here is more info on my computer system: HP dx5150 MT, AMD Athlon 64 x 2 Dual Core processor 4400+ 2.19 GHz, 2GB Ram, NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache.
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Dave,
Do you have your preview window quality settings set to Preview Full?
If it is set to Preview Auto your preview will look a bit
soft. I often switch preview quality settings. If I want a fast framerate preview I will set my settings to a lower quality. If I’m working on graphics I’ll go with Best Full while working on them.It’s an easy thing to overlook after an upgrade.
Regards, Rick.
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My preview is set to “preview auto” I will try “preview full” when I get home. Something is wrong because this was never a problem on my older computer. Any more thoughts out there?
Dave P.
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Dave,
Did setting your preview settings to full instead of auto give you a sharper preview?
Regards, Rick.
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Hi Rick, changing the setting to “preview full” did not change the preview as far as the jumping/jerking goes. I think I have a setting somewhere that may need to be changed or maybe an uncompatibility with something. My older computer gives me a great picture with no jumping in the preview even set at “best”. I hope I can get this figured out because it makes it a bit difficult to edit!
Dave P.
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Dave,
Sorry, I keyed in on the blurry part of your question and overlooked the jumpy part.
Could be many things. Could be a program running in the background such as antivirus scanner, adware scanner, that is system resourcesand interupting things.
Could even be a virus causing trouble.
There are ways to tweek XP for video editing.I would first try shutting down virus scanners and a lot of software that the computer maker might have installed for you.
You can create a custom profile for your computer just for editing that will allow it to run lean and mean.Here is a link to a very Tutorial fortweeking XP for Video Editing.
https://www.videoguys.com/WinXP.html
This is starting point. No magic bullet. But I would bet your problem is a lot of stuff running in the background.
Perhaps others have some ideas.
Regards, Rick.
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Rick,I think I fixed the problemo. Doing the below seems to have fixed the issue. Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it. The info came from the link you gave to to the video guys.
“Turn off visual effects. these consume unnecessary amounts of CPU time. (control panel > system > advanced > performance settings > visual effects. Select adjust for -
Great to hear.
Happy Editing!
Regards, Rick.
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