[Chad Averhart]

I am having the same issues. I am using CS4 and the video is not only choppy…it will sometimes just “stick” for several seconds or entire clips. During all of this, the audio is perfect.

I am using a machine that I think should do fine for this, and works fine with other footage from DV cams and the like. I am using windows vista 64 running on an Intel Quad core CPU with 8GB of ram. My system drive boots from 2 10K raptors in raid, and I have 4 terrabyte drives for storage and editing, so space is not an issue. I dedicate an individual drive for audia and another for video. The drives are all SATA II, so there is dedicated bandwidth for each stream. The remaining 2 drives are for temp files, capture, and whatever else might pop up. I also have 2 1TB eSATA drives attached for additional storage, backup and other. Since eSATA drives are technically attached in the same manner as the internal drives, their speed is the same. With all this, I am still having major issues.

I would think those specs would be enough, but I am having a “Terrible” time doing this. So much so that it makes it almost impossible to even preview in draft mode and at 25%.

Any ideas at all???