[Derek Ellis]

Want to thank this forum and forum writers for the advice on HD playback.

I have a HDV Canon XH-A1 and wanted to use the HD capacity but did not have the “horsepower” on my core2 duo 2.1Gz Memory 4 GB Vista 64 machine to do it. Through the posts on your forum, it became evident I needed more to do the job.

I opted for a mobile solution – a Eurocom Vista 64 – Xeon Quad 3.0 Ghz, 4 GB memory with a Quadro nVidia card and could not be happier. No shudder/HD stutter, fast response and Premiere Pro CS4 does what I need it to do. When at my home/office, I hook it up to a 23″ HD Acer monitor.

Again thanks for the advice to go 3.0Ghz.-Quad Core.

[Derek Ellis]

I am still working through the HD Premiere Pro CS4 playback in timeline “stutter” problem. Previous postings/advice tell me I need at least 2.8 Ghz and nothing less than quad, 64 bit and 4 gig Ram. I just did a test on a laptop/workstation (need mobility to do work on-site) with a 17 inch WUXGA 1920 by 1200, 512MB Nvidia GeForce 9800M GT, Xeon x3360 Quad Core 2.83Ghz. (Eurocom/Alienware/Sager – same specs)

It worked for me, I had no stutter in program or source panels. It was a fairly simple 2-3 minute clip with minimal editing. Went to a flash file for screening at a conference. In short, it worked.

My question – I want to build in some future capacity but not break the bank. Should I move up to the Intel Extreme Quad x6800 2.93Ghz – for $460 more, or the Xeon x3370 Quad Core 3.0 Ghz for $155 more.
Or not.

[Derek Ellis]

Unfortunately, it didn’t work for me. I guess it I will continue to put money aside to eventually build the monster PC (all my clients and software to date are windows-based) I will need to use PP CS4 to its potential.

Cheers
Derek

[Derek Ellis]

Thanks for the update. I thought I was going to have to spend some serious coin to make it work — just assumed it was me not Adobe.

I plan to work in DV for my projects and have done a few shots in HD 24f then encode to avi for editings. Looks ok for what I need to done in the near future.

If PP CS4 is not the future what does your crystal ball sugggest as a better mouse trap?

Cheers

[Derek Ellis]

I’m having the same problem in CS4 with HDV files.

I have a Canon XH-A1 with a Sony HVR -DR60 Hard drive that captures m2t files and I am able to drag and drop into the Premiere Pro CS4 project no problem.

It plays DV files great but choppy in HDV. It is better in the source view than program but still halts – great audio but choppy video. It is a vista 64, core2, 4 gig, 7200 SATA hard drive, external terabyte 7200 rpm etc.

Is there a better work-around, plug-in to use or am I stuck in DV mode until I can get a new super system quad everything etc.

I do a lot of embedded videos in pdf and powerpoint presentations for government. I plan to move to more video training on DVD and flash/InDesign.

Any suggestions on how to move to HD without breaking the bank?