[Eric Bintner]

I have a 2019 MacBook Pro and had this issue last week. For me it was a standard HDMI cable that was the problem.

[Eric Bintner]

I wish it were that simple. That’s what I assume would make it work. That did not work earlier. I cannot reproduce the problem now. It’s just sometimes it’s ghosted no mater what I do. I’m just trying to figure out the logic behind it.

Works fine now. Clicking on the “position” or on the keyframes did not fix it earlier. Now clicking on either works fine — all I did was add expressions to other layers. I have no idea still.

If I figure out something I’ll be sure to send a bug report to adobe — using CS4 on Mac OSX 10.6

[Eric Bintner]

Wayne,
A trade school like the art institutes schools will teach your son the technical end of production, which you say is already part of his education. Think of those schools as a how-to instructional classes, a useful tool nonetheless. They are not structured like, say a large state school where film students can network with music, media and art students toward larger scale original productions. Add to that a critical discourse at the foundation of most art and film departments and you have a petri dish for creative growth.

So it depends on the kid… If he’s got creative potential — send him to somewhere that will challenge him.

Like others have mentioned, in the end it’s how the reel looks. Someone can go through the hoops of school and not be too keen on that whole focus thingy… But, with “3 years experience” on every job posting, a couple years interning in college can be a big help.

I have a friend who graduated from Pratt Institute in Film/Video. As a Cinematographer, he was picked up by Sufjan Stevens for a project involving an orchestra and red carpet at BAMM. Conversely, my roommate started his undergrad at University of Southern California in Film but droped out because he’d rather be in the industry on the set.

My suggestion is state school for undergrad. It worked for most of us, or at least pointed the right direction without wasting too much money in indecision.

[Eric Bintner]

I have nearly the same symptoms.

During RAM preview, I get 29.97 fps playback without audio, but 23fps with audio – says “NOT realtime”
fps playback is only affected by audio track (in my case a .wav)
audio cuts out before RAM preview is finished. (doesn’t get better w/ multiple playbacks)
resolution makes absolutely no difference (which I find ultimately perplexing)

all audio outputs & preferences set to 44.100khz – tried about every scenario…
all audio files on separate HDD specifically intended for audio playback.

I am using a 2008 Mac Pro, 2.8Ghz, 8GB RAM, nVidia 8800, Areca 1261ML — OSX 10.5.2 After Effects CS3 8.0.2, Nucleo Pro 2.0.2

I have posted a thread in Adobe’s user-to-user forum and they have [only] suggested it may be audio driver issues — which I have no control over since it is Apple’s core audio (apple updates should be on top of that)
https://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b4cdee/1?@610.4YKviSe0zgh@

I too am completely stumped.
Newer faster bigger better {except when audio is playing} is a BIG step backward for me as I built this machine for music video production…