[Matthew Griffin]

Yes, but how do you KNOW why the preview requires rendering? Sure, it is a wimpy computer, but I’d like to get a sense of what the cap really is!

[Matthew Griffin]

I’m having a similar issue attempting to playback P2 media on an HD 720p project using Premiere Pro CS3 on … well … a macmini Intel (details below). Yeah, this is a weak system — but if I could only find out how to learn from Premiere WHY the Red Render bar appears then I could know whether this is a settings issue or something else.

We shot this PAL HD 720p, so why is the DVCPRO HD 720p 50fps preset giving me difficulty?

Processor Name: Intel Core Solo
Processor Speed: 1.5 GHz
L2 Cache: 2 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz