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dolphinz8
23rd of August 2009 (Sun), 22:47
I'm sure this has been discussed before, but i'm not sure where to look. When I upload video files from my 5d Mark ii, and try to edit them in premiere pro cs4, when I play them with premiere, the playback is very choppy and horrible. Any idea's or suggestions on what to do for that? And if there is a fix for it, is there something that is free?

Thank you!

-Aubre
FlyingPhotog
23rd of August 2009 (Sun), 22:48
Is this after you've rendered the finished video?
dolphinz8
23rd of August 2009 (Sun), 22:52
no, when I transfer the files from my camera to comp, and then open them with premiere, I have problems playing the original file....the streaming is all funky
LynnR
24th of August 2009 (Mon), 05:29
Hi. Unfortunately CS3/4 does this. It is a known problem. The problem can be worse if your machine is not too powerful and bit short of Ram. I found that getting a Pro copy of Quicktime and installing gives CS3/4 a better codec (in my opinion). When you render the footage you will find things much smoother. I just live with the glitchy edit as I know the final render will be smooth.
phreezone
27th of August 2009 (Thu), 13:23
Look at the hardware specs. They require a fairly new fairly beefy PC to be able to render HD footage. If you are running anything older then a year old then odds are you are not at the specs to run CS4. It sucks since they want so much processing to run it now.
dolphinz8
27th of August 2009 (Thu), 13:40
Look at the hardware specs. They require a fairly new fairly beefy PC to be able to render HD footage. If you are running anything older then a year old then odds are you are not at the specs to run CS4. It sucks since they want so much processing to run it now.

Oh its a very beefy computer, we built it 1 month ago specifically for editing photo's and video....its loaded. My husband read once that there is a plug-in that you guy use that will help with the streaming. I dunno ???
phreezone
27th of August 2009 (Thu), 13:51
Its not streaming that is the issue, its previewing and that is a lot of CPU/Memory load.

One thing you can look at doing if this was built straight for editing is to disconnect the system from the internet then turn off any Anti-Virus programs and that might help out some. Just turn them back on before connecting to any network.