cpu again, on video editing....

[ipaddress]

hi, What is the render resolution being used? If you are using any standard codecs for the playback then its normal if ur using un-compressed playback ( playing back a image sequence as a movie be opening 24frames/sec ).

Try incresing the virtual memory if you are on windows. This solves many problems. Try moving the page file to another drive if you have another drive in the system this makes a good difference in the multimedia stuff.

Increasing the physical memory is recommended for a smooth playback. Check out and stop unwanted background services from hoggin the memory. Good luck.

-IPADD

[lots]

I think a better description of the problem is required. You dont tell us what software, what codecs, what resolutions, what player.

You just say its slow and choppy. With that information here is what I have to say:

You dont have enough RAM
A 2.8GHz P4 wouldn't help
You have alot of bloatware filling up system resources
You are using a bad codec
Your hard drive is too full to allow for a decent sized page file
Are you free from Spyware/adware and viruses?
The video is too large (higher than HD resolutions)

[imashination]

i tried to render a sequence fo iff image with my a64 2800+ and ddr 400 512m ram, the result seems to be choppy. it lags, that wht i mean, not stable during the playback in the media player, with not too significant slow in some time slot. it is 24 frames per second.

will it be improved with a 2.8 G pentium cpu? can anyone give me some idea on why the footage is laggy??

If you are trying to playback a series of uncompressed tiffs, your computer wont be able to pull the images off the harddrive fast enough. Don't expect realtime playback unless you compress it to a lossless codec such as alparysoft or hufyuv.

[azloha]

i will refer to the lots's post for the problem. :thumbsup:

You dont have enough RAM
512m*1 is too little?

A 2.8GHz P4 wouldn't help
ok, i am already convinced.

You have alot of bloatware filling up system resources
i tried to render the sequence with a fresh boot up. hm, bloatware? not too much, just a few, which u may find in ur computer. and, internet is not connected.

You are using a bad codec
i had tried to ignore the codec, render with on codec, but the outcome is the same, a little bit unmatched in speed at some timeline.

Your hard drive is too full to allow for a decent sized page file
too full? i think so, i divided the drive of 120G into 8 drives. each of them are occupied at half of its capacity. the harddisk got 8m cache. not sure about its rpm.

Are you free from Spyware/adware and viruses?
this is not a problem for me...

The video is too large (higher than HD resolutions)
the video is not too large, just a normal scene, with some obvious lighting, no occul., no gathering and etc. each single iff file from maya is less than 1m, around 800kb.

the scene is composed with maya, and rendered in sequence with after effects. the rendered sequence from AE seems to be a little bit choppy.

ok let me change the question. i had seen quite a few of ur works. the footages goes very smooth, and so do the motion of the object/geometry. how could i do that? check the "finished animation" in this site, there is a little cute witch, the footage go extremely smooth, how to achieve that?

[lots]

I think you missed the point of my post completly. You dont give enough information for a proper diagnosis of the problem.

ALL you have said is its choppy, and given your CPU and ram ammounts. That is simply not enough information.

[jbo]

You are using a bad codec
i had tried to ignore the codec, render with on codec, but the outcome is the same, a little bit unmatched in speed at some timeline.

The video is too large (higher than HD resolutions)
the video is not too large, just a normal scene, with some obvious lighting, no occul., no gathering and etc. each single iff file from maya is less than 1m, around 800kb.



based on your answers (or lack thereof) to these two questions, i'd say that imashination is correct and you are trying to playback uncompressed video. if you actually want help, for the love of god, tell us what ****ing resolution and codec you are using.

btw, the ammount of lighting and what not in maya has no bearing on playback of the video... the question was about resolution.

[azloha]

the resolution is just 640*480, i cant think of any reason. for the problem, the whole tend to be missing several frames in each second. u may imagine the problem.

[jbo]

FOR THE LAST ****ING TIME... WHAT COMPRESSION ARE YOU USING?!?!?!?!?!

how large is the file? how long is it?

[maX_Andrews]

If you are using premiere, I have noticed that when playing an uncompressed tiff sequence it really skips frames. Recompress it at 100% DVCPRO which is a more native file format, hopefully that will help.

[MadMax]

FOR THE LAST ****ING TIME... WHAT COMPRESSION ARE YOU USING?!?!?!?!?!

how large is the file? how long is it?

save yourself the effort.

I learned a long time ago to ignore this guy.

[lots]

Indeed :P

I probably wont be answering this thread anymore, unless there's some useful info around..

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