1 Reply Latest reply: Nov 9, 2010 8:19 AM by BobLevine RSS

    Jittery footage in CS4 Premiere Pro - is it my system?

    cooleon Community Member

      This is probably so basic, it will be embarrasing, but I'm new to all this...

       

      When viewing HD video footage from a Canon 60D at 1920x1080 25fps or 1280x720 50fps in CS4 Premiere Pro, the footage does not run smoothly, just jumps along the timeframe like the computer can't process the info quick enough. However, the footage runs perfectly ok when I run it on Quicktime on the same laptop.

       

      Here's my system:

       

      Macbook

      Processor: 2GHz Intel Core Duo

      Memory: 2 GB 1067 Mhz DDR3

      Hard Drive: 87gb space

       

      Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M

      VRAM 256MB

       

      x1 1tb Western DIgital Elements external hard drive

      x1 2tb Western Digital Elements external hard drive

      both 7200rpm and running through usbs via hub to laptop

       

      No RAID devices (I keep reading about this but have no idea what it means)

       

      1.Do I need a new graphics card? And if so what is recommended, and is it something that sits externally or do I have to install it?

      2.Do I have enough RAM to run this application?

      3.Is the way I've set up the system correct?

      4.Is this going to cost me a fortune to fix?

      5.Finally, I haven't got there yet, but I will be using the other applications in CS4 Creative Suite - am I going to find similar problems?

       

      Thanks to anyone that can help!