On Fri, 02 Jul 1999 03:42:14 GMT, jrcooper@san.rrREMOVE.com (John R. Cooper) wrote:
>On 26 Jun 1999 23:05:07 GMT, ninety9prd@aol.com (Ninety9Prd) wrote:

>>I just started as well on final cut pro.
>>I'm having a hard time playing back hi-res prodjects that are rendered. The
>>audio is choppy and the video stutters. I'm using a G3 350 with 196 megs of
>>ram and fast hard drives. What gives, do I have a pref set wrong? apple talk
>>is off also.
>>any help would be greatly appreciated. thank you.
>>chip

> By and large you are going to want to hook up an NTSC studio
>monitor and watch your work on that, not the computer screen. The
>computer screen is okay for doing the edits, but when it comes time to
>watch the rendered output, you really should watch it on a separate
>NTSC monitor. Even as fast as G3s are, they aren't really up to the
>task of playing back full-resolution DV video at 30fps. Just MHO.

Can't resist mentioning that with a 450MHz PC and Canopus
Raptor (with the Sony converter box connected...), full
motion, full speed, full size preview renders appear both
on the computer monitor and on a connected TV... Also, the
render speed with the PC and Premiere appears to be about
four times faster than with Final Cut Pro on the Mac...
(I also prefer the P-5 interface, but...;-)