On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 12:39:16 GMT, Claire Watson wrote:
>cscooper wrote:

>> So why is my system so slow. Dual PIII/500MHz, 512Mb RAM. Rendering
>> and Previews are fine, but basic editing is VERY slow. It seems like
>> Premiere is taking a long time to update itself. Let's say I want to
>> move to a certain point in my project. I click the indicator on the
>> bar above the timeline and WAIT... ... ... about 5-15 seconds. I want
>> to play a clip in the preview window. I double click the clip on the
>> timeline and WAIT... ... ... about 3-10 seconds before the computer is
>> caught up with me and ready to scrub.

>Pardon me jumping in, but I wonder if anyone using Premiere with, say Raptor
>or some other good setup would like to comment on if they get faster response
>than this. Including with a big timeline! I got so fed up with the "treacle
>like" performance that you describe that after only 3 months of use I
>ditched it. [...]

Hmmm...., I'm now at the 1.5 hour mark while editing a video
in Premiere 5.1a (C300 oc'd to 450MHz, Raptor, 256megs, IBM
UDMA drives, Win98, dual monitors, Mini-DV) and have noticed
no change in speed in Premiere - all operations "snap"
unless rendering is required (4.3 seconds for a one-second
cross-dissolve) or I move the material on the timeline as
a whole with the "double-arrow" tool and then re-enter the
timeline with a new pointer position (a couple of seconds
delay). I can move instantly along the timeline or jump to
a new position using the Navigator without delay except
(mostly) for redraw of open audio tracks (the video redraws
quickly). Suggestions: in "Preferences", "Auto Save/Undo",
select no auto-save (save manually every 1-4 changes
["Ctrl-S"]), 999 max files in archive, 4 versions of
Premiere, and 4 levels of undo; in Timeline options, choose
filmstrip, with medium-size frame images; close all audio
tracks before sliding along the Timeline with its controls
or those of the Navigator, or changing the time-scale to
larger time intervals (there can be considerable redraw time
required the first time open audio tracks are shown at large
time intervals...); add RAM (128 is sufficient for most
purposes - but I found more useful when editing multi-camera
takes with filters on audio and video tracks, especially
if the audio tracks are not rendered before playing).