new computer editing slower than old computer

Glenn-Woiler wrote on 4/2/2019, 9:16 AM

I have been editing on a very old Lenova with i7 Intel CPU, 4 core that shows up as 8 cores in the Resource Monitor. It has Nvidia graphics. The laptop has 8 gigs of RAM. I use a couple portable USB Seagate hard drives for video files. Everything works fine. 2 sources for multicam works fine.

So this winter, from B&H, I bought a gaming computer on a good sale. It is Lenova, i7 - 6 cores that shows up as 12 cores in performance monitor. The graphics are: GPU 0 - Intel UHD 630, and runs at 10-14% while playing the timeline, and GPU 1 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 which is at 4% while playing the timeline. It has 16 gigs ram, SSD c drive, and a SSD d drive for extra stuff. I use the same Seagate USB drives. I can't simply watch clips on the timeline with out hickups and stutters. If I move video clips to the onboard SSD drive, they will play running the drive at 4%.

I have tested the same clips and same drives on both laptops. On the older laptop, the portable Seagate drives are operating 40% or lower while playing the clips. On the newer laptop they play and then run up to 100% and stutter and then go down to 20% and a few seconds later they are up to 100% and stutter. The CPU usage is low as are the graphics cards. So, what settings do I look at on the new laptop to read the USB drives correctly? The older laptop is Windows 7 and the new laptop is Windows 10. I have changed cache settings and there was no difference. I am stumped. There are 3 USB ports on the new laptop and moving the drives around does not seem to affect anything.

I have looked through the USB settings in device manager and can not see anything that might be slowing it down. It is, USB 3.0. Anyone have a suggestion?

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gmlotkow wrote on 4/2/2019, 1:04 PM

what type of material are you editing, 1080p, 4K?

 

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Glenn-Woiler wrote on 4/2/2019, 4:39 PM

what type of material are you editing, 1080p, 4K?

1080 HD.... easy. The Lenovo technician had me play a clip in windows media player, and the hard drive would go to 100% and then down to 0% and up and down every 3-4 seconds where as, the older Lenova laptop hard drive would vary up and down a little, but more or less average about 40%. So, I am guessing this is related to how the computer accesses the hard drives. I am hoping someone has a good suggestion for me.

johnebaker wrote on 4/3/2019, 6:10 AM

@Glenn-Woiler

Hi

. . . . play a clip in windows media player . . . . hard drive would go to 100% and then down to 0% and up and down every 3-4 seconds . . . . older Lenova laptop hard drive would vary up and down a little, but more or less average about 40%. . . . .

If you are using Windows Defender as your anti-virus/firewall/protector of everything on your computer this is a known behaviour.

You can test this by disabling/turning off Windows Defender depending on which version of Windows 10 you ie Home or Pro.

HTH

John EB

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Glenn-Woiler wrote on 4/3/2019, 6:50 AM

@Glenn-Woiler

Hi

. . . . play a clip in windows media player . . . . hard drive would go to 100% and then down to 0% and up and down every 3-4 seconds . . . . older Lenova laptop hard drive would vary up and down a little, but more or less average about 40%. . . . .

If you are using Windows Defender as your anti-virus/firewall/protector of everything on your computer this is a known behaviour.

You can test this by disabling/turning off Windows Defender depending on which version of Windows 10 you ie Home or Pro.

HTH

John EB

Thank you for this tip. After a day and night with Lenovo and doing some updates that did not happen as they should have, the USB drives playback videos at a consistent rate so the editing is now smooth. I was almost giving up hope.