Hello
When I add a video to the timeline and then reverse it, the playback is jerky in Movie Edit Pro 2014. The computer is quad core with Windows 7 and 2 GB RAM (maybe file swapping?).
We are doing some illusion based videos where the students try to confuse the viewer. One student did a reverse video at home not using Magix and it works fine. I will continue to troubleshoot the problem by changing the display resolution. Thanks.
Hi,
To play with video you need something much better in computer, running Windows 7 with 2 gig memory this is good only to read email. Compare your machine with the home student.
You need a minimum og 8 gig internal memory and more is better. The maximum allowed for Windows Home Edition is 16.
Regards,
YR
Acccording to the manual, Movie Edit Pro recommends 1 GB RAM minimum, but for HD editing which we do not do it requires 4 GB RAM which I do agree we need to upgrade on 50 computers.
twilson2,
Note also:
Poor preview on the timeline does not translate to poor performance for your exports. I used to mostly check my effects using the cursor keys for playback -- quite smooth replay even if not up to speed.
I'm not sure if available on all versions (regular / Plus / Premium) but MEP 2014 has the option of pre-rendering difficult section so you get a better preview as you are editing. Plus and Premium also have the option of 'proxy editing' where you use a lower resolution copy while you edit , but the full resolution material is used for generating your export.
Regards,
Carl
Hi
Refering specifically to your computer spec - 2GB of RAM is definitely not enough. The specs you quote for MEP are the minimum the program will run with - not the optimum.
What you are trying to do is very processor, memory and hard drive intensive so playback will be jerky.
If your Windows 7 is the 32 bit version then there is no point in adding more than another 2GB of RAM to take the total up to 4GB, however 32 bit Windows will only be able to uses ~3.2 GB of it.
However even thet relatively modest increase in RAM will enhance the performance of the computer significantly.
If Windows is 64 bit then I would advise increasing your RAM to a minimum of 8GB or more subject to the computer motherboard being able to handle it.
John
Hi
Refering specifically to your computer spec - 2GB of RAM is definitely not enough. The specs you quote for MEP are the minimum the program will run with - not the optimum.
What you are trying to do is very processor, memory and hard drive intensive so playback will be jerky.
If your Windows 7 is the 32 bit version then there is no point in adding more than another 2GB of RAM to take the total up to 4GB, however 32 bit Windows will only be able to uses ~3.2 GB of it.
However even thet relatively modest increase in RAM will enhance the performance of the computer significantly.
If Windows is 64 bit then I would advise increasing your RAM to a minimum of 8GB or more subject to the computer motherboard being able to handle it.
John
The PCs are 64 bit and they do need much more memory. I appreciate the feedback - those were my suspicions.