avchd mov in timeline vs trimmer

Ivan Lietaert wrote on 4/2/2010, 6:49 AM
When I play a 550D original mov file in the trimmer, get 25fps. When I put it in the timeline, it drops to 6fps.
Why doesn't Sony straighten this out?
I have been using Vegas for several years, but now I'm seriously looking at the competition.
From the trials I tested, it seems that Pinnacle 14 and Cyberlink Powerdirector 8 both play these files without a problem. If they can, why can't Vegas?
BTW, I know about transcoding with Neoscene.

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xberk wrote on 4/2/2010, 7:55 PM
Does the timeline have other things on it to slow things down? Effects? Other tracks above and below? Track motion? .. Or is it just that one event previewing as in the trimmer?

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Ivan Lietaert wrote on 4/2/2010, 10:24 PM
Just the event in the timeline. No effects, no transitions.
rmack350 wrote on 4/3/2010, 1:14 AM
1. I agree that if it's one clip on one track on the timeline, it ought to play as well as in the trimmer. Just on principle.

2. The trimmer isn't much like the timeline. When you play a clip in the trimmer there is NOTHING else going on.
2a. The trimmer doesn't have to deal with the possibility of multiple tracks.
2b. It doesn't have to convert 48k audio to 44.1k (it can play your video just as it is without regard to project settings)
2c. It doesn't need to check if there's a keyframe, another track, an effect, an opacity change, a transition... Not now. Or now. Or now. Or now. Or now. etc.
2d. It doesn't need to convert 30.00 fps still camera footage to 29.97 fps (See 2b).

Still and in spite of the differences, Vegas ought to play a single clip sitting on the timeline just as well as it does in the trimmer, or give you some indication that it knows it can't do it.

Rob Mack