Laptop questions...sigh

arcorob wrote on 8/4/2006, 5:43 AM

Hello Vegas experts. I have been using Vegas for several years to edit weddings(multi-cam) and I recently received help with FONTS (Thanks to all) . Now I present a new scenario and require advice.

My main computer is in my office with Terrabytes of storage, etc. I have been doing my editting, rendering, etc here. But I am slaved to that office. So I have made those drives accessible to my home network (works nice) including a laptop I use for editting simple slide shows (with Vegas) which I have not done in a while

My questions.
1) How the heck do I move a clip left and right (normally NUMPAD 4 or 6 )

2) When I preview clips, they studder and the voice is out of sync..So I gather the laptop I am using is NOT fast enough or is it because it is reading a drive on the network via a wireless link ? I would think its the latter because I can play local clips fine.
Would a faster PC fix this ( I am using a PIII IBM T23 ) or will I still bottleneck at the DLINK wireless card ?
would it be any faster if I ran a CAT 5 down to the room I want to be in and run that to the laptop ?

Thanks to any and all in advance..VEGAS Is simply the best ....

Rob

Comments

Former user wrote on 8/4/2006, 6:21 AM

Buy a USB keypad.

Dave T2

Tom Pauncz wrote on 8/4/2006, 9:06 AM

Rob,
I do something similar. Have DSL and my editing system is cable connected to the wireless modem - 100mbps. My latop is coonected by wireless to the same network.

Now, if I am on the patio with a beer <vbg> and want to edit on my PC that is cabled, I just use the 'remote desktop' facility on Win XP. Works a treat. The plus side is that from the editing PC, I automatically have access to all the laptop devices - hdd, dvd r/w etc. should I need them.

I don't see any slowdown/stuttering with Vegas as all the wireless link is handling is the screen from the wired PC and that doesn't interfere with Vegas' playback.

HTH,
Tom

johnmeyer wrote on 8/4/2006, 10:37 AM

I gather the laptop I am using is NOT fast enough or is it because it is reading a drive on the network via a wireless link ?

It is your network link, not the PC speed. Wired is better than wireless, but even wired will not always play video over a network without glitching. Getting 802.11g (rather than 802.11b) helps. Making sure you have a switch rather than a hub helps.

arcorob wrote on 8/4/2006, 10:39 AM

Okay, let me understand...I think I do.

Instead of directly access the files and making the laptop work, remote deskop just interfaces and my MAIN pc does the work but I am viewing...So if I do remote desktop, I am actually opening the copy of VEGAS on main pc and operating it remotely....Hmm...so All my laptop has to do is display ....Do I have it correctly ? GREAT ...and here I just spend 160 dollas on a new Wireless Router and Laptop card that is faster ..sheesh...when all the time I could have been just using the computing power on my faster machine...

Okay, I am happy I think...LOL

nOw I have to get remote desktop working...I know I have it disabled. Oh and I just added this...to use remote desktop as this, dont I have to make a VPN ? Okay so then what do I put in for the dns ? I dont have a seperate BUSINESS domain, just my main computer and the networked wireless laptop...do I have to find my IP ? And thats an issue too because isnt that dynamically assigned by my host provider ?

Sorry for the barrage but as I researched it got DEEPER and DEEPER

THANK YOU .....now on the keys ? What are the keys (yes I heard by a NUM pad ) but I dont feel like juggling that, the laptop and the wireless mouse.

I am GOOD but not that good ! LOL

FrigidNDEditing wrote on 8/4/2006, 11:05 AM

DaveT2 was right - definately just get a usb keyboard and use that (maybe even one with built-in jog/shuttle, and kill 2 birds with one stone).

Dave