print to tape stutter

statas wrote on 11/14/2002, 12:28 AM

sometimes when i print to tape, the computer stutters, causing vegas to not print correctly (slows down and image corrupts). what causes this and how do i stop it? i have a 2.6 mhz p4 processor and 512 megs of ram.

the last time i printed, only the sound stuttered and clipped every few seconds. i'm not running an excessive number of tracks. the piece is only a few minutes long with 2 tracks of video and audio and about 50 edits and very few effects. the re-draw per frame changes dramatically (rapid fire clips) though during the few minutes.

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Tyler.Durden wrote on 11/14/2002, 7:15 PM

You might check where your prerenders are being generated/stored... if on the system drive, :(

HTH, MPH

Tips:
http://www.martyhedler.com/homepage/Vegas_Tutorials.html

statas wrote on 11/15/2002, 9:00 AM

what do you mean "if on the system drive"? why is that not good? what causes the system to stutter? i only have one drive at this time. will add an external drive soon.

Tyler.Durden wrote on 11/15/2002, 9:21 AM

Hi statas,

When you have media on the same drive as the system and programs, the drive is being accessed for system needs (like file management), program needs (like updating the TL picons), and media needs (your video and audio). So the head is jumping all over the place trying to get stuff from all over the disk.

When you have your media folders on a separate drive, that drive only has to seek the media, not the other stuff. Plus, your files can be recorded on the drive in closer sectors, not "pieces here, pieces there" segments. That's why users de-fragment their drives often... to keep the file sectors contiguous or close.

That's how I understand it...

HTH, MPH

Tips:
http://www.martyhedler.com/homepage/Vegas_Tutorials.html

craigunderhill wrote on 11/15/2002, 9:53 AM

you might do yourself a favor and go buy a second hard drive. get an ata 133 drive. woooooshhh!!!

statas wrote on 11/15/2002, 10:02 AM

ok, makes sense.