Simple Question...

Stiffler wrote on 3/25/2002, 2:25 AM

I went from VF to VV. While previewing my project, when I hit play there is a 1-2 sec pause before the video starts. This didn't happen in VF. I have not found an option for the delay. Is this just part of Vegas, or is there a setting for this?

Thanks in advance, Jon

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VinceG wrote on 3/25/2002, 3:21 AM

Hey Jon-
There should not be any pause. The play function should work in VV as it does in VF. Are you sure there is not a pause at the beginning of your video? Are all your video tracks lined up to the very beginning? Zoom in on your video tracks to the beginning and analyze the frames to make sure there is actually video at the very beginning and that you have your video track moved all the way to the left as possible.

Stiffler wrote on 3/25/2002, 11:57 AM

Hay, Vince
Actually I do have it zoomed, (matching video to lips). When I hit play, the pause before start of preview is actually about 2.5 sec. I'm sure its not my computer performance. Like I said, VF did not do this. ???

VinceG wrote on 3/25/2002, 12:07 PM

When you press play, does the time counter start immediately or does it also pause for 2.5 seconds?

My bet is this:

A. If the counter starts immediately, then it's something with your video tracks.
B. If the counter pauses too, then it's something with the software or your system.

Stiffler wrote on 3/25/2002, 12:17 PM

No, the counter does not start.

Athlon 900, 640mb ram, 30gig HD, and Win Me.

gjstone wrote on 3/25/2002, 1:48 PM

try lowering your playback buffer in Options\Preferences\Audio...

gary

Stiffler wrote on 3/25/2002, 2:47 PM

Thanks, I just tried that, but that messed up my audio.

In the Video Preferences, I changed the 'Dynamic RAM Preview max (MB)' way up, but that didn't help.

Stiffler wrote on 3/26/2002, 11:01 PM

Anyone from SF have an idea?

Thanks.

RonR wrote on 3/26/2002, 11:49 PM

I alays get exactly the same pause whenever I press Play, even when I am stopped in the middle of a clip. I assumd it is a characteristic of VV3. Do I now assume this isn't so?
I have a P4 1.5G ith 512 Ram. Ron

Cheesehole wrote on 3/27/2002, 3:47 AM

it should start up almost instantaneously. definitely in less than 1 second.

RonR wrote on 3/27/2002, 5:01 PM

Gary. I tried your suggestion and it worked. When I first looked at the buffer it was set at .319, so I lowered it to .200. The Play was instant then so I set the buffer up to .250 - Playback was still good so I tried .300 and got the 2 sec delay again. I have now set it back to .250. Do you know if this could have a side effect I should look for? Thanx, Ron.

Stiffler wrote on 3/27/2002, 6:00 PM

Hmmm. Played with the buffer again, the lowest I could go without audio trouble is .100 and there is still a 2 second delay.