Temp playback freezes in VV 3.0LE

BrianStanding wrote on 10/28/2002, 11:12 AM

When playing back DV files in either the Trimmer or the timeline, Vegas Video 3.0 LE intermittently freezes for about 20-30 seconds. This happens regardless of whether I'm using the MS, Sonic Foundry or Canopus codecs. I've tried reducing Playback quality to "Draft," as well as going through all the Win2K tweaks suggested at www.videoguys.com. Any suggestions for clearing this up, so I can play files normally?

Here are my system specs:
Win2k SP-2;
ECS K7S5A /Athlon XP 1800+
512MB DDR2100;
ATI Radeon VE dual-head;
ADS Pyro OHCI firewire card;
Canopus DV Raptor 2.11;
120gb Western Digital (8MB buffer)drive in Pyro Drive Kit;
40gb EIDE preview;
40GB boot;
Pioneer A04

Thanks in advance.

Comments

Tyler.Durden wrote on 10/28/2002, 7:38 PM

Maybe a conflict with Raptor? You might try uninstalling it and test.

HTH, MPH

Control_Z wrote on 10/29/2002, 11:51 AM

There's a known problem with newer firewire drives. In my case I had to install the drives to removable internal bays. This may not be your problem though as usually if you don't stop playback after a freeze VV3 will kick up an 'unable to mix audio' error.

BrianStanding wrote on 11/12/2002, 12:06 PM

That sounds like it. Letting it sit for about 1 minute or so after a freeze, I get the error message you describe.

Any fix for this in sight? Since I'm sharing the firewire drive with a laptop, putting the drive in a caddy doesn't work for me.

Control_Z wrote on 11/12/2002, 7:22 PM

Someone posted a few days ago they've had better luck with USB2. About the same price. You can also fit a drive bay into the ADS case so you can still use it with the laptop.