PnP playback problem

[rcracer]

I'm having trouble playing back a timeline which has 4 video tracks(3pnp).
Playback keeps hanging up. Buffer is set to 160. I'm trying to edit a 4 camera
project but can't get out of neutral! Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Danny

[pjsssss]

If you have 4.xx forget the PIP and do multicam. It should play fine.

[rcracer]

Thanks for the reply Pat. Only problem is I'm using 2.5 and don't have multi
cam.

[pjsssss]

OHCI or GV card? What is your system? Are you prefilling the buffer?

[rcracer]

GV card,P4 3.06 HT,Asus p4c-800c board,1 gig ram

Not sure about prefilling the buffer. How do I do that??

Danny

[antonsvideo]

GV card,P4 3.06 HT,Asus p4c-800c board,1 gig ram

Not sure about prefilling the buffer. How do I do that??

Danny

shift+spacebar

[rcracer]

shift+spacebar doesn't help. I can't even run 2 pips without it hanging up. I
could previously.

I appreciate all the help but are there any more suggestions?

Could it be my system needs cleaned up,edius reinstalled, or even a complete
windows reinstall?

The system actually belongs to my business partner and he has quite a few
programs istalled which have nothing to do with editing. Could these be
part of the problem??

Thanks
Danny

[antonsvideo]

what is the diskspeed of your video drive?

is it SCSI, IDE or SATA, Raid or no Raid?

[rcracer]

It is IDE
Thanks
Danny

[antonsvideo]

maybe the IDE popped back to PIO mode causing a slow speed of 1.8mb/sec

check the IDE controller advanced settings of the connector that holds the video drive and make sure it is in UDMA5 or better

http://www.videoproductions.com.au/edius4/udma5.gif

provide the diskspeed result (free software at roadkil.net)

http://www.videoproductions.com.au/edius4/diskspeed.gif

[rcracer]

Thanks for helping Anton!

Not real computer savvy. Where do I go to get to the screen you indicated?

[antonsvideo]

right click my computer, then left click manage

then left click device manager

then expand IDE controllers by clicking the +

then check the advanced properties of the primary channel, then the secondary channel (all in advanced settings tab after right clicking, properties)

[rcracer]

The IDE screens are exactly like your screen shot
I'm checking the disk speed now(I hope)

[rcracer]

My 2 internal drives speeds were

Physical 0---7917
Physical 1---6636


My external drives

2183
2146
2529
2259

Not sure what the numbers mean exactly

[antonsvideo]

these numbers don't mean anything

I need to know the mb/sec (3rd result from top down)