Newbie to Vegas - Preview seems to be in ultra slow motion

mikeyjames wrote on 1/18/2005, 3:47 AM

Hi,
I'm a total Vegas newbie. When previewing an imported video file it seems to play in ultra slow motion - I'd say a 10th of normal speed or slower. It doesn't matter whether it's an .avi, .wmv, .mpg, or a simple .mp3 imported as an audio track. It doesn't matter whether it's a high bitrate or low bitrate clip. Everything plays extremely slow to the point of preview being useless. At timed the preview is actually faster when rendering.

I reloaded premiere 6.0 and every clip plays at full speed even with real time effects. All clips play fine in apps like WMP.

As I'm a complete newbie I'm assuming there is some simple setting I'm overlooking. I've searched the forums and have come across a couple of problems that seem similar though no solutions.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Mick

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Comments

gordyboy wrote on 1/18/2005, 4:05 AM

Have you got the preview window quality set to 'Best' and/or any of the 'Full' settings? On my computer, these settings don't run at all well for preview purposes. I usually use the 'Preview (Auto)' quality setting as best compromise on speed and quality.

Cheers

gordyboy

mikeyjames wrote on 1/18/2005, 4:39 AM

Hi,
I've tried all the setting down to draft/auto. Nothing seems to help. Even if I only import a single mp3 (no video whatsoever) into the project it plays ultra slow ( see picture). To get to 5 seconds on the timeline while previewing in this picture took around 25 seconds in real time.

I'm sure I must be doing something stupid.

Thanks

Mick

mikeyjames wrote on 1/18/2005, 5:15 AM

Hi again,
Problem solved. As usual as soon as you ask for help it gets solved. I've been uninstalling and reinstalling and playing with every setting I can think of for two days. Ten minutes after I ask for help I try uninstalling one more time out of desperation & after reinstalling it now works fine. God only knows why.

Thanks again

Mick

rextilleon wrote on 1/18/2005, 6:22 AM

Glad your problem is solved--You might also consider turning off some of those startup menu items---they really do effect performance--zone alarm, weather bug etc.

stormstereo wrote on 1/18/2005, 12:18 PM

It could be this:
Under the track headers there are two controls for Rate, one blue with two arrows pointing left & right and one yellow triangle. You might accidentely have moved the triangle a little bit to the left. Hence the slow playback. Double click it to restore to normal speed.

Best/Tommy

mikeyjames wrote on 1/21/2005, 1:40 AM

Hi again,
Thanks for the tips guys. I'll keep them in mind if the problem arises again. All still working fine atm - touch wood :)

Thanks again

Mick