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Roger
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 Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 9:56 pm Post subject: My .AVI's skipping in QT |
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Hi all, I have one of those cheapo "Pure Digital" usb cams; to transfer the resulting AVI's to my iBook I just drag them into my movie folder, and when I click on them QuickTime plays them back, only the video skips, or freezes momentarily so to speak, like every other second or so. The soundtrack is normal and continuous. When I import the AVI's into iMovie, they play fine. Why is QT doing this with my AVI's?
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Roger
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 10:03 pm Post subject: Re: My .AVI's skipping in QT |
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In article <roger-FE6D08.21561928052007@nntp.aioe.org>, Roger <roger@roger.net> wrote:
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| Hi all, I have one of those cheapo "Pure Digital" usb cams; to transfer the resulting AVI's to my iBook I just drag them into my movie folder, and when I click on them QuickTime plays them back, only the video skips, or freezes momentarily so to speak, like every other second or so. The soundtrack is normal and continuous. When I import the AVI's into iMovie, they play fine. Why is QT doing this with my AVI's? |
I think I just figured it out: my processor (G4) is hitting 100% during playback. I guess the iMovie format is more efficient. Any way to free up more processor for AVI playback?
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Rog |
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Bill Fright
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 12:10 pm Post subject: Re: My .AVI's skipping in QT |
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Roger wrote:
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In article <roger-FE6D08.21561928052007@nntp.aioe.org>, Roger <roger@roger.net> wrote:
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| Hi all, I have one of those cheapo "Pure Digital" usb cams; to transfer the resulting AVI's to my iBook I just drag them into my movie folder, and when I click on them QuickTime plays them back, only the video skips, or freezes momentarily so to speak, like every other second or so. The soundtrack is normal and continuous. When I import the AVI's into iMovie, they play fine. Why is QT doing this with my AVI's? |
I think I just figured it out: my processor (G4) is hitting 100% during playback. I guess the iMovie format is more efficient. Any way to free up more processor for AVI playback?
Thanks again,
Rog |
Exactly.
AVI files are huge with no better resolution. I avoid them at all costs. |
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Roger
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| Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:27 am Post subject: Re: My .AVI's skipping in QT |
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In article <465c5085$0$4737$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>, Bill Fright <billfright@austin.rr.com> wrote:
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Roger wrote:
> In article <roger-FE6D08.21561928052007@nntp.aioe.org>, > Roger <roger@roger.net> wrote:
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>> Hi all, I have one of those cheapo "Pure Digital" usb cams; to transfer >> the resulting AVI's to my iBook I just drag them into my movie folder, >> and when I click on them QuickTime plays them back, only the video >> skips, or freezes momentarily so to speak, like every other second or >> so. The soundtrack is normal and continuous. When I import the AVI's >> into iMovie, they play fine. Why is QT doing this with my AVI's? >
> I think I just figured it out: my processor (G4) is hitting 100% during > playback. I guess the iMovie format is more efficient. Any way to free > up more processor for AVI playback?
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> Thanks again,
> Rog
Exactly.
AVI files are huge with no better resolution. I avoid them at all costs. |
I see; thanks for the info. Strange tho, after a recent restart my processor was able to handle them, peaking in the 90% range during playback. Not sure what was sucking up the power before, but I usually have a lot of apps up.
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