Please reduce the preview window resolution to a lower setting PC specs :
OS Windows 10.0 Pro
MB - AS rock Z77 extreme 11
Intel 3770K @ 4.0 Ghz OC
Gskill 32 GB RAM 1800 Mhz
6 TB HDD, SSD bootable
nVidia ASUS GTX 660 Ti
BenQ 22" LCD monitor 1920x1080

Link doesn't work.

How long in time are the videos you are editing. Does this happen after the video has been loaded for some time or just after it gets loaded.

Where are you saving the files - on the SSD or an auxiliary hard drive? If the aux hard drive, have you cleaned and defragged it?

What else do you have running - anti-virus that continuously scans that hard drive.

I don't think it is a problem with PD -- I have an I7 processor (slower than yours) less memory, standard hard drive, etc and have not seen the problem with this software. .
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Thanks for the suggestions.. i tried playing w/ the settings.. i even tried LOWEST preview quality and doin it NON REAL TIME.. and swing the marker back and forth through the clips slowly still makes PD Freeze for few seconds



@Stevek
the link does work, perhaps ur browser security software is blocking it coz of the short URL type link...

to answer your questions
1) my current project is composed of about 8 GoPro HD videos roughly around 40 minutes of footage, and right now just a lil over 6 minutes .. see here:
http://d.pr/i/xWYP

2) It didnt matter if it's freshly loaded video or cached/shadow filed, even if im workin on the project for hours already w/o new videos added to the timeline, it still happens. i do notice though that this thing only happens to specific clips from specific video file (just observed it) but i dunno why it would be like this, all videos have same settings 720 60fps, and the other videos i've chopped up that doesnt have this freeze issue are longer/bigger than the ones that has. so it doesnt make sense

3) i'm saving to a WD Black 1TB HDD, but cache is on the SSD .. HDD and SSD are both above 80% efficiency..

4) I always turn off my REAL TIME Scanning feature (i have habit of manually scanning NEW files i introduce to my PC so i have no use for REAL TIME )

5) hmm.. i also use ProShow Producer and that thing works flawlessly ... both ProShow and PD uses shadow files or caches to do this and i would assume PD is better..


anyway i'm just checking w/ you guys if you have any idea why this is so, perhaps this is a known issue or something.. . if it's only me then oh well.. but i would like to explore other things i can do

Brownchild
Disable hardware acceleration and shadow files from preferences. PC specs :
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Gskill 32 GB RAM 1800 Mhz
6 TB HDD, SSD bootable
nVidia ASUS GTX 660 Ti
BenQ 22" LCD monitor 1920x1080

Try unticking Shadow files, you should not need them for 720 video and your well-spec'd computer.
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Hi BrownChild

Welcome to the volunteer forum

Just my two cents worth and in addition to what the others have recommend.

Looking at your timeline you have used lots of Fix/Enchance - Power Tools.

These items can stress your computer out to the max.

Ensure that all source files and export folder are on your C drive - this is where PD10 'lives'.

Try Producing the project first (using a profile as close to the source files as possible).

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thanks...

re HW acceleration and shadow files...arent these things that should make things faster/better? but ok ill try that later when i get back to working on the vids..

and yes i always use the latest stable release of my ATI 5870 2GB Graphics card.. specially since im more aware of this for my gaming...

Re fix/enhance and powertools, yeh i do use them but for the most part i have experienced this freeze issue even when previewing a clip that doesnt have any enhancements on it..


as for C: Drive configuration.. i can have my export file put there, but having my source files there will clog up my 80GB Performance SSD easy.. i can temporarily move the source files there for editing and move em back to D: drive after editing but then PD will lose touch of source files on next open.. so i think i will have to keep it on my data drives (D: E: etc) where i put my albums and videos and all..