Pr. 6.5 Problems with video playng (probably drive compatibility)

[bobobeach]

First my machine config:
MB: asus k8u-x
chip: amd64 3000+
ram: 512
video card: Matrox g550
video editing card: Matrox rtx 100

My sw environment:
OS: xp home
editing sw: premiere 6.5

I'm experiencing problems with premiere, specifically when playng video from an avi file and generally any action that involves interacting with files imported from my DVcam.

The application returns an error message:
"... your a/v drive can't sustain transfer rate ..."

I'm tryng to solve it acting on my hard drive but it doesn't work.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
By
Pio

 

[LRSmith]

Not sure - have a few questions.

Are you using an internal IDE harddrive? If so, what other IDE devices are on the same cable as your hardrive? You'll want to put CD/DVD drives on a separate IDE cable.

Do you import DVcam via your video editing card or firewire?

Has this always been a problem, or did it recently surface? If it's recent, what changes have been made to the system?

Can you import the AVI at all and does it play outside of premiere (e.g., Media player or Realplayer)?

 

[bobobeach]

Are you using an internal IDE harddrive?
>>> Yes I do. On the secondary IDE bus.

If so, what other IDE devices are on the same cable as your hardrive?
>>> There's a DVD drive connected on the same calbe
>>> as a Slave. But I get the same problems even
>>> withou it.

Do you import DVcam via your video editing card or firewire?
>>> I import via my video editing card

Has this always been a problem, or did it recently surface? If it's recent, what changes have been made to the system?
>>> It recently suface. I had to change my mother board,
>>> the old one was burned off

 

[bobobeach]

I found something that may be interesting.
I tried to do video editing with premiere without sending the output to the TV monitor and without importing data from the the DVcam.
This means (more o less) excluding the rtx 100.
Everything works fine!!!!

Obviously this was only an experiment, I can't exclude the video editing card.

 

[Akribie]

Check that DMA has been enabled for your video drive(s). Use the Windows help file to find out how to do this if you do not know already.