resolutions

sheeba · Post by **sheeba** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 18:25

hi apologies if there is already a thread on this but am noticing my computer is sluggish when runnin 3 layers in resolume..my clips are all 640x480 using indeo 5.1...somebody told me i can run the clips on considerably smaller resolutions eg 400x300 and u wont notice a difference in quality as this is a special feature in resolume..is this true?
thanks

Post by **edwin** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 09:18

hi Sheeba,
Well what that somebody meant is that when running resolutions of 400x300 the quality isn't that bad for a vj performance. But of course 640x480 is better in quality. It would have been nice though if we would come up with a scheme that would let 400x300 look like 640x480. we would be rich!

Using 400x300 is a choice you will have to make for yourself, it's a tradeoff between quality and speed.

Cheers
Edwin

sheeba · Post by **sheeba** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 19:51

thanks edwin ..i hope u do come up with that solution and get rich!
cheers

Basic · Post by **Basic** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 20:45

none of this 320x240 shite! massive pixels whats that about? what system spec do you have?

720x576 is what i recommend! output quality is amazing but it does slow down ya comp.

sheeba · Post by **sheeba** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 22:49

i have a toshiba 1.73ghz centrino ,1.5gb ram 128 video card dedicated..i run everything off external hd (7200) rpm and compress everything with indeo 5.1 but i notice when i run 3 layers it starts to get little jittery (sometimes) im not sure if my machine can handle 640x480

VJair · Post by **VJair** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:48

Originally posted by sheeba
i have a toshiba 1.73ghz centrino ,1.5gb ram 128 video card dedicated..i run everything off external hd (7200) rpm and compress everything with indeo 5.1 but i notice when i run 3 layers it starts to get little jittery (sometimes) im not sure if my machine can handle 640x480

how is the external connected to the laptop?

sheeba · Post by **sheeba** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 14:58

through usb2.0 and it needs its own power

messhead · Post by **messhead** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 08:25

Try using firewire or even Sata/eSata, they are ALOT better than USB by a long shot. USB isnt very useful for external HDD's, specially with resolume

Post by **bart** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 08:50

Originally posted by sheeba
i have a toshiba 1.73ghz centrino ,1.5gb ram 128 video card dedicated..i run everything off external hd (7200) rpm and compress everything with indeo 5.1 but i notice when i run 3 layers it starts to get little jittery (sometimes) im not sure if my machine can handle 640x480

have you tried playing the video files from the internal HD? modern laptop drives have much better data rates then a couple of years ago.