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charlieo   04-19-2008 at 09:29:55 PM

Hi,
I just bought a new HD camcorder. I was upset to find that my current computer (bought just 8 months ago) was too slow to render the movies so I just purchased a new Dell 420, 2.4GHZ Quad Core with 4GM RAM and and ATI 256MB 2600XT graphics card.

The videos are still not playing so editing is impossible. Is the graphics card to blame?

Perhaps I should be more specific. I am using Ulead 11 and when I try to watch a clip the sound plays (i.e. the clip plays) but the picture remains frozen on the opening shot. Hance why I asusme it's a graphics card issue.

Many thanks for your help
Charlie

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dagger   04-19-2008 at 10:24:01 PM
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I doubt it's graphics card's fault. It's probably software issue. What codecs does the video use? Try this:
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/FFDShow.htm

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Silver Graphics badge TheGreatGrapeApe   04-21-2008 at 05:20:03 AM
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What are you using to edit?

The effects of the graphic card depend on the tool (could accelerate preview, compositing, etc) but all should have a software mode (most have just that), so it should run fine on a fast Quad Core with enough memory.

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charlieo   04-21-2008 at 09:58:17 AM
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Thank you both for your responses. I am using Pinnacle Studio 11 (got it wrong in last post as I have previously tried Ulead 11.5 on another computer).

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Anonymous   08-17-2009 at 04:42:09 PM
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hd video card is total diferent from game cards!
call ati or novidia tell than with processor you have,tell tham about your memory ram!
also your video editing softwer,has to be hd ,because there a some forms of compression for hd sd!
i am buying a mac pro,dual quad,with 4 mb ram,but i have to choose my video card,has to least 128vram
displaying,1280x980,or better resolution

good luck

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