Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv ? Message #52829
From: Py Fave <pyfave@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] RAM Preview
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:42:12 +0100
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
tell us more about your config,
screen resolution,
how it is connected.

Thunderbolt display?


2014-02-14 1:06 GMT+01:00 Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com>:
> I doubt this will help, but I recall from many years ago, that if you had
> anything overlapping the Comp window, it would cause the RAM-Preview to drop
> frames like mad.
>
> There was also an issue with using compressed audio formats.  Transcoding to
> an uncompressed format like WAV or AIF fixed it.
>
> And have you tried fiddling with the Previews Preferences?  Maybe changing
> the preview duration will give Ae a slap to the head.
>
>
> On Feb 13, 2014, at 5:49 PM, Phil Spitler <phil@bonfirelabs.com> wrote:
>
> Ok, so I have more info. I spent the morning on the phone with Adobe tech
> support and we couldn't figure out the issue.
>
> We tried:
> Trashing prefs
> Updating to the latest build
> Fixing permissions
> Uninstalling drivers.
>
> Occasionally my machine would preview correctly but then once I started
> working on my project it would stop behaving.
>
> I have no figured out how to reproduce the issue.
>
> If I am in the default workspace my machine previews fine and the info
> palette displays "playing back from RAM 24fps".
>
> As soon as I undock my timeline and try and preview, it has the issue of
> stuttering and not showing ""playing back from RAM 24fps".
>
> No idea why but at least I have a workaround (although it sucks having to
> use the default workspace)
>
> Phil
>
>
>
>
>
> Phil Spitler  |  Creative Technologist   |  Bonfire Labs  |  t :
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> On Feb 12, 2014, at 3:51 PM, Phil Spitler wrote:
>
> I have Blackmagic cards but have uninstalled all the drivers.
>
> Phil
>
> Phil Spitler  |  Creative Technologist   |  Bonfire Labs  |  t :
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> On Feb 12, 2014, at 3:47 PM, Todd Kopriva wrote:
>
> third-party video I/O hardware (e.g., AJA Kona)?
>
> From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of
> Phil Spitler
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 3:45 PM
> To: After Effects Mail List
> Subject: Re: [AE] RAM Preview
>
> No color management, whats most weird is the fact that it doesn't say that
> is playing back from RAM in the info pallet.
>
> Phil
>
>
> Phil Spitler  |  Creative Technologist   |  Bonfire Labs  |  t :
> 415.394.8200  m : 415.571.3139
>
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> On Feb 12, 2014, at 2:23 PM, rendernyc wrote:
>
>
> do you have color management on?
>
> CC prefs default previews prefs for zoom and CM are now set to more accurate
> vs faster
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 4:58 PM, Robert W. Walker <robertw@walkersound.com>
> wrote:
> I occasionally run into a comp whose RAM preview will lag visually, out
> of sync with the audio, until the first play-through then it starts
> again and the video "keeps up" with the audio.  Do you get the red
> message in the info box that says "Preview NOT real-time" followed by
> "Composition not at 100%" or something like that?
>
> Robert W. Walker
> Los Angeles
>
>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: [AE] RAM Preview
>> From: Phil Spitler <phil@bonfirelabs.com>
>> Date: Wed, February 12, 2014 4:29 pm
>> To: "After Effects Mail List" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
>>
>>
>> Since upgrading to CC I have been having RAM preview issues.
>>
>> The playback is running at about half speed.
>>
>> The Frame Rate is set to auto in the Preview options but it still plays
>> slow, my 8 second animation plays back at 15 seconds.
>>
>> The info palette never gets to point where it says "playing back from RAM
>> xx FPS" it seems stuck on the last thing it was doing while preparing to
>> playback.
>>
>> I have no idea how to solve this issue but it makes working impossible,
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>>
>> Phil
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Phil Spitler  |  Creative Technologist   |  Bonfire Labs  |  t :
>> 415.394.8200  m : 415.571.3139
>>
>> Website | Facebook | LinkedIn
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