Adobe Premiere driving me nuts :(

[sandroasantos]

Greetings to all.
I don't know what to do next...
If I install Adobe Premiere 7 Pro, when I exit the program I can't watch any video (BSPlayer crashes, media player crashes) Xvid, divx, etc... won't even play (besides a black screen) I then must reboot, install DirectX again (9.0b) and then I can see all the videos. If I run premiere again, same thing happens, and I have to intall again DirectX (don't know if this is the solution, but It's the only thing that works) to be able to see any movie.

If I install Adobe Premiere 6.5, the program slowwwws down when I have more that 5 minutes in the timeline. And the brightness/contrast of the picture is all messed up (too damn dark to see anything, unless i press Enter to preview the fottage)

I don't know what's going on... Could it be DirectX? Or hardware/software conflict? Under the hood I have:

AMD ATHLON XP 2.6
512 DDR 400 in Dual Channel
108 GB HD (50 just for capturing)
GeForce FX5200
<bla bla bla>
Conceptronics Firewire PCI card

Please, any insight on this problem is welcome.
Cheers

[BodaZoffa]

I see Vegas Video 5 in your future......


Boda

[sandroasantos]

Very true!
Thank God Premiere can't run on my system. Vegas 5 is light years ahead. Thank you for replying

[Machine514]

Yeah? Vegas Video 5? Why do you say it is better than Premiere Pro?

-Machine