vegas 7 playing videos choppy

[mp4guy]

ok, i had just recently gotten sony vegas 7 and when im trying to view a clip to find a part in it that i would need but the video would play choppy on the screen and this happens even worse on the timeline. is there anyway to stop this from happening?

[mwkurt]

Just curious...Have you asked this at the Sony Vegas forum?

Of the top of my head, I think it might have to do with the amount of ram you have allocated for previews. I think if you adjust the amount one way or the other it may help. I want to say try adjusting it down first.

Mark

[guns1inger]

If those are you real specs then I suspect they answer your question. Not enough ram, not enough HDDs, and too slow a CPU.

Try setting the preview mode to Draft (Auto) and see how it looks - it will be small and blocky though.

[BJ_M]

also it may be a really compressed format source you are using -- convert it to something more compatible first