Macbook air- slow playback

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aerial.animal

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Macbook air- slow playback

PostFri Feb 12, 2021 5:11 pm

I'm new to resolve and am experiencing serious lag time just trying to watch my video back. It's a short video and I just imported it- didn't edit it at all yet and it's lagging so bad I can't even see what i am doing.
I'm using a Macbook Air 2018 running on MAC OS Mojave Version 10.14.6
1.6 GHz Intel Core i5
8gb
my memory and CPU numbers look fine, I closed out of EVERY other program on my laptop.
Is my computer just not going to meet the minimum requirements?
Thanks!
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Re: Macbook air- slow playback

PostSat Feb 13, 2021 12:25 am

What are the details of the file you are trying to play?
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Re: Macbook air- slow playback

PostSat Feb 13, 2021 2:47 am

While the new M1 MB Air is a killer machine, your Intel MB Air will not work to your satisfaction without an eGPU.
You may be able to do some limited work in a 1280 x 720 timeline.
My disaster protection: export a .drp file to a physically separated storage regularly.

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