Smooth playback for preview clips

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burn4ever

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Smooth playback for preview clips

PostSat Aug 13, 2022 5:46 am

Hey guys,
I wonder if there are any options to have a smooth playback for previewing clips?
There are so many possibilities, like Proxies, render Cache e.g., for a great Timeline editing experience.

On the road with a smaller machine, sometimes I have trouble to playback clips.
I'm not sure anymore but isn't there a setting to set the quality on the preview window for smooth playback?
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Uli Plank

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Re: Smooth playback for preview clips

PostSat Aug 13, 2022 5:55 am

There’s no one-click solution. It all depends on your source format and your machine.
If you need only editing and mild grading, proxies or optimized media are the way to go.
If you need some Fusion, caching or render in place.
No, an iGPU is not enough, and you can't use HEVC 10 bit 4:2:2 in the free version.

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Re: Smooth playback for preview clips

PostSat Aug 13, 2022 6:11 am

Okay, so no kind of settings for previewing clips like we have for the timeline?
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Re: Smooth playback for preview clips

PostSat Aug 13, 2022 2:43 pm

Proxies and Optimized Media would be the way for improving playback in the Source Viewer (and the timeline, of course).
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