Please Tell me that I am Kidding....

[arvid.lind]

or is true that if you make edits in the quicktime H.264 movie imported in your session, the lag gets biggger?


arvid in stockholm

[Slim Shady]

If you're worried about picture delay you shouldn't be using H.264. ProTools also isn't a video editing application, but in general you should stick with DV movie format and not anything compressed if you're trying to maximize performance.

[arvid.lind]

Originally Posted by Slim Shady

If you're worried about picture delay you shouldn't be using H.264. ProTools also isn't a video editing application, but in general you should stick with DV movie format and not anything compressed if you're trying to maximize performance.

Yes; I´m aware of everything you said, I usually demands quicktime dv codec from clients, but sometimes I have to accept h.264 or others due to short deadlines, etc.

I guess naming this thread after another "infamous" thread was a bad idea, because it made my question appear less serious. d:)

So I´ll try to make myself clear: I experience even more lag in my already lagged session, when makin a edit in the h.264 quicktime file. One tiny cut, and the lag goes from acceptable to unacceptable.

arvid

[tamasdragon]

Possible. Compressed format, realtime playback plus you make some tiny edits to an already compressed stream.
Definately use dv movie (not stream).