PT 8 LE Video problem

[7777]

Hey, so this is my first post, I just installed PT8 on my MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard and I've imported a .mov file which shows up fine and I can click through the frames but the video won't play back continuously. I'm sure it's something simple, never had a problem before but I have a deadline for this project and I'm stuck. Any help would be much appreciated!

[Craig F]

A) what codec is the video file?
B) for SL are you using the 8.0.3pr release?
C) there have been some other reports of Quicktimes not playing back properly under SL

[7777]

Thanks for getting back to me and please excuse my ignorance but the SL is the 10.6.1 that came with my new MacBook Pro and all I know about the .mov file is that it's a .mov file, how do i tell the codec. All other sessions I did in PT 7 behave the same way.

[Craig F]

yes SL is 10.6.x
.mov is just a movie file, open the movie up in Quicktime and press command+i to open the Inceptor window this will tell you if the codec is DV, MPEG, H.264, etc.

[7777]

Ah...it's H.263, does that matter?

[Craig F]

that is a vary CPU intensive codec
if you have a way to convert it to something like photoJPEG or DV (Quicktime Pro will work)

[slinky005]

7777,

I'm about to buy a MBP. What is your setup hard-drive wise?
FW 800, 400? Audio interface?
How long have you been working in SL?
I assume you are using SL 8.0.4pr release version?