#QUICKTIME
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Jim,
Having problems running quicktime movies. I just bought Peter Gabriel's
new CD ROM "EXPLORA 1" and the quicktime display is so slow that the
audio keeps cutting out. I believe this is so the video can catch up. I've
had same problem with other quicktime movies with sound. Is there a
problem with Emplant running animations? I also have Macbench that runs
performance test and the video mix doesn't score very good.
Does this sound like a problem with my setup? I've tried changing memory
settings, caches, and priority setting with no luck. I even tried running
the CD in 16 colors with little difference.
I have a 4000/040 with NEC triple speed CDROM drive. I use the multiscan
driver. CD drive is connected to Emplants SCSI.
After NAB I went to Havasu for easter weekend. How do you get anything
done in a town like that? Wild – Things going on in this one cove that
we don't do here in Idaho.
Read message on your BBS and glad to here you are continuing your support
for the Amiga.
Russ
Russ,
You are in DMA contention hell… 82% of the Amiga's CPU is gone whenever chip
memory is accessed (like for updating video displays).
If you change your screen mode to be something that is not DBLNTSC or
productivity, you'll find that the video is twice as fast. Even so, without a
video board, you'll find that video will be slower than the audio, so
'skipping' is obvious. Using a Picasso or similar board will solve the problem
completely.
Yeah, you were here for spring break… it is *the* place. Every major movie
star/rock star/etc. was here… what a zoo!