Video Editing Optimizing

[KAZZANAUT]

Hey guys, KAZZANAUT here. I have a question. I notice that YouTube is now allowing 60 FPS 1080p uploads. So to give my little YouTube Channel a chance with the big boys, I decided to upload and record everything in 1080p 60 FPS. I was just recording for a long time at just 30 FPS. What is now happening is that everything will record and play back correctly. But when I put it in Premiere CS6, different story. The source video and preview video drop to 2 FPS. This really makes editing and cuting, etc a pain in the butt. Why is this happening? I am using different video capturing software. I used to just use Fraps, but now I'm using Mirilis Action. Believe it or not 1 minute of 1080p 60 FPS captured from Mirilis is a smaller file then that of a minute of Fraps at 30 FPS. So the video capture file is smaller. Also RAM is only being used up to 50%, but the CPU is pegging 100% usage, I don't know why honestly. Does anyone have an idea on how to fix this, have source video and preview video run at 60 FPS? Is it a software problem? Also I guess too, I might have to video editing optimized my rig, which no idea what that really is. I am a total noob, I'll be honest. Any help is welcome.

 

CPU A10 Richland BLack

MB ASUS A88X-Plus

Ram Vengeance 8GB

Case NZXT H440

Storage 128 SSD Boot Drive, 1TB and 4TB HDD

PSU 650 Corsair

Display ASUS 27 and 47 LED tv

Cooling stock

OS windows 7

[Omon_Ra]

What format video are you editing? Do you have any issues while recording? Do the video files playback fine in a different player (VLC, Windows Media Player)? What drive is the footage on that you're editing?

 

For now, try changing the playback resolution to 1/2 for your source/preview windows. There's a drop-down box somewhere on the border of the windows that probably says 'Full,' you can select 1/2 or 1/4 even, but 1/4 degrades image quality on 1080p footage to a pretty much unwatchable level. It seems like you really just need to get a dedicated GPU. CUDA/OpenGL acceleration will drastically improve your performance in Premier.

[KAZZANAUT]

What format video are you editing? Do you have any issues while recording? Do the video files playback fine in a different player (VLC, Windows Media Player)? What drive is the footage on that you're editing?

 

For now, try changing the playback resolution to 1/2 for your source/preview windows. There's a drop-down box somewhere on the border of the windows that probably says 'Full,' you can select 1/2 or 1/4 even, but 1/4 degrades image quality on 1080p footage to a pretty much unwatchable level. It seems like you really just need to get a dedicated GPU. CUDA/OpenGL acceleration will drastically improve your performance in Premier.

The format is AVI. I have no problem while recording, and they are fine in windows media player too. Not sure about drive to be honest. 

 

I just tried that 1/2 thing. my video preview and source were already set to that apparently. so i dropped it to a 1/4 still dropped in frame rate. So a dedicated GPU. I have a R7 260x in my system, which I now realize I didn't mention, early. 

[Omon_Ra]

The format is AVI. I have no problem while recording, and they are fine in windows media player too. Not sure about drive to be honest. 

 

I just tried that 1/2 thing. my video preview and source were already set to that apparently. so i dropped it to a 1/4 still dropped in frame rate. So a dedicated GPU. I have a R7 260x in my system, which I now realize I didn't mention, early. 

 

Have you considered upgrading to Premiere CC? It appears CS6 only allows MacBook Pro AMD cards for OpenCL hardware acceleration. You can at least download the Creative Cloud trial, make sure hardware acceleration is enabled, and see if the OpenGL support helps playback. It should, that's why your CPU is maxed out.

[KAZZANAUT]

Have you considered upgrading to Premiere CC? It appears CS6 only allows MacBook Pro AMD cards for OpenCL hardware acceleration. You can at least download the Creative Cloud trial, make sure hardware acceleration is enabled, and see if the OpenGL support helps playback. It should, that's why your CPU is maxed out.

OK I'll give that a shot, Thanks for the help.