Resolume Forum

Could do with some help with this. Im running 320 X 240 avi's, morgan MJPEG clips on a dual core 2.4, 1mb ram pentium.
By all accounts things should be fine, but im getting random output freezes that last around 5 secs or so then it carries on. Ive tried resolume 2.3, 2.4 beta and now 2.4 final, but its the same deal. I assume that its my pc or clips.. It seems to happen most when changing to a different layer, though it seems it can happen anytime. Its not infrequent either - happens every minute or so. I dont want to have to find different software to use for next friday - id like to stick with resolume.
The demo footage from resolume runs like a dream, so am i doing something wrong? I really thought id cracked it with the MJPEG compression, after having trouble with MPEGS at first!
I have my first gig next week so im a bit worried! If anyone has any suggestions id appreciate it.

(nb. yes ive searched, read the manual, googled everything etc - its getting so im scared to ask anything here in case i get told off!)



[Edited on 2-10-2006 by melemel]

whats the spec of the hard drive in your machine?

im assuming you meant 1gb and NOT 1mb of ram

my other thought is what background services do you have running on the machine at the same time as resolume?

The hard drive.. hmm yes, i should know this seeing as i bought it recently. Its a DELL 5150 dual core pentium, 2.8ghz, masses of hard drive space. And yes, i meant 1gb of ram.
I thought the background processes might be affecting it too - ive gone through them with the help of an online guide to see what i can cut down on, and shut down all non essential stuff. Its really bugging me - the trips are triggering very fast, the sliders are all perefctly smooth, no judders, and then suddenly Bang, it stops for 4 secs and freezes. Also when i close resolume, it often says 'resolume has encountered a problem and needs to close'. Crashes in other words, but only after ive closed it, which i guess is something at least.. Ive checked the CPU usage, it seems to run at around 50%, but sometimes drops down to around 5% whilst running resolume. Is that normal?
I have 4 days til my gig, some great content. I fear this could be my downfall! Is there any other software with an easy learning curve? (im not happy asking that - i like resolume!)

edit 2/10: Just did a little CPU testing.. During a freeze, the CPU drops from its usual 50%, to 0%. Freezes, then it rises to 30% then back up to 50% and off it goes again

[Edited on 2-10-2006 by melemel]