Re: Editing together multiple sources?

Ed Chilada wrote:
On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 09:31:30 +0100, Roberto Divia
<Roberto.Divia@xxxxxxx> wrote:
The fact that AL7 is "too unstable" could be (and most likely is) related to
your system, which could also explain the bad experience you have with S10.
These two products need a "clean" environment (codecs, firewalls, third-party,
virus shields) and a stable platform (HW and SW).

Then it's poorly written software.

You say it's Studio, I say it's Windows ;-)

I often used Macs and worked or work on several Unixes - Ultrix,
SunOS, HP-UX, AIX, Linux. Never had so many problems as on Windows,
where the "hide the setup and information" policy makes the whole system
impossible to cleanup and recover when things go wrong - excepted
of course system restores and full re-installs.

Most other Windows software isn't so easily affected.

Most other Windows software do not depend on other components (codecs,
firewalls, virus shields) and are not so demanding in terms of data
handling and processing (USB, system bus, disk controller,
graphic card, CPU).

Given the sheer size of
installation directory it creates, I would have thought they'd include
some of the DLL versions they rely on rather than hoping they'll be
present on the machine already and crashing if they're not.

The problem is not to create a standalone environment (which they did)
but is IMHO rather the fact that Windows keeps the other components
alive even if this is not needed and often overrides these setups on
request of the applications. The only sure way I know to create the
"closed environment" needed is to use the separate installation method.

This is the major problem with the Windows environment: too many things
that can be installed and can leave a trail behind them (in the system, in
the registry and in the resources), even after being de-installed.

Such registry entries are usually benign and shouldn't affect other
programs.

The do, they do. Take for example URU. Nice game, nice graphics.
Unfortunately it installs a dedicated disk drive that remains active
even after de-installing the game itself. I picked it up as an example,
there are many more. Try to run a registry cleaner (e.g. RegVac in
trial version) and you'll see how many things have been "left behind".
Even Microsoft experts will very often refuse to help to recover a
machine and rather force a complete re-installation. Why is that, I ask?

Try to create a separate boot disk, where you run only your video editing
SW. Does not take too long and you may have an immediate benefit. I would
also recommend a good diagnostic tool (e.g. Sandra) and some memory
stress tests, plus a general update of all drivers (starting from the
graphic card). Load the minimum and disable the devices that are not
related to the editor (webcams, scanners etc...).

I did - and I keep doing - this and never had a stability problem. Never.

I appreciate that it may well help, but it certainly shouldn't be
necessary. In a professional scenario it makes some sense that a user
might dedicate a machine to their video editing. But for a software
package that costs £40 or so and is clearly aimed at the home user,
then they surely *cannot* assume that. the home user shouldn't have to
dedicate a machine to each task they might want to do on a computer.

Again, it may be a £40 software package. But it needs the full capabilities
of your machine, HW and SW (which you paid much more than £40). It's the
handling of video that is too demanding, not the tool itself.

If instead of Studio you choose a product that has less demands (no RT
capabilities, no online filters, no preview, no multi-threading) then
the load on the system itself goes down and the product "works".

Ciao,
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