Hardware Acceleration

[Guest]

I have problems with wmm freezing, especially when I have a long project (1/2
hour). I read at PapaJohn's about changing the Hardware Acceleration to 3. I
did that and I found it cut the loading time in half, however, I noticed all
the pictures were now pixelated. It I keep it at the 3 setting will that
affect my final project that I want to burn on a DVD? I think not, but I want
to be sure. It is driving me crazy when it freezes after a couple of edits
and then I have to wait 15 minutes for it to load again at the #6 setting.
Thanks for any help.

 

[John Inzer]

I have problems with wmm freezing, especially when I have
a long project (1/2 hour). I read at PapaJohn's about
changing the Hardware Acceleration to 3. I did that and I
found it cut the loading time in half, however, I noticed
all the pictures were now pixelated. It I keep it at the
3 setting will that affect my final project that I want
to burn on a DVD? I think not, but I want to be sure. It
is driving me crazy when it freezes after a couple of
edits and then I have to wait 15 minutes for it to load
again at the #6 setting. Thanks for any help.

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If reducing your Graphics Hardware
Acceleration improved the issue...you
need to update your Video Driver.

Might be worth a try to search the support
website of your Graphics Adapter's Mfg.
for updated drivers.

Once you have the updated driver installed...
return your acceleration to full.

Other improvements may be realized if
you do some routine maintenance:

Running Disk Cleanup, Error Checking and
Defrag on a regular schedule is a good idea.

(310312) Description of the Disk Cleanup
Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310312

(315265) How to Perform Disk Error Checking
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315265
(check the two boxes..."Automatically fix file
system errors" and "Scan for and attempt
recovery of bad sectors") the utility will run
the next time you restart your computer.
(run error checking repeatedly until it finds
no errors)

(314848) How to Defragment Your Disk
Drive Volumes in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314848

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[Guest]

Thanks for the information I will look into that. I still need to know if
keeping the Hardware Acceleration to 3 as I finish the project, will give me
pixelated pictures when I turn it into a movie. (see my initial post) Thanks

 

[John Inzer]

Thanks for the information I will look into that. I still
need to know if keeping the Hardware Acceleration to 3 as
I finish the project, will give me pixelated pictures
when I turn it into a movie. (see my initial post) Thanks

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I'm not sure why you would be seeing
pixelated images. What is the pixel size
of the images in question? Did you adjust
your screen resolution?

Experimentation is always the best way
to determine what the result will be...but
from my experience adjusting acceleration
has no effect on image quality.

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[Guest]

The pictures were around 1 MB. I did nothing else but change the Hardware
Acceleration from 6 to 3 and then noticed the change in the sharpness of the
pictures. I am not familiar with what Hardware Acceleration does. When I
changed it back to 6 it was ok. I just did not want the pixelated pictures I
was seeing on my computer screen to end up in the final movie due to moving
it to 3.

 

[John Inzer]

The pictures were around 1 MB. I did nothing else but
change the Hardware Acceleration from 6 to 3 and then
noticed the change in the sharpness of the pictures. I
am not familiar with what Hardware Acceleration does.
When I changed it back to 6 it was ok. I just did not
want the pixelated pictures I was seeing on my computer
screen to end up in the final movie due to moving it to
3.

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Well ok but my question was...what is the
pixel size? you know...640x480...1024x768...?

Anyway...I haven't noticed the pixelation on my
system when adjusting acceleration. As I said
it's best to do your own experimenting. Maybe
you should try updating your video driver...
that's what you need.

Maybe this article will offer some ideas about
acceleration:

How to set graphics hardware acceleration back
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00129.htm

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