Re: Extremely slow loading projects

Dave,

The .dps extension is the VelocityQ's file format...and this particular system uses the software codec for i/o. The other 3 systems in our building use a hardware codec since they have the hardware and corresponding i/o plug-ins to read/write the files.

Perhaps that's the issue since the problem occurs almost exclusively on this machine. We'll try deleting those files from the problem timelines and see what happens. I thought I had our AE artist do this...but maybe not.

Odd that it only happens on CS3 though since we've used the .dps software codec on systems without the VelocityQ hardware with AE versions 5, 5.5, 7 and now CS3...and none of the earlier versions exhibited this sort of slowdown.



I'd start with the dps files. If memory serves me well, that's a file extension for DIVX, and as a former host on this forum used to say, "DIVX is evil." The reason: they've done so darned much tweaking and adjusting to DIVX that it can be hard to keep up with the changes. Besides, DIVX is more of a delivery file than an intermediate file, which is the best thing to use in AE.

If you've got those DIVX files in a higher-quality form, you'll definitely see an improvement in the quality of your AE renders, and it just might solve your slow load times.

But don't overlook those VelocityQ files, either. If they need hardware (a card) to read them, they may not run on machines without the corresponding software codec.

Chris Blair
Magnetic Image, Inc.
Evansville, IN
www.videomi.com