Posted by Captain Slick on 09/10/05 13:36

hexfield@gmail.com wrote:
> I use Premiere 6.5 and Windows 2000. Recently I tried to install
> Premiere Pro, not realizing that I needed XP. It went through the
> "preparing installation" process and then told me I needed XP and it
> couldn't install. I clicked OK and it ended the setup. But ever since
> then Premiere 6.5 drops frames like crazy. I have
> uninstalled/reinstalled 6.5, no luck. I've also tried capturing with
> DVIO (which Adobe's site reccomends) and it drops a lot fewer frames,
> but it drops them nonetheless. I've got an Intel chipset so I'm using
> application accelerator which reports both drives are in UDMA Mode 5.
> I've got a Dell Dimension 4300, 1.6GHZ, capturing to a dedicated video
> drive with about 20 gigs free.
>
> Previously I would rarely ever drop a frame. I usually keep Premiere
> set to "Abort on Dropped Frame". Any suggestions would be appreciated
> as I really don't want have to reformat over this. Also, I haven't
> defragged. I'm hesitant to do so because the last time I tried
> defragging this system, defragmenter froze (not just slowed down, but
> froze) and I had to restart which of course resulted in data loss and a
> full reformat.
>
> --R
>
I think it's worth a try to uninstall Premiere again, delete the
Premiere folder under Program Files/Adobe and then reinstall.

-Bill

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