Current Time Indicator (red line) steps during playback

Hi Folks,

When I playback a ram preview it plays back fine. BUT the current time indicator
scrolls jerkily, or in a step like fashion along the timeline. It is even,
consistent, but step like, not continuous and smooth. This causes me grief as i
cannot use it for feedback on synchronising effects.

I hava a dell quad core machine with the Intel CPU @ 2.40ghz, 3gig ram 32 bit
vista.

Cheers,

Mmh, drawing cycle delays for non accelerated items, it seems. What graphics
card do you have? Do you perhaps use an unusual screen resolution ands refresh
timing?

Hi Mylenium,

I have a dual screen configuration. Two 30 inch apple cinema display monitors.
The graphics card is an NVidia GeForce 8600GTS.

The monitors are on 2560 x 1600 pixels which is meant to be its native
resolution, at 60hertz.

I have never heard of drawing cycle delays, but then again the list of things i
have never heard of is extensive.

Cheers,

Phew, that's a lotta pixels you're displaying there! What resolution is the
comp(s) you're working in and previewing? Is the AE preview window scaled to
100%? Is the timeline on the same display as the comp preview window?

Yes, I agree with Andrew, two 30" displays is really pushing it even for
the most powerful card. In my view you will not even have full acceleration on
the second monitor as 256 MB/ 384 MB video RAM that those cards usually have
doesn't allow it and barely leaves enough room to draw the basic Windows GDI+
stuff, even more so on Vista. Probably you need at least a model with 512 MB or
768 MB to get the full joy out of it. If it's realyl such an issue, limiting
yourself to a single display seems the only option for the time being. You
should create custom profiles in your NVidia desktop manger - one with both
displays and one with only one display, so you can quickly switch between
configurations when needed or even tie it in with launching a specific
application (such as AE).