Serato Video General Discussion

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macbook or macbook pro
Talk about Serato Video and Video-SL.

macbook or macbook pro

DJ Sidies 11:15 AM - 15 October, 2008
I already have a mca book.
I downloaded the video sl demo to test it out before I buy.
But it was very unstable and jumpy.
I have a first gen macbook intel chip.
my spec is better than the system requires.
Do I need a macbook pro to run this really?
or is the demo faulty?
DJTaino 11:09 PM - 15 October, 2008
What are your specs? What type of video are you playing? Also, what version of SSL and VSL are you using?
itchie 12:32 AM - 16 October, 2008
pretty sure it's because MacBooks don't have dedicated video memory.
DJ Dub Cowboy 3:33 AM - 16 October, 2008
nope, should run fine on the macbook if it beats the specs.

raise the USB buffer to 10
wifi and bluetooth off
make sure you have enough room on your system hard drive
many times, it is the video that can be encoded funny. I have found that downloaded videos that create the behavior that you describe will improve when re-converted using the Visual Hub settings recommended on these forums. You loose a little quality, but gain smooth playback.

2GB Ram?
Permissions repaired?

I experimented with lowering the ram that VSL uses and it seemed to improve playback frame-rate, or overall processing ability-not sure, all I know is it flowed better.
matt212 6:24 AM - 21 October, 2008
Quote:
I already have a mca book.
I downloaded the video sl demo to test it out before I buy.
But it was very unstable and jumpy.
I have a first gen macbook intel chip.
my spec is better than the system requires.
Do I need a macbook pro to run this really?
or is the demo faulty?


Sounds like you need correctly encoded videos. My Macbook 2.0 ran fine once I got hold of some correctly encoded vids.
matt212 6:25 AM - 21 October, 2008
Umm...yeah what Dub Cowboy said.