Horz. & Vert. Jitter in Videostudio 4 Preview

[Spew]

Hello All,

I am having some trouble with project previews.

I have modified my "ulead32.ini" as shown on the "electric-eyes" site, so previewing individual clips works great. I have also modified my system to fixed swap, file cache, and various other NLE ops suggested on the Matrox web site. I am using a template set for 352/240, MJPEG,
field order "B", 22khz stereo, 29.97 fps. When I try and preview the entire project there is a large amount of vertical and horizontal jitter somewhat similar to an old 8mm film going erratically out sync. I have tried setting the template to "frames" but this didn't help. I have searched the Matrox site and forums to no avail.

Hardware is as follows...

MB: ASUS P2B
RAM: 256 Meg
CPU: Celeron 333
Video: Matrox Marvel
Sound: SB32
HD: 13G 5400rpm UDMA 33 Maxtor (sys disk)
HD: 13G 7200rpm UDMA 66 Maxtor (NLE disk)
HD: 13G 7200rpm UDMA 66 Seagate (temp/swap)


I am about ready to go off the deep end with frustration.
Your help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

TIA, Mike Lange

[This_Idiot]

My understanding is that the tips published on electric eyes are aimed at MSP rather than VS4.

Having said that, I can't see anything that should screw it all up. You don't say whether you re using a G200 or G400 Marvel, and from the symptoms I'd say that it is probably a G400. Either way, field order shouldn't matter at the resolution you quote (at 1/4 screen and below the Matrox codec runs in frame mode instead of field).

I've successfully used VS4 with a Marvel (G200 in my case). Have you tried using recent drivers from Matrox ? They put a lot of work in at the beginning of the year to stabilise some jitter problems with the G400s

[Spew]

Idiot,

Thanks for replying. The card is a G200, and the OS is W98 SE. I am using the most current drivers and video tools for the G200 (5.55/1.54). I have also tried 1.42vt. I have re-installed both the video drivers/tools and Videostudio. Seems like I'm doing everything correctly??? Any fresh ideas would be greatly appreciated.