
I'm an old reel-to-reel analog audio guy. Had a studio for 17 years so I've had to learn to dance with computers for living - not what I enjoyed the most...
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Had a college background with film (but physical film - can you say "moviola"?) Pretty excited about what I could now be doing with video.
But time (away from audio work and music) and affordability has kept me from revisiting visual media up until now - so it's a crash course. (Yeah, OK...

Thanks for being someone I can just ask directly while I'm clueless!
Steve,

[ ] yes I think I'm up to date on Quicktime: 7.7.9
[ ] an example of a file would be vbme0055.mov - but thanks to Bob's post, I don't think you need to waste your time looking into this any further.
Bob,
- great summary checklist of info in your post!

[ ] "The vbme files are quicktime "mov" files using the jpeg2000 codec. This is very compute intensive codec"
- Great info for a nub like me. It helps me know what I don't know! It pushed me to look for and find Steve's pdf codec intro info. Thanks!
[ ] "There is nothing wrong with the file. When you export the finished video, it should playback smoothly."
- Check

[ ] "To improve playback (preview) while editing in Premiere Elements, render the video by pressing Enter."
- sadly, this did not help (it did push me into researching and understanding the WAB better - thanks!)
[ ] " You may need to turn off hardware acceleration."
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- Would I gain anything with the Win7 switch? - OR -
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- This computer is still agile, even with newer audio software offerings. But I know it's an old-timer by computer age standards
- Can I hope to edit video with a better GPU, (any specific recommendations for this setup?)
or is it time to chew my leg off and consider buying newer computer tech?

Thanks for your help!
