Checklist for Smooth Video Playback

General

Creating smooth video playback is a challenging task, where many factors interact. Video is a data flaw and every component must be able to match the current stream and do its task.

Content

The footage itself is important, too. You cannot smoothly playback a jerky video file. With 'objects' we mean visible objects in the video frames.

Good:

1. Constant object motion
2. Slow object motion
3. Objects with soft edges
4. Motion blur
5. Downscaling the footage

Bad

1. Jerky object movement
2. Fast object movement with hard edges and no motion blur
3. Upscaling the footage

MXWendler Mediaserver

The settings are project-specific, so there is not general 'good' or 'bad'. But these settings and media facts have an influence on the video framerate

Check:

1. Is an output window open?
2. Is the vertical sync active?
3. Does the output window have the correct size
4. Does the framerate match the footage framerate?
5. Does the framerate match the footage framerate during playback? Check the framerate by moving the mouse to the left of the UI window, the current framerate will be visible in the bottom left of the window

Tip:

1. Lower the rendering size (Settings->Output Window->Rendering Size)