CS5.5 Multi-cam monitor

Hey all,
I am editing a multi-camera piece in my sequence and using the multi-cam monitor to see the other angles. The only thing is that I can only get realtime playback on the preview window and not in the multi-cam window, it only updates in the multi-cam window once playback has stopped.
Is this normal or am I doing something wrong?
Thanks in advance

Jim Simon wrote:
on the left side (what I call preview) of my multicam window.  On the right side (what I call program)
Those aren't the right terms.  On the left you see the "angles".  On the right you see the "preview".  The Program Monitor is a separate thing and not part of the Multicam window.
With the Multicam window open, the Program Monitor will not update during recording or playback.  The angles and preview inside the multicam window should play fine.  Are you saying they don't?
Well I guess I'm what they call old school.   In my world as sports truck Director and Technical Diretor, anywhere you see your sources before putting them to air is "preview" and anywhere where you see the output is program.  I'm not sure, though, why the industry has to reinvent the wheel and change terminology from what it's been for years.  Guess you can't teach an old dog new tricks. 
At any rate, to answer your second question... no they do not play fine in the multicam windows.  I do see all four sources in your "angles" pane on the left and the output in the "preview" pane on the right.  When I hit play in the multicam window they play fine for about half to one second both panes begin to intermittently freeze for about another second then they both freeze completely.  I can shuttle (scrub in your world) through the main sequence and the multicam window will play with some jerkiness but it's not stable enough to be useful.  If I hit play on the main sequence window both the program and the multicam windows will play but will do the same lockup thing after a couple of seconds. 
I'm just copying my project off of my external drive to the internal drive to see if that helps things out.  I'll update when that's done in an hour or so. 

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