Extremely slow DVD Studio Pro

Hi
I'm new in this forum. I recently upgraded my Final Cut Studio to version 2, and have installed all the latest updates. When using DVD Studio Pro from Final Cut Studio Pro, everything worked out fine, but after upgrading to FCS 2, my DVD Studio Pro (4.2) is extremely slow, when I want to move to another point in the movie by clicking in the timeline. I have to wait 20-30 seconds every time I choose a new location.
My configuration:
G5 PowerMac with dual 2.0 GHz processors, 5.5 GB Ram, oceans of harddiskspace, ATI Radeon 9600 AGP graphics adapter and a 23" Apple Cinema screen.
Any suggestions?
Klaus Poulsen

Welcome to the Boards
Couple of things to try
1.) Repair permissions
2.) Delete Preferences
3.) Delete MPEG/PAR files
4.) Encode assets outside of DVD SP if you are bringing .mov into the project
If you are still getting delays one thing you may want to do is set up a clean partition (perhaps on the second hard drive in the G5) and just install FCP 2 Studio from scratch, it seems that a clean install as oppossed to overwriting on a prior install is the best approach and has been recommended to clear up glitches/gremlins and the proper way to do the install to the new Studio
Another thing to keep in mind is that if you have the system disk run only the system and have other elements on another drive it helps performance.
When you say you have oceans of hard drive space, how much is left? Usually when drives get to about 75%-80% full there can be perfromance slow downs.

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