Monitor Playback

I have three monitors set up with my Premiere Pro editing system. Two for editing dual screen and the third is an external monitor for client viewing. I am using a NIVDIA graphics card.NIVDIA Quadro K4000. I have the video sent to the external monitor but the playback is choppy and not smooth. Any suggestions of settings to have a good playback for clients. Thanks

Without knowing anything about your system hardware (aside from the K4000), footage being used, sequence settings, etc., there are many possible reasons for choppy playback. However, assuming everything is up to par to handle the playback, my experience when sending the Premiere preview directly to a "computer" display connected to the graphics card is that it usually looks "acceptable" but is not always perfect, especially with 1080i sources. Since computer display cards output Progressive and not Interlaced video, and the timing is also typically off (60Hz versus proper 59.94), that viewing method is less than ideal.
I've gotten nice results using third-party hardware for output such as Matrox MXO2 Mini or Black Magic Design Intensity Pro. These will send a proper "video" signal out with correct timing and Rec. 709 HD colorspace via HDMI to your HD monitor, rather than relying on the "graphics" card to approximate such things. The Matrox also offers calibration when using a compatible display, and the units mentioned also offer video capture in addition to output monitoring, plus some hardware conversions/scaling options.
Thanks
Jeff Pulera
Safe Harbor Computers
www.sharbor.com

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PROBLEM: Premiere CS5 - Project Monitor playback is jerky
This had NOT been an issue prior to reinstalling the operating system and all software. I have read numerous articles on the forums and have tried everything I can find...with no results.
STEPS TAKEN TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM:
I have scoured the articles here http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/search/index.cfm?loc=en_us&term=choppy%20video&cat=support&pr oduct=premierepro and others at Cretive Cow
I have installed all updates for CS5 Master Collection, immediately following a fresh install of the operating system and SC5 Master Collection.
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I have tested by importing both standard def AVI files created from tape and high def SONY MP4 files - the problem persists.
I have ensured the latest Video drivers are installed (clean installation selected, so that the Windows default would be removed) - the problem persists.
I have tried the 3D settings in NVIDIA control panel | Program Settings tab... selected Adobe Premiere Pro from the drop down menu | and chaged 'Multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration from the value of 'Multiple Display performance' to the value of 'single display performance'; although, I ran two monitors before using this latest NVIDIA video driver and I didn't experience this jerky footage issue - the problem persisted after affecting that change; so, I switched it back.
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I have tried creating a fresh user profile, where the user profile is created on the C: drive by default; and, where I left it there on C: to test for the jerky playback in a new PrPR project - the problem persists.
Regarding the C: (system drive) and why I reinstalled everything, it had become unstable and was locking up. I ran DISK ERROR CHECKING with the FIX parameter and the system was still locking up on me. Keep in mind that the System drive is a solid state drive. Anyhow, I had no choice but to dive in and reinstall everything. I wiped the system partition of the SSD using quick format and started installing the operating system. Now, I've read the CLAIM that this cuases performance issues; but, the only place I see issues is in the video monitor playback in PrPr. Everything else - Office applications...printing...browsing the Internet...works just fine, everything is responsive, whereas, I couldn't do ANYTHING with it before.
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:
The Operating system and all software is installed on C:
All data files and most profile related folders are stored on D:
C:\ (one Intel Solid State Drive - SYSTEM DRIVE) Used Space: 57.5 GB Free Space: 388 GB
D:\ (four Western Digital 2TB drives in an on-board INTEL hardware RAID5 array & hotswapable backplane) used space: 1.28 TB Free space: 4.16TB
Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 VERSION: 5.0.3 (005 (MC: 218798))
Operating System    Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Version    6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
System Manufacturer    Intel Corporation
System Model    S5520SC
System Type    x64-based PC
Video    NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 driver v.320.78
Display        Dell 27" LCD (DisplayPort)
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Processor    Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           X5680 @ 3.33GHz, 3326 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s)
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Installed Physical Memory (RAM)    96.0 GB
Page File Space    0 bytes
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Monitor PAUSE RESOLUTION: Full
(regardless of this setting, the problem persists)
PREFERENCES:
MEMORY:
Installed RAM: 95.9 GB
RAM reserved for other applications: 10 GB
Optimize rendering for: Performance
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MEDIA:
Media Cache Files
X - Save Media Cached files next to originals when possible
LOCATION: D:\Users...\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Common
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Media Cache Database
LOCATION: D:\Users...\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Common
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Scratch Disks
Path: D:\Users...\My Documents\
General
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Thank you.

I'VE RESOLVED THE PROBLEM!
PREFACE:
OK, I am hoping that through this week-long Operating-System-and-Software-reinatalltion excerise of mine, I have revealed something that everyone -- whom have been cursing Adobe over -- can apply to their systems to resolve this jerky video problem within PremierePro CS5 (and quite possibly other versions, too).
If you've read my post above, you've seen all the steps I've taken to resolve the problem. I've read many posts, some of which have mentioned hardware upgrade / opitmization steps that one may take to enhance performance, and hopefully resolve the problem. I've read where people have taken these steps and have still experienced the problem...and then they curse Adobe. Fer-shame, fer-shame, fer-shame! (nod to Gomer Pyle).
In my case, I knew it wasn't an Adobe issue, as it had worked flawlessly before; and, it wouldn't require a hardware upgrade or reconfigureation, as my system is completely maxed out with two processors, a system drive and a hardware RAID5 array, a CUDA-suported nVIDIA 4800 FX card, and 96 GB of RAM. bla bla bla, puke...whatever. Bottom line is this:
It's not a software issue. It's not and Adobe issue; and Gawd no! It's NOT a PC vs. Mac issue! HA HA. The software had worked swimmingly well prior to the reinstallation / 'lobotomy' I perfomed on the system drive.
SOLUTION FOR ME:
Download and install the updated drivers for the motherboard. Mine is an Intel Workstation Board S5520SC. Intel has an INTEL DRIVER UPDATE UTILITY which automatically scaned my Intel system and identified drivers which needed updating. A very handy, time-saving tool!!! Here's the URL: http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect?iid=dc_iduu
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Intel Chipset
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Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-fi
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If you have a motherboard from another manufacturer, then you may want to navigate over to their wibsite to locate chipset and other updated drivers for your motherboard.
ROOT CAUSE:
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Hi there, I wonder if anyone could help me with this problem.
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#8 External Monitor Viewing.
Shane's Stock Answer #8:
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I am posting on behalf of a colleague and I wonder if anyone has encountered the following issue or has any advice about resolving it.
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