Imovie editing slow

[stefraven]

When I edit video (from a cam) in Imovie 09 it get's very slow after 5 minutes of film... I just put audioclips, background-mp3 etc on the clips.. nothing special i think. What do I do wrong?

My system: Macbook pro wih 4 GB internal memory. Is that not enough????

 

[arjen92]

stupid question; do you run other programs at the same time, it could slow the process.

Which generation macbook pro? Try restarting your computer and edit direct then. It might help.

 

[spinnerlys]

When I edit video (from a cam) in Imovie 09 it get's very slow after 5 minutes of film... I just put audioclips, background-mp3 etc on the clips.. nothing special i think. What do I do wrong?

My system: Macbook pro wih 4 GB internal memory. Is that not enough????

Which camera, and what are your project settings?

Is the video material Standard or High Definition?

Could you give us a screenshot of iMovie with your project open?

Have you looked at Activity Monitor, what might eat up your CPU? Be sure to select All Processes.