Hi-- I'm a radio broadcaster who is a newbie to video, and not much of a techie.
I'm trying to run Sony Vegas 8.0 on my Lenovo x61 thinkpad (Intel core 2 duo cpu T8100 , 2.10 Ghz, 795 Mhz, 2.97 GB RAM) but the video is jerky, and the audio and video are not in sync. I'm shooting HD AVCHD on the Canon Vixia HF100. I've tried Vegas with low-quality SD (from an old Sanyo xacti) and it's also jerky and out of sync. Should my x61 thinkpad be able to handle editing this on Vegas? If so, any suggestions where to begin trouble shooting? If not, what light-weight laptop would do the job? Ideally, I'd like to be able to file from the field. (I'm based in Beijing and sometimes find myself on very cramped buses in the hinterlands, and don't want to be loaded down with heavy equipment.) I'd like to stick with Vegas, but may switch to Mac /FPC if I can't find a workable lightweight solution. All advice welcome! Jocelyn [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
