Especially if it's playing at 29.97 frame rate and at a larger size. Check the bit rate while playing the video. If you're pushing more than 1 mb per second, it may be causing some of your playback problems. Copy the movie to your hard drive and play it bac - if it's smooth, then the problem is either the speed of the CD ROM or your bitrate is too high. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Teffer" <jdteffer at cox.net> To: "Macintosh Digital Video List" <MacDV at lists.themacintoshguy.com> Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 3:49 PM Subject: [MacDV] Re: Shutter stutter > on 11/28/02 3:46 PM, Jefburdett at aol.com at Jefburdett at aol.com wrote: > > > Anyone know why perfectly flowing iMovie would look like a bad power > > point/slide presention (jittery stop & start) after burning onto (and running > > from) a cd? > > How did you burn it to a CD? CDs are relatively slow compared to hard > drives, and a movie saved at a high quality setting might just need faster > data transfers than your CD drive can provide... > > > ---------- > <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/MacDV.html>. > Send a message to <MacDV-DIGEST at themacintoshguy.com> to switch to the digest version. > > XRouter | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! > Dr. Bott | Now $139.99 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/xrouter.html> > > Cyberian | Support this list when you buy at Outpost.com! > Outpost | http://www.themacintoshguy.com/outpost.shtml > > MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only $879! > Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com>