I've been experiencing this problem ever since I upgraded to Windows 7. I first attributed it to using an older PC and an IDE hard drive and a small amount of ram. But now I've moved to a new PC that shouldn't be hindering the editing program at all. My CPU and RAM utilization while editing and during preview barely touches 20%. So I'm a little stumped for a cause other then editing with CS3 on Windows7 Pro 64bit.
Basically, as the title suggests, when I preview my timeline in premier the audio will randomly cut out for 2~5 second intervals randomly. This generally only takes place when I've rendered the timeline but not always. I'm editing with UTVideo files and WAV audio. My render codec is pic-video mjpeg that I've never had issues with since I started using it like 9 years ago. Basically, when the audio cuts out I don't hear the audio and the in the audio master meter I keep next to the timeline the audio level just drops off. It'll then pick back up again in 2~5 seconds only to drop in another 2~5 seconds.
The real odd thing is that there is no pause, slowdown, or anything in the video playback. It's just the audio that does this. Video data takes a lot more bandwidth to move then audio, so I'm really confused about this error that I was expecting to leave behind when I built the new PC.
Any ideas?









