[jitter] Re: Jitter Video Playback - Amatuer or Professional Grade?

Can anyone run me through exactly why Jitter can't run smoothly at 30fps (or 25fps)?

I can understand it when you're doing lots of complicated processing. But when you're just trying to play back a quicktime with a few objects in the chain? And the processors are barely breaking into a sweat?

Is it to do with where Jitter is getting it's timing from? From other posts I'm presuming that the metro object is not up to the task...

Is it a deep-rooted issue that is intrinsic to the program architecture? Or is it something that could be sorted out with a 'timing external' or something similar?

Could the output be buffered in some way to make it smoother? Even an additional frame delay would be tolerable if it was predictable and gave smooth output. This issue is the single thing that stops me using Jitter for a whole bunch of 'professional' projects. Looking forward to doing my design work with a graphics tablet, a Lemur, a Matrox MXO  and a (rented in) HD deck. Someday?