I have had VideoPad for at least 6or 7 years. It used to be fine. Something changed a few years back that made everything run extremely slow. To import a simple 2gb 20 minute file and try to edit it takes FOREVER. It is always either waiting for the audio to sync up or something similar. Often times it makes my whole screen go black for several seconds every time I make an edit. I had the newest version (paid for) but that has even more bugs, so I went back to Version :??? (which is just as slow, but has fewer of the crappy bugs).
It is NOT (REPEAT NOT) my computer. I have plenty of RAM, Memory, etc. I run Premiere, After Effects and other much more intensive editing programs without hitches or issues. It is this program. So many people have the same problem - there HAS to be a fix other than saying to check the cache (which I've done) or dropbox us the file (which is irrelevant since just about EVERYONE seems to have the same issues).
I really want to like this program. It can be so simple and better to use that Premiere for my smaller projects. But SOMETHING has to be done to fix these bugs. It's CRAZY. Is anyone else able to come up with some solutions? Editing a program by saying "I dont feel like waiting so this cut is good enough" is not a great way to edit.