evilc is a genius

[Roger knockhill]

i had probs with software and the man really helped me out, all kinds of remote witch craft was done right before my eyes ! problem sorted now, if in doubt ask thats what i say, sony vegas 0 Roger 1 :p

[sir seymour]

that man stores too much technological information in his shiny noggin!

[evilc]

Well I thought if I am gonna be a lazy bastard and not put out many videos of my own, I may as well help people who are get theirs right.
You might wanna keep an eye on my video editing guide - still very much in the early stages but should ultimately cover everything I showed you and the theory behind it.

[sir seymour]

That's awesome clive, thanks for sharing. Now all i need is some fresh footage and a computer that doesn't try to cook itself when rendering!

[evilc]

Do you have a half decent graphics card? (ie nVidia or AMD).
If you do, there is often an option in many modern editors that let you use the graphics card to accelerate rendering (Thus taking load off the CPU).
Also, if your PC is overheating, you may want to try improving the cooling by either upgrading your cooler / fan, or even something as simple as replacing the thermal paste between the CPU and heatsink.
If it did not used to run as hot, chances are the fan is getting knackered or the thermal paste has dried out. It may even be caused by excessive dust (Use canned air) or bad routing of cables inside the case obstructing air flow, or even dust on the air intake.
Obviously I am talking desktops here, laptops are not very user serviceable.