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  AE Allocating Memory Error

  Posted by Dominic Den drijver on July 5, 2013 at 3:52 pm

  Good day all,

  I recently built a new computer, and with that i thought it was time to move from AE CS4 to CS6. Well thats having some problems for me. I am keep having a RAM error, which I think I shouldn’t get. These are my system specs;

  i7 3770
  GTX 660
  12GB RAM

  When i start after effects the RAM usage is about 30% on my desktop but the longer i’m in after effects it keeps building up till a 100% and then it crashes giving me this message;

  “after effects: unable to allocate 0,002 MB of memory. Either decrease the memoty requirements for the rendering of this frame, or install more RAM.”

  I think 12GB should be okay? I ran CS4 with 8GB.. Also the thing is that in de memory settings i located 8gb of the total 12gb to AE but in the rendering orocess of a simple video it crashed while AE was using 11.2 GB :S How can that happen? It can only use 8GB. Does anyone know how to stop it from crashing, i’m really desperate because i need to make a video for someone with a deadline, thanks!

  Heres a screenshot of the crash: naamloos.jpg

  Daniele Bonazza replied 10 years, 10 months ago 5 Members · 7 Replies
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  Walter Soyka

  July 6, 2013 at 1:57 am

  That’s strange — what’s going on in the comp? What kinds of footage and effects?

  Can you post a screenshot of your memory & multiprocessing settings?

  Have you tried resetting your preferences by holding Ctrl+Alt+Shift (Windows) or Command+Option+Shift (Mac OS) while the application is starting?

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  Dominic Den drijver

  July 8, 2013 at 9:02 pm

  Well the comp was the easiest possible. 2 Avi’s and 1 text layer.
  I’ll try to reset is that way, hope it works..

  Can it be something with my GPU drivers or maybe because it is installed on a SSD?

  here’s the picture: temp.png
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  Dominic Den drijver

  July 11, 2013 at 8:58 pm

  Well i’ve updated AE, added my GPU to the supported OpenGL list, changed my setting according to this: https://www.studio1productions.com/Articles/AfterEffects.htm and tried to reset my preferences.. nothing worked.

  But the thing is, it works for like 10 minutes on a stable 6.9 / 7.1 GB RAM, which seems normal to me.. but suddenly it starts growing up to 11 GB.. Its freaking me out because I need to render a video for a party next month :(((

  please help!

  here are some pics of the error: crash1.png and crash2.png

  Someone sayed that re installing AE would help, would it?
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  Alex Ezorsky

  November 23, 2013 at 7:14 am

  Hey, I have the same problem, did you find a solution?

  Thanks
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  Dominic Den drijver

  November 23, 2013 at 8:45 am

  Unfortunally not.. I have to work around it. Sometimes it holds on longer than other times 🙁
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  Todd Kopriva

  December 14, 2013 at 8:32 pm

  The After Effects CC (12.2) update fixes this:
  https://adobe.ly/AE_CC_12dot2_details

  Let us know how it works for you after you’ve installed the update.

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  Daniele Bonazza

  October 17, 2015 at 9:35 pm

  I have the same problem, but worst!

  

  it happens everytime I try to ram preview every kind of footage.

  AE CC 13.5.0
  OS X 10.10.5

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