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Premiere Pro CS4 CONSTANTLY crashing
I’m losing my mind. This program is constantly crashing while editing during a host of functions: rendering, trimming, titling – you name it. I’m under the gun here and I’m going crazy. Please help me make this system more stable:
Premiere Pro CS4
Windows XP Pro V.2002
SP3
Dell Precision PWS 690 Quad Core
Intel Xeon CPU
E5320 @ 1.86Ghz
1.86 Ghz, 3.00 GB RamThanks in advance. Dyin ovah heah.
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5 Replies
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are you running the latest CS4 updates ?
how large is your project?
what sort of media are you using ? SD/HD 1080i ? HDV ?
more system specs please!
~Peter Berthet
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HDV 1080i NTSC project
1/2 hour TV show. Close to 700 clips.
Dell Precision 690 Tower / Quad core. 4g Ram / @ 1.86GhzI’ve tweaked everything I know how to tweak and the problem seems to be isolated to rendering at this point. I have my RAM maxed out. I defrag frequently.
I have all of my footage, etc. on one internal drive. I have all of my previews going to another internal drive. Nothing going to the C drive and nothing going to a fourth internal drive.
Is this a scratch disc issue? How should they be set up?
What else could be causing this? It’s killing me.
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Did you check the performance tab in Windows to see if you are exceeding your physical RAM ? It’s quite possible in you are working in 64 bits.
Other causes could be background programs. No antivirus, spyware remover, etc.
Vince Becquiot
Kaptis Studios
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If I’m running 32 bit XP I can’t be working at 64 can I? No programs running in the background. Just crashed (hard) again. Third time this afternoon. Each time was during a render.
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Do watch that memory, it does go up at its highest during render and playback, I’d say there’s a good chance that’s the issue. Basically as the projects get larger, you’ll need faster drives (possibly RAID) and more memory.
Vince Becquiot
Kaptis Studios
San Francisco – Bay Area
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