Adobe Prem 6.5 crashing under heavy workload

[Vincent Rosati]

Ugh! I feel your pain, brother. I know what it is to want to cry on Premiere.
Premiere does write temp files, for your project, but you always need to have your source files.
However, if you’ve sorted and removed unneeded files from the project, you could shut down Premiere, delete all of the temp files, reopen the project, and let Premiere rebuild only the needed temps.
It would probably be good to run a defragmentation, after the temp files are rebuilt.
Premiere likes to use many smaller clipped scene files, rather than large multi-scene files.
Look at Project/Project Settings/General/Playback Settings to see that no resources are being used to display on DV hardware, if applicable.
Check Edit/Preferences/Scratch Disks to see that you’re utilizing all of your hardware resources.
You could try Project/Project Manager, and create a new trimmed project.

Just some ideas

Vince

[Tig Hogg]

Hey,
thanks for the reply. Could u possibly walk me through how i would execute this process of deleting real files and leaving temps? sorry im feeling a bit new about this.
Thanks for the quick reply nevertheless

[Tig Hogg]

A thought,
would it also be possible to separate my bins into individual adobe projects? That way i could work on sections at a time, export to AVI then when that is done import them all back into a master file? Could i cut and paste clips from one project to another?

[Vincent Rosati]

First, I’d try to Create a New Trimmed Project. If there are clips in your project that aren’t being used, this is the easiest way to separate resources that aren’t being used. It will move only the materials that are being used in the project into a new location.
Results may vary, depending on how you clipped your source material and the codec that the files are in.
Project/Project Manager/Create a New Trimmed Project.

“would it also be possible to separate my bins into individual adobe projects?”
I’m sure you could. I’ve never done that, but you could probably just Save your project in as many versions as you wanted, than delete all of the parts that you don’t need in each project.
Although, it would be more typical to create new sequences, within the existing project, for each portion that you want to isolate.
Than, finally, you would nest all of these ‘isolated sequences’ into one ‘master’ sequence. This is generally referred to as ‘nesting sequences’.

“this process of deleting real files and leaving temps?”
I may have confused you. You do need all of the source files that are used in the project. However, you can delete your temp files. This can sometimes help to fix performance issues.
Different versions of Premiere generate temp files differently. I’m in PP1.5. My temp files are in folders called ‘Conformed Audio Files’ and ‘Adobe Premiere Pro Preview Files’. The actual files have really long names, you can delete these.

It sounds like you’re managing a large project. It isn’t easy, there’s a lot of considerations to make at every step.

You might want to look at this thread. It covers system optimizing…
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/205/871353

Also, many cameras output MPEG files. If your files are MPEG, I’d consider converting the footage to an intermediate codec prior to import, in the future. It greatly reduces strain on your system.

For more detailed help, consider filling out your profile with all of your specs – OS, hardware, software, camera, etc.

🙂

Vince

[Tig Hogg]

Thanks 4 the help!
The latest dilemma is that my brand new Maxtor Basics External HDD has taken its own life…i feel slightly better in knowing that I am definately not the first Maxtor customer this has happened to. By the looks of things il have to kiss goodbye to all my captured footage, get a new and equally shite Maxtor on warranty then start the process again. To avoid the problems I’ve been having I think Il just try and capture the footage I require, I’ll take the advice you’ve given on board tho, thanks!

[Vincent Rosati]

Oh Man!:( Did you try to install the drive on another computer? I have an external USB drive that my system won’t recognize. It works on Mac and newer PCs, though. The motherboard manufacturer says that I need to install a PCI-USB 2.0 card with a compatible chipset. My onboard USB is 1.1 that is upgraded to 2.0 by software only. It’s crazy.

Vince

[Hamanda Benevides]

I would certainly take a

I'm doing Oum video
Folder and the video is already com 48 gb, Are some 10 video together…And due to that the Adobe premire so is giving error and stopped, I think it is because of file size…
I wonder if I delete the temporary folder's arquvios, The video files will be deleted?

Please help!!

Vlww!

[Vincent Rosati]

Yes, you can delete your temporary files. You can also delete your Auto-Save files, but I would keep a few of these, if you are still working in the projects.

Vince