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CS5: Unable to allocate # MB of memory…
I’m trying to use Soundkeys to create a particle animation, but I keep running into this error. I’m using After Effects CS5 and I have 8GB of RAM installed, 6.5 of which is allocated to After Effects. The song I’m trying to process is just over 5 minutes long. I can RAM preview just fine, but when I try to create the keyframes I get an error that says:
After Effects: Unable to allocate 0.454 MB of memory. Either decrease the memory requirements for the rendering of this frame, or install more RAM. (12803 / list).
It’s happened twice now, luckily this time I saved my project before trying to create the keyframes, but it’s getting really frustrating. I’m not rendering any frames, I’m creating keyframes, so what’s the issue? I think it might have to do with the framerate of Soundkeys, I have it set to use my comp framerate, which is 30. Since the song is 5 minutes long, that’s 27,000 keyframes it’s trying to create (9000 per range, all 3 ranges.) Could that be the issue?
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4 Replies
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Try limiting the number of processors that AE is using.
will I ever learn?!
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I’ve got render multiple frames disabled, though I’m on a dual core processor, I’ve always had issues with that option, so I should be using all 6 gigs on a single core.
What I ended up doing is lowering the keyframe rate of Sound Keys to 15 and that worked. I thought about going back and doing one range at a time at 30fps, but I’d gotten far enough in the project that I didn’t want to mess anything up.
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There is a nifty feature built right into the plugin that allows you to either use the Comp framerate, or specify your own.
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Hi I have also recently received this error. The strange thing is that the error arises even on previous save versions which I know for sure worked less than a week ago.
I know my system is outdated (a 2008 mbp w/ 4gb ram) but it was working fine on my project. The only things I’ve done recently were replace the screen, and take out and put back the RAM. The screen works fine, and the ram is perfectly recognized.
Any idea what gives?
I’ve tried:
resetting PRAM
purging cache
starting with caps lock on (so it doesn’t try rendering the frame)
resetting AE settingsI’m really boggled.
Thanks
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