PPro CS3 Unreliable. Howz my spec?

[Ann Bens]

You need to get a second disk.
One disk just for the OS and all the programs and nothing else.
The other one (the largest one) for all your footage, projects etc.

[Brad Foubister]

Hi,
Thank you very much for the response.

I do actually have another disk installed that I haven’t used yet.

I’m gathering I keep the CS3 suite on Disk C:/ and put all my footage and projects on D:/ (??)

May I ask (as I’m pretty much at the beginner level) how that improves the performance?

Thanks.

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[Vince Becquiot]

If you only have one disk, the drive heads have to constantly seek back and forth between the OS and the footage requests, and you quickly reach the disk maximum read speed. The result is freezing and sometimes crashes.

The best setup would actually include a RAID 0, combining 2 or more disks dedicated to your footage and allow even greater read throughput.

Vince Becquiot
Director | Editor

Kaptis Studios
San Francisco – Bay Area

[Brad Foubister]

Thank you for the explanation.
I see.

I did a quick read through on Wikipedia about the RAID system.

At this stage I wouldn’t know where to begin 😛

But, thanks to your answer, I understand how a computer works a bit more. And it makes sense to me.

In the mean time, I’m stripping my project down to the bare footage and will try to rebuild it. . . *sigh*

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[Jeff Brown]

You could also add your 2nd disc, then copy all your footage & project files over to it. Rename the (project and footage) folder(s) on your original disc, so the new version can’t “find” it. Open from the 2nd disc, a search requestor will come up, select the “missing” footage on the new disc, and all the rest should be magically found. You’re now running off the new setup.

Also, embrace the idea of “incremental save”: even for a short project, I’ll have many project files, via “save as”.
Example:
myEdit_01.prproj
myEdit_02.prproj
myEdit_03.prproj

Essentially, when I reach the point I don’t want to repeat my work should I hose things, I save a new version. If things go horribly wrong, I can step back one version without losing too much work.

hope it helps,
-jeff

[Eddie Lotter]

[Brad Foubister] “I’m pretty much at the beginner”

You will find links to many free tutorials in the PremiereProPedia that will quickly show you how things are done in Premiere Pro.

Cheers
Eddie

[Brad Foubister]

Very helpful.
Thank you.

I will follow all your advice.
It makes sense as I see my first disk quickly filling up everytime I run back into the office with a loaded HD tape. 😉

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[Brad Foubister]

Thank you again.
And for introducing me to wikia.com
Very helpful.

Most appreciated,
Brad

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[Eddie Lotter]

You’re very welcome.

Most people learn better by being shown how things work. That’s the beauty of tutorials. 🙂

Cheers
Eddie

[Brad Foubister]

And it is a fantastic thing to hear from people who understand that. 😉

Instead of a link to the 184 page ‘Help/Instructions’ page.

Thanks again
Brad

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