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  • Project file is extremely bloated

    Posted by Aaron Isaacs on October 18, 2012 at 10:21 am

    17Gb! For the past month or so my auto-saves have been taking a very long time to complete, and now my file is so large that I cannot open it. Three of my auto-saves are 6Gb and two are 3Gb (I would think that they would be larger…). I tried opening one of the 3Gb files, but after 24 hours and it only loading 33% I gave up. I need to get into my project and start working ASAP. I am relatively new to Premiere so this was a very big shock to me.

    I am currently trying to load the available sequences to import into another project from a 3Gb auto-save, but that will probably take several days (if not crash entirely).

    My computer should be more than capable of handling this situation, but I think premiere is rather ill-equipped to do so.

    What should I do? Continue trying to import certain sequences from the auto-save into a new project? Attempt to load the auto-save (by waiting 3+ days)? Attempt to load the master file (and wait some absurd amount of time)?

    Is there a way to split the project file into smaller components outside of Premiere without damaging anything?

    I am sorry for the long list of questions. I am rather desperate at the moment since I need to get to this project as soon as possible and don’t want to resort to re-editing it (yikes!).

    I am looking forward to as much help as possible!


    For those interested in my specs (if it might help):

    i7 3770k 3.5ghz, 2X 8gb corsair vengeance ram sticks, asus maximus V motherboard, gtx 670 OC (4gb). And windows 7….

    Aaron Isaacs replied 13 years, 9 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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