sony pro vegas 9.0a render problem, error message

[Lee Hayward]

i managed to get a pic of the render of main project at 0% before the error, i think its related to system low on memory(suprise suprise) could i buy more ram, i have a 32 bit dell xps m1530 with dual core processor with 3 gb ram, if i can upgrade ram what would be ideal could i upgrade to 4gb ram 5gm ram? if so what and where i can i look for this.

i thinks its strange that i only get this error now even though i have rendered these projects many times before. could it be a memory leak? maybe defragment again, clean re-install (did this couple months back)

paging file is 6144

render peak

[Norman Willis]

Lee, please give us detailed system specs.
What is your processor?
Amount and type of RAM?
How did you get 3GB RAM in conjunction with a CoreDuo?
Do you have 2 each 1GB sticks, and 2 each .5 GB sticks?
With 3GB RAM, paging file should be 3 x 1.5 = 4.5GB.
With 4GB RAM, paging file should be 4 x 1.5 = 6GB.
Are the minimum and maximum size on your paging file the same?

More RAM is always better. RAM is cheap nowadays.
And please run F12 on startup, and run system diagnostics on your RAM.

Norman Willis
http://www.nazareneisrael.org
servant@nazareneisrael.org

[Lee Hayward]

i dont know where to start.

how can i find all this information?

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 DUO CPU T8100 @ 2.10GHz 2.10GHz
3.00GB RAM ( how can i find the type )
32-bit operating system

( i had my paging file on 3gb x 1.5 but i upscaled it to, 3gb x 2 )
( min and max are the same )

i dont know how the ram is like if its 1 2gb and 1 1gb or 2 1gbs and 2 0.5gbs i couldnt say, how i can find this out.

if i can i would like to install more RAM what would be ideal? 4gb ram?5 gb ram? will this fix the problem at hand?

[John Rofrano]

> if i can i would like to install more RAM what would be ideal? 4gb ram?5 gb ram? will this fix the problem at hand?

You already have all the RAM that your 32-bit operating system can handle. Buying more RAM would be throwing money away. You would need a 64-bit OS to take advantage of more than 3GB of RAM and you would need a 64-bit CPU to run a 64-bit OS.

I would send the report to Sony has your screen capture shows. I am reading a lot of problems with memory and rendering to WMV with Vegas (I don’t know I don’t use WMV for anything). It is more than likely not something you can fix. Report it to Sony.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Norman Willis]

>>i dont know how the ram is like if its 1 2gb and 1 1gb or 2 1gbs and 2 0.5gbs i couldnt say, how i can find this out.

Contact Dell. They will know. If you have a Dell Support Center icon in your task tray, double-click on that.

>>if i can i would like to install more RAM what would be ideal?

The hypothetical ideal is 4GB, but be aware that Vista 32 only uses about 3.5 of that. Additionally, you can also put a fast SDHC card in an SDHC card reader (if your model has one), or a fast ‘Windows ReadyBoost’ thumb drive in a USB port and enable it for “Windows ReadyBoost”, which gives a slight bump available RAM (and hence a slight bump up in speed).

[Norman Willis]

>>You already have all the RAM that your 32-bit operating system can handle. Buying more RAM would be throwing money away. You would need a 64-bit OS to take advantage of more than 3GB of RAM and you would need a 64-bit CPU to run a 64-bit OS.

I would send the report to Sony has your screen capture shows. I am reading a lot of problems with memory and rendering to WMV with Vegas (I don’t know I don’t use WMV for anything). It is more than likely not something you can fix. Report it to Sony.

I just read this.

I do not mean to contradict you, John, as you obviously know lots more about computers and Vegas than I do. But I have been told that Vista 32 can recognize 3.5GB of RAM. Is that wrong?

I apologize I did not pick up on the WMV thing.

Norman Willis
http://www.nazareneisrael.org
servant@nazareneisrael.org