MM2 & Memory ??

> Great Olu, I've been looking for some help on my new Problem Solving...
> Can't Save a Movie page. Any and all of your comments about it are

>
> Join us in the SimplyDV.com MM2 forum also, where we have an ongoing

> going - Another 'stops saving problem...', where we are exploring the
> relationship between project complexity and memory. There's a link to the
> forum at the bottom of the Online... Forums page.
>
> The length of the timeline isn't the issue. I've saved a 22 hour movie on

> laptop with 144MB of actual RAM. It's probably the complexity issue - but
> the complexity issue is - UR!!! Oh!!! complex.
>
> I think chalking up a saving problem to complexity and suggesting more RAM
> is too simplistic an answer. But, I have a long way to go yet to pull
> together that new page. But, it's off to a good start.
>
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> PapaJohn
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> "Olu" <oluodeniyi@totalise.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:99DUa.52205$xd5.3060651@stones.force9.net...

> > Being a veteran of MM2 issues and problems I have remebered every word

> > Papajohn's website backwards (:-) - thanks PPJ). However, I am trying to
> > clarify how MM2 works in a little more detail when saving projects.
> >
> > My issue is I have 256MB RAM and whilst I have saved AVI files of 2.5GB

> > the past MM2 freezes if I try to save a file more than 16MB in size. I

> > aware of the normal work-arounds & MS knowledge Base articles.
> >
> > When MM2 is loaded with my project (5 mins long - 89MB recommended file

> save

> > size) I have 70MB RAM available. When trying to save this reduces to ~

> 20MB.

> > Above 16MB and MM2 crashes with % completion in proportion to the size

> > the target file (ie 20MB gets 38%, 40MB 20%, etc).
> >
> > So I probably need more RAM although I (& believe PPJ) have saved larger
> > movies with 256MB RAM. I have ruled H/W out due to the precise

> reproductive

> > nature of the issue. So anyone know how MM2 uses RAM as it is saving?

> Anyone

> > know how to validate pagefile is working properly?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> >

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> Being a veteran of MM2 issues and problems I have remebered every word of
> Papajohn's website backwards (:-) - thanks PPJ). However, I am trying to
> clarify how MM2 works in a little more detail when saving projects.
>
> My issue is I have 256MB RAM and whilst I have saved AVI files of 2.5GB in
> the past MM2 freezes if I try to save a file more than 16MB in size. I am
> aware of the normal work-arounds & MS knowledge Base articles.
>
> When MM2 is loaded with my project (5 mins long - 89MB recommended file

> size) I have 70MB RAM available. When trying to save this reduces to ~

> Above 16MB and MM2 crashes with % completion in proportion to the size of
> the target file (ie 20MB gets 38%, 40MB 20%, etc).
>
> So I probably need more RAM although I (& believe PPJ) have saved larger
> movies with 256MB RAM. I have ruled H/W out due to the precise

> nature of the issue. So anyone know how MM2 uses RAM as it is saving?

> know how to validate pagefile is working properly?
>
> thanks,
>
>