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Scarface · Post by **Scarface** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 2:41 pm

okay...i've learned adobe premiere a long time ago..but i wanna switch an editing app cause premiere is killing my RAM
i need an app that doesn't take a lot of RAM
but still has a lot of options and stuffz like that...something like ulead msp
here's a bunch of stuffz i really need in an editing app:
1.2(and more)tracks of video and audio
2.keyframing(and not an annoying one like msp's keyframing...something like adobe's keyframing...so i can time it to the waveform)
3.matting
4.basic effects

and it must'nt use all of my 256MB of RAM...my poor RAM...

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 2:51 pm

It would be smarter (and cheaper) to buy more RAM instaid. A second 256 won't set you back $50 if you know where to look.

-Zero

aznfs · Post by **aznfs** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 3:30 pm

as video editing editing goes;; u would be better off with more RAM;; ram generally doesnt cost very much anymore anyway;; i think vegas jacks more ram than premiere does

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 3:38 pm

Yea, changing your editing app isn't gunna let you use less ram. Its the video that uses your ram, not your app.

Seles · Post by **Seles** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 8:33 am

aznfs wrote:as video editing editing goes;; u would be better off with more RAM;; ram generally doesnt cost very much anymore anyway;; i think vegas jacks more ram than premiere does

That's true that Vegas uses more ram than Premiere unfortunately. But here's the key to use the Premiere program, and not have your ram swallowed up by it:

Turn off all unecessary programs that you don't need to be running. Such as: any bittorrent client, most if not all messenger programs, any other Adobe programs that you might have running, Winamp, and your web browser. If you have less that 256 ram, then this is the best way to get Premiere to run smoothly and for your computer to like you again. Remember, every program uses up ram, these are just some of the programs that uses the most of it like Premiere.

Hope this helps ^_^x

Seles · Post by **Seles** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 8:34 am

This goes for 256 as well.

Seles wrote:
aznfs wrote:as video editing editing goes;; u would be better off with more RAM;; ram generally doesnt cost very much anymore anyway;; i think vegas jacks more ram than premiere does

That's true that Vegas uses more ram than Premiere unfortunately. But here's the key to use the Premiere program, and not have your ram swallowed up by it:

Turn off all unecessary programs that you don't need to be running. Such as: any bittorrent client, most if not all messenger programs, any other Adobe programs that you might have running, Winamp, and your web browser. If you have less that 256 ram, then this is the best way to get Premiere to run smoothly and for your computer to like you again. Remember, every program uses up ram, these are just some of the programs that uses the most of it like Premiere.

Hope this helps ^_^x

SS5_Majin_Bebi · Post by **SS5_Majin_Bebi** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 8:52 am

Zarxrax wrote:Yea, changing your editing app isn't gunna let you use less ram. Its the video that uses your ram, not your app.

Although he does have a point; Premiere is a notorious resource whore, lol.

Scar - you should try putting a "SetMemoryMax" line in your AVS scripts, if thats what you use to edit. It tells AVISynth to only use a certain amount, so that your system doesn't chug like a model-T ford.

I have 768mb of RAM, and if I don't put a SMM line in my AVS scripts, it even slows my system down. so yeah, get more RAM and try that.

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 9:15 am

Zero Serenity wrote: A second 256 won't set you back $50 if you know where to look.

Indeed.

I'd recommend getting at least 1GB of RAM into your system, if your motherboard will reliably support it. That amount of memory can be had very cheaply -- I bought two Corsair ValueSelect 512MB PC3200 (i.e. DDR400) DIMMs for around $179, and two Corsair ValueSelect 512MB PC2700 (DDR266) SODIMMs for about the same price.

The only situation I can think of where memory will eat you alive is if you bought RDRAM for some insane reason, like running in an older P4 configuration...

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:59 pm

*About to get a system together running 16 GBs of ECC RAM*

A question I should be asking is what system you have. Did you make it yourself is it manufactured? What can you tell us about the board, processor and RAM that's already in it? How much you willing to blow on this?

From here I can help you get another stick (or two) going for your machine.

But for me? I just prefer the "Fire and Forget" system. If you're rendering anything for any reason, just get up and do something else then come back.

-Zero

post-it · Post by **post-it** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 9:42 pm

Scarfac3 wrote:okay...I learned adobe premiere a long time ago - but i wanna switch an editing app cause premiere is killing my RAM ... it must'nt use all of my 256MB of RAM ...

. and will look like "hell" when its finished; I use 512 meg of RAM - that's it.
If a NEW Video Editing System has been released, over the past 10 years,
chances are I've had it.
MGI
Lumier
Ulead
MagiX
Descreet 4 - 6.0 ( formerly terriant )
Primiere 4.0 lite - Primiere 6
Asymetrix DVP 2 - 7
AiST MediaMania
AiST MovieDV's
. it really makes no differance which Application you use; more memory is
just a Moral-Imparative!

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