Limit RAM used by Premiere Pro?

Bauzi · Post by **Bauzi** » Sun May 13, 2007 4:12 pm

I have the problem that Premiere shuts down or hooks up when it recheas the nearly 1,800GB of used RAM (uhm... this is overall used RAM with Windows XP and other stuff in the background).

If a process needs to much ram it will get shoot down automaticly by the OS. That´s what I know. So how can I limit the RAM that Premiere wants to get?

I don´t see there a function in the settings...

Please help! I use Premiere Pro 1.5
I love AE because you can set the RAM settings very good and clear =/

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Sun May 13, 2007 4:25 pm

unfortunately I don't think it can be done

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Sun May 13, 2007 4:25 pm

If you're editing with AVISynth scripts, you can use the <b>SetMemoryMax</b> command to limit the amount of RAM that AVISynth is allowed to use for each script. (Put something like SetMemoryMax(5) at the beginning of each script, or else use the GUI for the Premiere Pro AVISynth import plugin, which creates an auto-loading helper script in your AVISynth plugins directory called SetMemoryMax.avsi with just the SetMemoryMax line so that it will apply to all scripts that don't have a SetMemoryMax line already.)

If not, then I have no idea.

Bauzi · Post by **Bauzi** » Sun May 13, 2007 4:46 pm

I know about the GUI, but a look at it can´t be wrong at all.
Mhmm... SetMemoryMax was at 16.

I think that my Premiere was much more stable when I ran the whole system with 1GB RAM. =/

Let´s test a bit the new memorymax for avs...

unfortunately I don't think it can be done

I think that this is a bad failure of Premiere. Should be changed! AE solves it in such a nice, good and easy way .-.

Orzmella · Post by **Orzmella** » Mon May 14, 2007 2:40 am

Maybe you should try shutting down that " other staff in the background " ?
I am using 512 mb chip set and premiere pro , never felt a problem with lag in my life , it never even reaches the limit . I have no idea what you are running that 1.8gb is not enough for you !

AMV_4000 · Post by **AMV_4000** » Mon May 14, 2007 2:56 am

this is another reason why i wont upgrade from 6.5... i played with premiere pro on my friends comp, liked it, but it was running 800mb ram on average... and that was just running psd files.. all i can tell you is try downgrading?

Bauzi · Post by **Bauzi** » Mon May 14, 2007 3:19 am

Orzmella wrote:Maybe you should try shutting down that " other staff in the background " ?
I am using 512 mb chip set and premiere pro , never felt a problem with lag in my life , it never even reaches the limit .

Come on! Don´t think I´m a noob at that sort of things

Of course I close things I don´t need like the antivir guard or other stuff. What I was talking about were the system programs. Yesterday I tried to shut down the Windows XP interface. It´s strange when you have to start VDM with the task manager, but hey! I gained 33MB RAM xD

I have no idea what you are running that 1.8gb is not enough for you !

It´s so fuckin´ awesome. Premiere Pro puts more than 1GB into the RAM when it´s opened, but... It doesn´t need the harddisk for additional RAM. Everything goes in and out and because I have 4 512MB moduls... it´s damn fast and just awesome for editing.

I could try to import my Premiere Pro project into AE for better rendering, but...
1. I use avs and not vfapi.avi (or similar things for the avs)
2. There are some Keying effects that don´t work in AE (at least AE tells me when I wanted to try them out in it)
3. A whole 12 minute project with lot´s of cuts and stuff in AE? Think about all the layers! There HAS to be something wrong in the end .-.

Orzmella · Post by **Orzmella** » Mon May 14, 2007 3:29 am

Bauzi wrote: Come on! Don´t think I´m a noob at that sort of things

I am not ! ^^

Gepetto · Post by **Gepetto** » Mon May 14, 2007 11:39 am

I remember reading something somewhere about how you could create a key in any program's folder on the windows registry that would set a RAM ceiling just like what SetMemoryMax does, but I couldn't find it again (Google is not omniscient damn that online church).

Bauzi · Post by **Bauzi** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:47 pm

Gepetto wrote:I remember reading something somewhere about how you could create a key in any program's folder on the windows registry that would set a RAM ceiling just like what SetMemoryMax does, but I couldn't find it again (Google is not omniscient damn that online church).

I´m a IT students. I think that one of my tutors should know. I hope so

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