Hi, I'm running AE CS3 on Windows XP 64 bit. After working normally for months, it's suddenly crashing during previews and rendering. During renders the percentage of RAM usage rises quickly until it nears 85% (this is the amount of RAM I have allocated in the preferences), then crashes. It appears that AE is only using the physical RAM. I've tried switching Open GL on and off, moving the Conformed Media Cache from :C to another drive, reinstalling CS3 entirely - all with no effect. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Re: AE Crashes during Preview and Render HELP by Darby Edelen on Mar 17, 2008 at 6:21:36 pm
[Sterling Youngman]"During renders the percentage of RAM usage rises quickly until it nears 85% (this is the amount of RAM I have allocated in the preferences)"
If your Maximum RAM Cache is set to 85% it is far too high. Having a high value in this field will not benefit renders and significantly increases the chances that your memory will become fragmented and cause problems.
Try setting the value to 60% or lower.
Your Maximum Memory Usage can (and probably should) be above 100% as this allows for the usage of page files by the system. The default of 120% is a good value, entering values at 200% or above is not recommended.
Darby Edelen Designer Left Coast Digital Santa Cruz, CA
Re: AE Crashes during Preview and Render HELP by james aminzoserik on Mar 18, 2008 at 9:16:02 pm
Umm its just a quick question-----
I used to wonder how to export files with good quality from AEcs3 keeping the good quality and then I learned I had to render Que or something-now when I render or export it its good quality stays but the file's wayyyyy too big and wont be edited in other softwares like particle illusion.
I think the problem is that it is uncompressed but i don't know which compressor from the render Que has the best quality.Please Reply,
Thank-you
James
Re: AE Crashes during Preview and Render HELP by Dave LaRonde on Mar 18, 2008 at 10:18:21 pm
Wel,, that's pretty much been the conundrum forever with digital media: You can have high quality, or you can have small file size. Pick one, because you can't pick both.
Uncompressed is probably overkill. Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with windows codecs: I'm a Mac guy. Now, if you happen to run quicktime on your machine, I'd recommend the Animation codec set to best quality. It's not uncompressed, but it IS lossless.
