4 Replies Latest reply: Nov 19, 2010 2:50 PM by JSS1138 RSS

    Why CS4 freezes when drag clips to time line ?

    nathapushpa Community Member

      Hi, I am using CS4 whenI grab and drop all the clips at onece on the time line most of the clips at the end freezes. The clips in the start of the time line plays ok on time line and but when it reaches blank clips, CS4 seems freezes and I have to select CTRL+ALT+DEL to getout which will distroy all data on time line. I am using Dell Precision T7500, 2.4GHz Proc, 12GB DDR3 RAM with ECC, Nvidia Qudro FX 3800 with 1Gb memory, RAID 5 sys with 3 600GB, SAS HDDs(but shows as only one big HDD, ie. 1.09 TB total in C:\ and my data and project/scratch disk data saved in USB connected external HDD. All my OS and Prgrams saved in C:\ drive. I would really appreciate for any advice I can try to get rid of long lasted problem...Ur help is much appreciated. Thx.

        • 1. Re: Why CS4 freezes when drag clips to time line ?
          John T Smith CommunityMVP

          >data and project/scratch disk data saved in USB connected external HDD

           

          I don't think a USB drive has a fast enough data throughput for video editing

           

          Do a test using your RAID to see if that works

          • 2. Re: Why CS4 freezes when drag clips to time line ?
            nathapushpa Community Member

            Thx John for ur advice...But can u please tell me by step-by-step instructions. U r talking to a man with unfamiliar with RAID systems. Thx..

            • 3. Re: Why CS4 freezes when drag clips to time line ?
              Harm Millaard CommunityMVP

              You have made a giant mistake in setting up your disks like that. Your currently have:

               

              1. A gigantic 1.09 TB raid5 for OS & program, which is very fast (around 170 MB/s transfer rate) of which you use about 40 GB.

               

              2. A very slow USB drive that is only suitable for backups (around 20 MB/s transfer rate).

               

              What you should do is:

               

              1. Get a new Samsung F4 320 GB disk for OS & proagrams ( around € 30) or better. The F4 gives the best bang-for-the-buck.

               

              2. Use the raid5 for all your other requirements, projects, media, media cache, etc.

               

              3. Use the USB disk for backups and possibly for exports,

               

              You will likely get transfer rates around 120 MB/s for 1, 170 MB/s for 2 and 20 MB/s for 3.

               

              This € 30 investment will increase your performance significantly.

               

              To paraphrase Armstrong: "A small step for man, a giant step for mankind", would tramslate into: "A small investment for you, a giant step in your performance".

              • 4. Re: Why CS4 freezes when drag clips to time line ?
                JSS1138 CommunityMVP

                However good the advice of the others may be, your hard drive setup should not cause Premiere to freeze so that you have to CTRL+ALT+DELETE to get out of it.  If that's happening, something else is likely going on here.

                 

                However, I'm not quite understanding your original post.  What do you mean when you say when playback reaches the blank clips, CS4 freezes.  What are the "blank clips"?