4 Replies Latest reply on Aug 4, 2011 9:01 AM by the_wine_snob

Sharing with Windows Media fails.

Leif Enger Aug 4, 2011 7:31 AM

I've been using Premiere Elements 9 with good success the past six months, transferring finished videos to an external hard drive using the Windows Media option in the Share window. Today, however, the operation won't complete - status bar reaches 50 or 60 percent before it fails with the message, "Windows Media is out of memory." How do I free up more memory?

Thanks in advance for any replies --

1. Re: Sharing with Windows Media fails.

Steve Grisetti Aug 4, 2011 8:04 AM (in response to Leif Enger)

How much free, freshly defragmented space is on your C drive? When did you last clear the tmp files from this drive?

Are you editing to your C drive or to another hard drive? Is this drive formatted NTFS or FAT32 (as they come from the factory)? FAT32 drives have a file size limitation that often chokes video editing.

Finally, what are you using as source video for your video project? If you are using photos, have you ensured that they are no larger than 1000x750 pixels in size, per the FAQs to the right of this forum?
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2. Re: Sharing with Windows Media fails.

the_wine_snob Aug 4, 2011 8:20 AM (in response to Leif Enger)

Leif,

Welcome to the forum.

Along with Steve's tips and questions, this ARTICLE addresses Resources/Memory issues on Windows machines.

Good luck,

Hunt
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Leif Enger Aug 4, 2011 8:55 AM (in response to Steve Grisetti)

Thanks for the quick responses! I'm off to read the referenced articles. Certain large still photos in my latest video may be the problem.

Leif
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the_wine_snob Aug 4, 2011 9:01 AM (in response to Leif Enger)

Leif,

Even if PrE can handle large Still Images, they sap the resources in a big hurry. See this ARTICLE for more background, and tips on resizing in Batch w/ either PSE, or PS. Note: the article was written when SD material was the norm, and Video Frames were 720 x 480, or 720 x 576. Further down, HD Frame sizes are mentioned. Still, all of the theory still hold, but the max sizes went up for HD.

Good luck,

Hunt
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