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Video editing and file size limitations

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by randyh

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I have a client which is trying to convert a movie from mpeg back to ai format so it can be dumped back to his digital camera. In the process of assembling the file the editing software gets to about 15% complete and quits with hard drive is full. Talking to the editing software maker, they said to switch to ntfs file system with windows 2000. In doing so the file size of non complete ai format file went from 2.3 gig to 2.9 gig but the edit still isn't complete. Note the machine is a pentiumIII 500, 128 meg ram, 15 gig and 40 gig drive with the temporary file and finish product file stored on the 40 gig drive. When the error comes up there is 30 gig of space still available on drive d, and c still has 10 gig free. Suggestions?

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by gmscne

Can I ask you:
What settings are used for virtual memory?
Would the video camera accept ntsc video in?
What is ai format?

by randyh

Virtual memory is controlled by windows 2000. The purpose for doing the digital editing is to minimize loss of picture quality. Going to ntsc format drops the lines of resolution to under 300 and adds noise because you are now placing the signal on a carrier called ntsc.

by ann777

I suggest you run a defragmentation on your system... it could be looking for contiguous space available on the hdd.

But to me, this sounds like a memory issue more than a storage issue.

I suggest you look at the registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software Microsoft CurrentVersion Run (and the other runs) and backup/remove any of those that you do not need to be occupying memory.

Then test and see if you get better results.

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