Large File Rendering Limitations

bryan-mcfarland wrote on 1/7/2018, 5:37 PM

Using Movie Edit Pro Plus

I've been rendering 5-10 minute movies in 2.7K using Motion JPEG AVI. I now have about 20 of these that I want to splice together into one movie. The problem is the total file sizes equal about 230GB. Even using proxy files, I'm afraid I'll blow up my computer or start a black hole.

Here are my computer's unimpressive stats:

Lenovo ideacentre 510A - 15ABR running Windows 10, 64 bit

Processor: AMD A12 - 12 compute cores 4C + 8G at 3.8ghz

12GB RAM with 36GB Readyboost virtual memory.

GeForce GT 710 graphics card (GPU base clocked at 954mghz, 2GB DDR3 memory clocked at 1.8GBps)

Bottom Line: What are my computer's limitations regarding rendering file size?

Comments

emmrecs wrote on 1/8/2018, 4:35 AM

First, can you tell us exactly which version of MEP Plus you have? You can find the details under Help>About.

Second, I have to ask, why are you choosing to use MJPEG-AVI output, inevitably resulting in huge file sizes? What is the format of your source files? What is the intended destination for your new, merged video?

Third, I assume when you write total file sizes equal about 230GB you are referring to the total size of your 20 existing files? If so, I suspect MEP will be able to handle the project, albeit potentially VERY SLOWLY, but to what format are you intending to export the new footage and do you have enough free HDD space to accommodate both the source files and their exported version? Also, your 12 GB RAM, even with the additional virtual memory, might slightly "choke" on the throughput of data required, I think.

Jeff

RogerGunkel wrote on 1/8/2018, 7:17 AM

I am also surprised that you are using the MJPEG-AVI format. I regularly export movies filmed in 4k with total lengths of 90-120minutes. I always use mp4 and would expect a 120 min file to be in the range of 15-30Gbs depending on the bitrate I choose.

As Jeff said, your Ram could present a bottleneck although not necessarily so. The AMD CPU is also likely to be slower than the equivalent Intel with the Magix software.

Roger

bryan-mcfarland wrote on 1/8/2018, 8:49 AM

I am also surprised that you are using the MJPEG-AVI format. I regularly export movies filmed in 4k with total lengths of 90-120minutes. I always use mp4 and would expect a 120 min file to be in the range of 15-30Gbs depending on the bitrate I choose.

As Jeff said, your Ram could present a bottleneck although not necessarily so. The AMD CPU is also likely to be slower than the equivalent Intel with the Magix software.

Roger

See the reason why I'm exporting in this particular format here: https://www.magix.info/us/forum/export-problems--1201123/#ca1369356

bryan-mcfarland wrote on 1/8/2018, 8:50 AM

So it sounds like if I can resolve my MP4 export problems that the new files will be much more manageable. I'll focus on that for now.

emmrecs wrote on 1/8/2018, 9:23 AM

@bryan-mcfarland

As demonstrated by Roger's reply on this thread, the fact that you have two parallel threads running on a similar problem is creating difficulties for other posters, who may well not see the "other" thread.

Hence, I will lock this thread and simply add a link to the parallel one.

https://www.magix.info/us/forum/export-problems--1201123/#ca1369356

Jeff
Forum Moderator