my project is suddenly very slow & crashes often

kate-m wrote on 9/23/2021, 8:24 AM

does anybody know how many big files Movie Edit Pro can take?

I've put in many pictures, which each have the size between 10 - 20 MB, and since then my project has become very slow and crashes often. I've checked to see if my hard drives are full, but this is not the case.

i'm using MAGIX Movie Edit Pro Premium\2021\videodeluxe on my pc:

Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2120 CPU @ 3.30GHz 3.30 GHz

64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Thanks everyone :-)

Kate

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CubeAce wrote on 9/23/2021, 10:52 AM

@kate-m

Hi Kate.

That is a very old system to be running MEP 2021 on with anything but the simplest projects on. The processor is now 10 years old. Even if it has an Intel GPU it can't be used as it does not support Direct X 11.

I felt forced to upgrade my system which was similar to yours when I was running MEP 2018. It was running but far from running well. It would crash when it overheated. I suspect your CPU is getting too hot under the work load. I assume you are running Windows 8.1.

Ray.

kate-m wrote on 9/23/2021, 3:32 PM

Hey Ray,

yes, you're right. I'm also thinking of upgrading my system. Right now i'm running Windows 10.

Kate

Former user wrote on 9/23/2021, 4:31 PM

One other thing to check is to make sure that none of your disks have developed bad blocks.

These will show up in the Windows system event viewer: Start > Run > eventvwr.msc

You can also check their overall health by using CrystalDiskinfo

kate-m wrote on 10/8/2021, 6:03 AM

Hey Promidi,

i never heard of the event viewer. I saw lots of errors in mine. I will look into it more, to see how to delete them. And i will also look into CrystalDiskinfo.

Thanks :-)

Kate

CubeAce wrote on 10/8/2021, 6:47 AM

@kate-m

Hi Kate.

A lot of errors often means the drive is close to the end of its effective life. Be careful.

Ray.

kate-m wrote on 10/8/2021, 8:59 AM

Hey Ray,

i'm making a copy of everything just now.

Thanks :-)

Kate

johnebaker wrote on 10/8/2021, 11:56 AM

@kate-m

. . . . thinking of upgrading my system . . . .

PC or laptop?

Either way look at my signature for the sort of specs you need to be looking at. An Intel processor with UHD 630 graphics and the RTX 2060, work in tandem (hybrid mode on the laptop) for best performance.

John EB

kate-m wrote on 10/11/2021, 1:58 AM

Hey John EB,

probably PC. Thanks for all your great advice :-)

lovely day

Kate