Error: "Out Of Memory"

sarah_cbear · Post by **sarah_cbear** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 12:34 am

I just downloaded the free trial. I keep getting an error when I am editing video clips "Error: Out of Memory" I have 60 GB LEFT on my computer and it is a fast computer. There's no reason to say Out of memory and to exit the program.

Someone tell me how to fix this please, I'm sorry if someone posted it but when I searched Errors it came up with 2 thousand posts I wasn't gonna spend all night looking through 2 thousand posts lol.

Sarah

Post by **Ron P.** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 12:55 am

Hi Sarah, welcome to the forum..

You downloaded the free trial of what? I assume it is of VS9.

You have a fasssst computer? How fast? (That's not important...) but how much RAM do you have?
Are you running any applications or utilities, that TSRs, meaning they run in the background? Like antivirus, spyware, screensavers, internet connection? If any utility decides it needs the CPU, it will take those resources from VS.

Do you have more the one hard drive? If so, it helps reduce the demand on reading and writing to a single harddrive. You can set up the working folders for VS on a seperate drive. You can also partition a single drive which can help some.

Try checking your temp folders to see if you have alot of files in them. You will have to be able to view hidden files and folders. Go to the file menu in windows explorer, Go to Tools>Folder Options, then select the View tab. Scroll down to Show Hidden Files.. If it is not selected, select it.
Now navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\{User Name}\Local Settings\Temp. If there are alot of files here, deleting them can help apps run smoother.

Lastly how big are the files you are working with? Video editing creates very large files. For example if you captured to DV-AVI, then a 1 hour file will be about 13 gig. Now when you start working with the 13gig video file, VS needs some additional room. So to need at least 20 gig to work on a 1 hour video would be somewhat normal. But this also leads me to the following questions:

1. What are your project properties?
2. How did you capture, or get the video onto your computer?
3. Are you editing DV-AVI, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, DivX, Xvid or some other format?

Following the recommended procedures can help keep problems from occuring. They are found in the sticky at the top of this forum...

Ron P.

sarah_cbear · Post by **sarah_cbear** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 1:05 am

I have 4 files that are 20 MB each in the project file. And one that is over 300 MB because the size would be hard to recduce. They are all AVI files.

I have 2 hard drives C and D. Ulead was downloaded onto the D drive.

Time so far of the video is 11 minuets but I still need to edit and trim parts of it.

56 KB is the size of the project file itself.

I have searched for my TEMP Folder there is not much in there.

Thanks for replying, Still need to figure out why it comes up with that error.

PS: The files I have were downloaded from the internet.

DVDDoug · Post by **DVDDoug** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 1:08 am

videoman beat me to it, so some of this is redundant...

You're probably not really out of memory. There's probably something "wrong" with your video file. I'll bet you're using a DivX or MPEG...

Tell us something about your files and what you're doing with them. Check out the READ THIS FIRST post for the kinds of things we might need to know in order to help.

Also, read the RECOMMENDED PROCEDURE. It will take you all night to read and understand it, but it might prevent your problem!

This digital video editing stuff is complicated. It might take a couple of weekends to get comfortable with a new software package. And, everybody is using different file-formats (or different variations of file formats) and different video cameras, different video capture cards, etc. So, it makes it very hard to make a step-by-step procedure that works for everybody.

DVDDoug · Post by **DVDDoug** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 1:16 am

...20 MB each.... one that is over 300 MB... They are all AVI files... Time so far of the video is 11 minuets.... all AVI files.... PS: The files I have were downloaded from the internet

Uh-oh! AVI/DivX? AVI is a "wrapper" and it can contain various encoding schemes... Isn't this fun?

I've never used DivX myself, but lots of people have trouble with them. All of the highly-compressed formats are "difficult" (MPEG, WMV, etc.) The most trouble-free format seems to be AVI/DV. DV is the format from a digital video camera. AVI/DV chews-up about 13GB per hour. Your files seem much more compressed thatn that.

I know that doesn't help.

Hopefully somebody can help you out, once we figure-out what we're dealing witn.

sarah_cbear · Post by **sarah_cbear** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 1:23 am

Div X? ER no, but I am editing AVI Files. And I will read the precedure hopefully it will help.

EDIT: I am not making a DVD I am making a video for the web using video files From the web. I imported files that already existed in my computer I do not have a video camera or DVD burner.

Post by **Ron P.** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 1:41 am

Sarah,

By the file sizes you mentioned we can rule out they are DV-AVI, or uncompressed AVI (which chews up 65 gig per hour). They must be DivX or Xvid. I really think the ones you downloaded from the internet are. As DVDoug mentioned, AVI is just a wrapper. So right click on one of the "AVI" Files and select properties, post what it says...

Ron P.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 1:44 am

Sarah,
Soryy to say but your AVI files off the internet are DivX or Xvid or MPEG4 which are for all intents and purposes one and the same. They are a very highly compressed format. they will have an *.avi filename.

The best method of dealing with these files is to "decmpress" them first.
do a search on google for "convert DivX" and you will find plenty of software available. Once decompressed you will find them easier to work with and shouldn't get these out of memory errors.

Steve J

sarah_cbear · Post by **sarah_cbear** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 1:58 am

It just says Video Clip, and I don't know why. In the place where it would say the file type I mean. Dang guess I have to start over again too.

What file type do I convert to?

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 3:04 am

If you intend to do any editing then preferably something like DV type 1
If you just intend to convert your files into DVD's without any editing then go straight to MPEG2 using one of the settings in the 7th post down here:
http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic.php?t=11923

Steve J

sarah_cbear · Post by **sarah_cbear** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 3:20 am

As I said, I do NOT have a DVD burner. I am trying to convert to different file formats, WMV seems to be the smallest size so far.

Does Ulead support WMV files?

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 3:26 am

yes it does

sarah_cbear · Post by **sarah_cbear** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 4:01 am

WMV it is then,

It makes the file size a lot smaller. I really hope I don't get those errors after I finish converting all these videos.

Thanks for all the help. And I'll be back if it still says "Out Of Memory" I hope not cus then I'll be

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 8:28 am

Hi Sarah

sarah_cbear wrote:It just says Video Clip, and I don't know why. In the place where it would say the file type I mean. Dang guess I have to start over again too.

What file type do I convert to?

When you right click a video file to select properties, make sure the video is in the VS timeline, not your hard drive.

After you have completed your editing.

Share --- Share Video On Line--- a pop up will give you several quality options in WMV format.

Trevor