Video file taking too long to render and crashing

[tjamois]

First, a few disclaimers:

-I'm new to this
-I've read the top sticky (I've got it printed out next to me)

I'm trying to render a project that is less than 15 minutes long. I'm having a problem at the videofile/rendering stage. It is literally taking DAYS to render, and then after about 30 hours, VS8 crashes completely.

My computer has 2.59GHz with 1 GB of RAM

My project settings are:

NTSC drop frame (29.97 fps)
MPEG files
24 Bits, 720 x 480, 29.97 fps
Lower Field First
(DVD-NTSC), 4:3
Video data rate: 8000 kbps
Audio data rate: 224 kbps
MPEG audio layer 2, 48 KHz, Stereo

I'm also setting the file format for the videofile the same as the project settings.

I notice in the Windows Task Manager that the program simply stops responding, and then will alternate between seconds of running and then mostly not responding.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[Ken Berry]

We need some idea of what you using in your project i.e. what was the source of the original video and what equipment did you use to capture it. And what were the properties when you captured it? It could be, for instance, that you were capturing from an analogue source, in which case it is likely to have been captured Upper Field First, which could present a potential problem since you are rendering it to Lower Field First. Also, in such a case, your video data rate is probably unnecessarily high, though this should not in itself cause a problem. You also need to be sure your DVD player will play MPEG audio as it is not part of the NTSC DVD format (though most modern players will in fact play it). But again, this should not be causing any problems in the 'Create Video File' stage.

Anyway, with a bit more information we might be able to offer more concrete help. Certainly, with a computer like yours, you should be able to produce a 15 minute final file in about half an hour to 45 minutes normally.

[heinz-oz]

Having a gig of ram does not ensure smooth sailing when it comes to rendering. You need oodles of disk space for the temp files and the swap file needs to be able to grow also.

what are your system spec's, OS, HDD's, free space on HD? When did you do a defrag last? Is your disk faultless?

Run a disk scanning utility to ensure there are no bad sectors on your disk.

To give any meaningful advice, we need more details.