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From: Teddy Gage <teddygage@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 14:26:06 -0500
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Subject: Re: [AE] Unexpectedly short RAM preview with 6K comp at 1/3 res
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No audio at all. Tried multiple RAM and disk purges, reopening proj, etc...


On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Greg Balint <delrazoraelist@gmail.com>wrote:

> just a check... are you ram previewing with audio?  maybe try turning off
> the audio on the preview panel?  I ran into something once where the audio
> file caused the ram preview to stop very short...
>
> I've also seen oddities like only able to preview like 10 frames of a
> super simple 1080p comp with no explanation..  flushing all memory and
> stuff, and removing audio seemed to fix it if I recall..
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Teddy Gage <teddygage@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>     So I'm trying to figure something out: I have a comp that is roughly
>> 6000x3000, and when I RAM preview at 1/3 resolution I get about 160 frames
>> before the preview begins to loop. I have multithreaded hex core pc (12
>> logical, 6 physical cpus) and 64 GB RAM. running win 7 x64 pro. In my PC
>> monitor, the RAM only fills up to about 20 GB before it starts looping. It
>> doesn't seem to matter what the MP settings are, how many alternate cores
>> are reserved, how much RAM per core etc. I can't get more than 154 frames
>> at 1/3 res preview. Shouldn't the RAM fill up completely before I run out
>> of preview? The comp is using particular and has a couple tens of thousands
>> of particles, which isn't really that many. Rendering is fine and uses all
>> available mem. Turn MP off and behavior is as expected, using all RAM. But
>> slooow. Any ideas about why I can't get more frames in MP? Thanks,
>> TG
>>
>> --
>> VFX & Motion Graphic artist
>> NEW - teddygage.com <http://www.teddygage.com>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
>
> ///Greg Balint
> //Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer
> /321.514.4839
> delRAZOR.com/
>
>


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<div dir=3D"ltr">No audio at all. Tried multiple RAM and disk purges, reope=
ning proj, etc...</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gma=
il_quote">On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Greg Balint <span dir=3D"ltr">&l=
t;<a href=3D"mailto:delrazoraelist@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">delrazorael=
ist@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">just a check... are you ram=
 previewing with audio? =A0maybe try turning off the audio on the preview p=
anel? =A0I ran into something once where the audio file caused the ram prev=
iew to stop very short...=A0<div>

<br>
</div><div>I&#39;ve also seen oddities like only able to preview like 10 fr=
ames of a super simple 1080p comp with no explanation.. =A0flushing all mem=
ory and stuff, and removing audio seemed to fix it if I recall..=A0</div><d=
iv>


<br></div><div><br></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div><div class=
=3D"h5"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 2:09 PM,=
 Teddy Gage <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:teddygage@gmail.com" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">teddygage@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>


<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">=A0 =A0 So I&#39;m trying t=
o figure something out: I have a comp that is roughly 6000x3000, and when I=
 RAM preview at 1/3 resolution I get about 160 frames before the preview be=
gins to loop. I have multithreaded hex core pc (12 logical, 6 physical cpus=
) and 64 GB RAM. running win 7 x64 pro. In my PC monitor, the RAM only fill=
s up to about 20 GB before it starts looping. It doesn&#39;t seem to matter=
 what the MP settings are, how many alternate cores are reserved, how much =
RAM per core etc. I can&#39;t get more than 154 frames at 1/3 res preview. =
Shouldn&#39;t the RAM fill up completely before I run out of preview? The c=
omp is using particular and has a couple tens of thousands of particles, wh=
ich isn&#39;t really that many. Rendering is fine and uses all available me=
m. Turn MP off and behavior is as expected, using all RAM. But slooow. Any =
ideas about why I can&#39;t get more frames in MP? Thanks,<div>




TG<span><font color=3D"#888888"><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><di=
v dir=3D"ltr"><div>VFX &amp; Motion Graphic artist<span><br>NEW - <a href=
=3D"http://www.teddygage.com" target=3D"_blank">teddygage.com</a></span><br=
>


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</blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div></div></div><span c=
lass=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888">-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr"><pre cols=
=3D"72"><font face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">///Greg Balint
//Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer
/<a href=3D"tel:321.514.4839" value=3D"+13215144839" target=3D"_blank">321.=
514.4839</a>
delRAZOR.com/ </font></pre></div>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"=
ltr"><div>VFX &amp; Motion Graphic artist<span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)"><=
br>NEW - <a href=3D"http://www.teddygage.com" target=3D"_blank">teddygage.c=
om</a></span><br style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)">

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