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critically low on memory...? WTF? We have 16GB.
I've been getting the error message Pro Tools is critically low on memory on and off for a few days. Granted, I'm asking Pro Tools to do some heavy lifting, reconforming a temp mix with 170 tracks or so and a boatload of automation, but, even so, as far as I can tell from the Activity Monitor utility, Pro Tools is using 2GB or less of the 16GB RAM installed in this machine. What could possibly be causing that?
(I've run ProTools Pref and Database Helper and repaired disk permissions; those steps helped the responsiveness of the session when I wasn't trying to edit across all the tracks, but it didn't fix the critically low on memory error when I did try to sync all the tracks to the new picture.) TIA. |
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Re: critically low on memory...? WTF? We have 16GB.
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Jonathan S. Abrams, CEA, CEV, CBNT Apple Certified - Technical Coordinator (v10.5), Support Professional (v10.6 through v10.10) Last edited by Chief Technician; 11-07-2012 at 05:17 PM. Reason: formatting |
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Re: critically low on memory...? WTF? We have 16GB.
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Thanks, Tor |
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Re: critically low on memory...? WTF? We have 16GB.
That and any applications that are 64-bit, such as the OS. It's a limitation of Pro Tools v10, not of every process or application running on your system.
Yes it can.
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Re: critically low on memory...? WTF? We have 16GB.
no better. looks like I'll keep doing these big edits a few tracks at a time... PITA
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Re: critically low on memory...? WTF? We have 16GB.
FYI, breaking the movie up into reels seems to have solved the problem
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Re: critically low on memory...? WTF? We have 16GB.
The other thing I've found which helps is to limit the number of undos available, or to clear the undo cue before it fills up with a bunch of big edits. Does Pro Tools keep all the undo information in RAM?
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Re: critically low on memory...? WTF? We have 16GB.
I do not know the answer to your question, sorry.
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Jonathan S. Abrams, CEA, CEV, CBNT Apple Certified - Technical Coordinator (v10.5), Support Professional (v10.6 through v10.10) |
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Re: critically low on memory...? WTF? We have 16GB.
No worries. Thanks for your help and support.
~ Tor |
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