How can I get PD to use more memory ?

RM123

Newbie Joined: Nov 16, 2009 10:55 Messages: 25 Offline

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Jan 05, 2014 00:59

My system as 12GB of memory. How can I get PD to use more memory. currently only 3.6 total used running PD.
Is there a registry setting that can be used. I cannot find anything in the settings ???

SimonW

Newbie Joined: Mar 25, 2013 13:48 Messages: 22 Offline

Jan 05, 2014 08:58

What version of Windows are you using - is it 32 or 64 bit?
32 bit operating systems can only address around 3.5 Gb of memory. PowerDirector 12 Build 2420
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64 bit
Dell Studio XPS 7100 AMD Phenom II x6 1035T 2.6Ghz with 8 Gb RAM
ATI Radeon HD 5770 video card graphics card
Hauppauge Colossus capture card and "Capture" software

Carl312

Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline

Jan 05, 2014 09:26

How much resources Powerdirector uses at any given time depends on what Powerdirector is doing. Content makes a huge difference in what resources are in use.

It you really want to see your computer resources used up, put 2 hours of 1920x1080 @ 16 Mbps video on the timeline.
Add splits, transitions. throw in a bit of Power Tools functions, add chapters.

Then burn a 50 GB Bluray disk with menu. If your computer can handle all that, you have a good powerful computer.
Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

GGRussell

Senior Contributor Joined: Jan 08, 2012 11:38 Messages: 709 Offline

Jan 05, 2014 09:28

Just because 64bit OS can give access to more memory to applications, doesn't mean the apps need or will use more memory.

There doesn't seem to be any settings in PD. I'm using Win 8 pro 64bit with only 8GB RAM. PD never uses more than about 3.6GB of it no matter what format or how large the project is. I do 1080p 1.5hr projects mostly.

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RM123

Newbie Joined: Nov 16, 2009 10:55 Messages: 25 Offline

Jan 05, 2014 10:03

I am Running 64bit. It would be nice if PD would have a settings to allow temp files to be loaded in memory vs disk etc. I have never seen memory useage above 3.6 GB.

Thanks....