Can a computer's hard drive be "too full" for PD14 to work?

Robbie J.

Newbie Joined: Feb 03, 2019 19:14 Messages: 5 Offline

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Jun 13, 2021 19:00

My SSD hard drive is 80 percent full and I suffer from stutter in some videos. It's intermittent and thoroughly perplexing, frustrating, and time-consuming, professionally speaking.

One problem may lay in the capacity or fullness of the computer's hard drive. (Not external.)

Is there any rule of thumb on the safety margin for a HD before it can affect PD's ability to perform?

My issues with PD stutter have been going on for as long as I've been using the program.

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optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

Jun 13, 2021 19:12

Sounds more like the issues described in #4 in the FAQs

Robbie J.

Newbie Joined: Feb 03, 2019 19:14 Messages: 5 Offline

Jun 13, 2021 19:16

Quote Sounds more like the issues described in #4 in the FAQs

Thanks, but it's not any of those issues addressed in the FAQ's you mentioned.

optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

Jun 13, 2021 19:35

Those are the main reasons for sluggish editing performance. The only other typical causes are when using color look-up tables (CLUTs) and/or color presets, or when working with 4K clips on older, less capable hardware. Some high bitrate clips cause problems even on powerful machines.

Take a look at the Read Me Before Posting guide and share the DxDiag results so we can see all the technical details of your computer, and also please tell us which version of PD you're running.

You may also want to provide details on the kind of clips you're working with and if you typically make color corrections or use several FX.

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PepsiMan

Senior Contributor Location: Clarksville, TN Joined: Dec 29, 2010 01:20 Messages: 1054 Offline

Jun 14, 2021 21:47

hi. oldies but goodies' here.

Quote ... Is there any rule of thumb on the safety margin for a HD before it can affect PD's ability to perform? ...

old days you gotta give PD some virtual memory space around 100GB free HDD space...

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