AE-CS4 - Render in timeline goes only 2 seconds

After using AE for a while, when I go to do a "0" render, the green bar goes about 2 seconds in, then the timeline starts to play. It repeats when it hits the 2 second mark. If I try to use the "zero" render again sometimes it just goes the two seconds, other times I get an error message like, "After effects needs at least 2 frames to render....". Something like that. If I restart AE usually the problem goes away. I have lots of ram on a new Dual Core Mac. Running Snow leopard, system 10.6.3.

The length of a ram preview depends on available ram, composition size, and work area. 2 seconds isn't unreasonable on CS4 for a 2K comp. If your work area is longer than 2 seconds try reducing the resolution of your comp to 50%.
Some project specs would help us diagnose the problem.

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