PE9 crashes all the time while editing on Mac OS X

Question

Maybe I have wrong system settings in the editing program, because every time I make the smallest change, eg. add text, the PE9 crashes. I have to render the work area after each text addition and sometimes the program crashes 5 or more times before it finishes rendering. I'm spending more time restarting the program than actually editing and we're not talking about anything fancy, special effects, layers or such, but just adding a little title here and there... :-(
Could you please help, this is driving me mad and my editing is not proceding anywhere...
The computer I'm working with is:
MacBookPro6,2
Prosessor: Intel Core i5
Prosessor speed: 2,53 GHz
Memory: 4 Gt
The material I'm editing has been recorded with a Full HD-videocamera Canon Legria HFS200 1920 x 1080, but with SD quality.
The project setting I have at the moment are HDV 1080i. Something must be off because the Mac Book Pro should have enough power to run the PE9-program.
I'm so grateful, if someone here can help me with this!
Katia

Answer 1

Hi Steve,
There are no red lines when editing just footage. But as soon as I add a
title or a transition the problems begin.
I've been fighting with this issue now while waiting for help from you guys
and I noticed that if I only render one little area at the time PE doesn't
crash as often...
Thanks a lot for the tips what settings to use in the videocam. I will check
them before shooting more material.
However, the material I'm working with now I can't affect anymore, unless I
can change some settings in the PE project? This is work related stuff, the
material can't be shot again and the DVD is expected to be ready as soon as
possible... So do you have an advice for the problem at hand?
2011/1/19 Steve Grisetti <[email protected]>
Katia, the reason you need to render all of the time is because you are
using the wrong project settings.
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You do not have an HDV camcorder. You have an AVCHD camcorder that shoots
in a variety of modes.
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You should shoot your video only in MXP or FXP mode and then using a
Premiere Elements project using the AVCHD 1920x1080 project settings. (The
camcorder also shoots in stereo or 5.1 audio, so you must also make sure
you've selected the correct audio preset also.)
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If you've selected the correct project settings and you've used Get
Media/From AVCHD or Hard Drive Camcorder to download the video from your
camcorder to your computer, there should NOT be any red lines above your
clips when you add them to your timeline until you add effects or
transitions to them.
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If you are seeing red lines above your clips when you add them to your
timeline, you are using the wrong project setting.
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Using the right project setting is key to using the program effectively and
efficiently.
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