Problems With PrE 8 - Split From Other Thread

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GEAtkins (Glenn) posted some info on his system into another THREAD. He posted a lot of good information on his system and also on some diagnostics, that I asked for. For anyone, who wants to see his info and a complete statement of his problems, please see the link above. It's a well-detailed post, and he's been quick to furnish the requested data. It's being reviewed now, but would also like for others to review it too, as there might be additional ideas.
I do not want to pollute that other thread with work on Glenn's issue, or drag it on a tangent, so I'd appreciate that anybody with input on Glenn's problems post to this thread. I will be doing so, as soon as the review of the diagnostics is done. I also did not want to re-post all info provided here, so please just link and read.
I hope that this will be beneficial to Glenn and not interfere with another thread requesting reports on how PrE 8 runs on others' systems.
Thanks,
Hunt

Answer 1

Glenn, it appears that you have 3x HDD's, 1x = 250GB, 2x = 350GB. Are these 3x physical HDD's, and not partitions?
How are these HDD's allocated? I see that D:\ is nearly full. How is this drive, especially, used?
I hope that you do not mind my calling in an expert on this, but I knew that Harm would find more things, than I would. First, his eyesight is better than mine, and he's also smarter! [plus most people say he's also better looking, than I am.]
To distill my recs., and I think most of Harm's:
Look into static Virtual Memory management in Windows. Up the size of the Page File. Around 2 - 2.5x installed RAM works well for NLE work.
There are some Processes that can probably removed from Startup. iTunes Helper is one of those. When doing an editing session, I strongly recommend not having any on-line presence, and then freeing up resources, for that session, by turning OFF some of your security functions. Then, using a Process manager, like EndItAll, to eliminate those Processes, that are not needed. Even on my workstation, for all but the most simple edits, I do this routinely. It is easy, and one can come back and turn those on manually, or just re-boot, and they'll all be loaded.
Also, please let me know about your I/O sub-system, i.e. your HDD's. The main questions are above.
Harm and I are pretty much in agreement that there should not be any conflicts with your NLE and audio-editing programs. I have most on my workstation, plus many more audio-editing programs (just not Sony). I have no issues doing so. I believe that all were installed after PrPro, and I've seen no priority issues with any CODEC, or modules. All runs fine, so I do not think that there would be a conflict there. I have observed that Adobe, CyberLink and Magix all seem to play very well together, at least in my installation.
Good luck,
Hunt
PS - Harm, thank you so much for your time and your report. I know that your efforts will help Glenn, and I appreciate your input, as always. Thanks! The next bottle of Montrachet is on my tab, OK?
[Edit] One last question: regarding the SearchIndexer, do you have Windows' Indexing turned on for your HDD's? That program can not only rob resources, but will "lock" your Folders, while it tries to do its thing. It can be useful for .DOC, .TXT, etc. files, but for AV files, and especially the large working files that any NLE generates, it cannot extract any useful info, yet it will try, and try. Every time that a file is changed, like your PREL file, or those working files, it'll run in and "lock" that file, while it tries to extract info from it - every time. It can be turned OFF in your My Computer>[Drive Letter]>Properties panel. In XP, one can determine it's indexing by folders, so one could leave it ON for say your .DOC folder. I do not know how finely you can tune it in Vista, or Win7. I keep it OFF for all HDD's, and a Search is not much slower. Remember, it cannot extract useful data from the AV, or working files, no matter how many times it tries, so all it's doing is hogging resources and "locking" files, that your NLE needs and changes all the time.
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