"Mortimer" wrote in message
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"Stuart" wrote in message
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A suggestion - increase you physical RAM to 1 gig and set your virtual
memory to a minimum and maximum of 1.5gig
Should make quite a difference to rendering time. Also don't forget to
defrag your hard drive frequently.

I've increased the RAM to 1 GB - I found some RAM that I'd ordered for a
customer who then decided not to upgrade: I'd forgotten all about it!

Surprisingly the increased RAM doesn't make any difference to the
rendering time. The page file goes from about 300 MB (without Studio 10
running) to about 800 MB (Studio 10 running and rendering), with about 150
MB of physical memory then available. The Commit Charge limit is about 2.5
GB.

However the CPU usage still goes straight to 100% (normally it idles at
arounf 1-2%) for the duration of the rendering - so it looks as CPU is the
rate-limiting step.

Still, extra RAM is always useful.
Rendering is CPU intensive each frame is read and temp saved then converted
and written to file then cleared from temp then repeated over and over
again. The best will be real time ie a 1 hour video will take 1 hour but
that's if no changes have been made to the original.
My old P2 would take all night for 10 mins. clip.