512 MB seems to be the usual today.... and with that I tend to keep my
movies in segments about 15 minutes long. But the limits are project
complexity, not time... so rendering a full 1 hr 20 min one works fine if
it's not too complex.

and you can always bump up your virtual memory setting without having to
purchase more RAM...
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"sigmaD" <sigmaD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thank you it is definetly a memory issue. Your site was very informative.
> So
> is my hour and 20 minute video just out of the question to make then...how
> much memory do think is needed? Is any improvement in memory going to
> help?
> Any more suggestions?
> --
> Thank You
>
>
> "PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:
>
>> see the Problem Solving > Can't Save a Movie page of my website. it has
>> info
>> about your memory needs and how to check.
>> --
>> PapaJohn
>>
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>> http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
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>>
>> "sigmaD" <sigmaD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:423593C6-3D2A-4E78-91CD-A9C783BC6D19@microsoft.com...
>> >I currently have a Dell 8100 Pent. 4...but only 256 RAM...I worked on a
>> >movie
>> > for about a year. It is a mix of pictures, video and audio...about 40
>> > minutes into it everything from loading the file to importing anything
>> > was
>> > taking way too long so I started creating mini movies and importing
>> > them
>> > in
>> > to the larger movie to finish it, never considering my memory speed. I
>> > am
>> > running the original WMM that comes with XP b/c SP2 screws up my
>> > computer.
>> > MM says I need a little over a Gig to save it to my computer. After
>> > about
>> > 2
>> > hours of trying it returns this: "Verify that the orignal source files
>> > is
>> > used in your movie are still availiable, that saving location is still
>> > avaliable, and that there is enough free disk space avaliable, then try
>> > again." All my source files are available (none show up as a blank "X"
>> > slide). I purchased an external hardrive and copied over files as
>> > backups
>> > but never moved any to a different folder or anything. Sorry for the
>> > length,
>> > but do you think this is just a memory issue, or could it be something
>> > else?
>> > I have put a lot of time and effort in this.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Thank You
>>
>>
>>