[PaulQ]

I am doing some video editing with VideoWave. When I have it open and I am working with it, my memory tends to remain roughly 70% free. Is there any way to make it use some of this to improve performance??

(I just added RAM thinking it would boost performance... 2GB.... )

[sknis]

I am doing some video editing with VideoWave. When I have it open and I am working with it, my memory tends to remain roughly 70% free. Is there any way to make it use some of this to improve performance??

(I just added RAM thinking it would boost performance... 2GB.... )

That added RAM will help some. I did not notice much of a difference when I went from 1G to 2G. I don't think that there is any way of using more memory. Memory is not the limiting factor. Much of the speed in rendering a project is dependent on your video card and its drivers among with the speed of your CPU.

If you are using an on board video chip or a card with less than 256 MB memory on-board, you could increase your speed. First, try updating your video drivers from the manufacturer's web site and update DirectX 9c. Next set the card/chip to best performance or balanced and away from best appearance. Also set both anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering to software controlled. Run the video test in VideoWave - top menu tools, options. If the dot is by software, then consider buying a new video card to add to your computer. If the dot is near hardware, then the card is probably OK. It could still be marginal though.

As you know, video processing is very CPU intensive but most people don't want to change out their processor just to get more speed.

You didn't provide any information on how fast encoding is going on your computer and what your CPU speed is. On mine, it is roughly one to one and a half times the length of the video. With slower computers, it would not be unusual to be anywhere from 4 to 10 times the length of the video. We used to joke about starting the encoding and then going out to play a round of golf.