Rendering

lcharton wrote on 10/13/2006, 3:02 PM
I am using Movie Studio 4.0 - I have created my movie (which is 45 min. long) and am attempting to render the project. I did this with another project about 1 1/2 years ago without a problem. However, this project will not render without the computer shutting down. My computer is more than capable of handling this project and has never given me a problem with any other software program. When I attempt to render this project, the project renders for about 10-15% of the total and then everything shuts down. Anybody with an idea of what might be happening?

I have created a movie for my parents 50th wedding anniversary and can not provide them with a copy without rendering it first, correct? Is there any other options to get this burned to a DVD? I look forward to any help.

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IanG wrote on 10/13/2006, 3:21 PM
It sounds like you might have an overheating problem - take the side of your PC case off and make sure all the fans are running ok. Assuming they are, blow dust off the heat sinks and fans with a can of compressed air. I'd pay particular attention to the top of the CPU heat sink - they can get badly clogged.

Ian G.
lcharton wrote on 10/13/2006, 3:34 PM
Thanks for your response, Ian. I am, however, using a laptop. Would this make a difference?
rustier wrote on 10/14/2006, 3:37 AM
rendering is going to heat up your processor for sure and since the whole thing shuts down that seems to suggest it is a heat issue - they make pedestals with cooling fans for just such an occasion.

If your entire computer is not shutting down and it is just the VMS program locking up I would suspect you have overly large photos in your project about 10% of the way in. Reducing them to 600 x 800 or something like that will fix the problem. * *This was the fix for a while and worked for me in VMS versions 4 and 6. Someone in the forum pointed out that they could put in a large photo now and it didn't hang. I believe they may have fixed this in later updates and releases. If you do a search in this forum key word photos or rendering photos you will find the strings.
IanG wrote on 10/14/2006, 6:34 AM
>I am, however, using a laptop. Would this make a difference?

Not in principal, but it does make things more difficult. Given that I don't even know how to take my own laptop apart, I'd look for advice from whoever sold it to you. I'd look at Rustier's suggestion about image sizes first, though.

Ian G.
Siby wrote on 10/15/2006, 7:45 PM
Are you creating a slide show with pictures?. Is it stopping at a particular place all the time?. If you are working on a slide show and the picture file size is big it will stop at that point. I had this problem in past and I reduced the file size to small and worked fine.
Shamo wrote on 10/23/2006, 7:33 AM
When you are going to Render make sure that th computer has been off for a while like overnight. Power it up and go straight into a render. If it stops at the same point, look at what you are rendering. If it goes later and then dies, look as a HW overheat. Also as with the previous post, proping up the laptop so that air can get underneath is will help.
MSmart wrote on 10/23/2006, 4:55 PM
There is a free utility called SpeedFan which I use on my desktop to adjust fan speeds based on temperature readings. I don't know if it will work on a laptop or not but worth a try.

http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

FWIW, I also place a small fan in front of my PC when I render to help move heat away from the PC.
tea14 wrote on 12/7/2006, 9:32 AM
Did you ever find the cause of the computer shutting down when you start rendering? I'm having the same problem. Mine will shut off after 2-3 minutes of rendering. Did it turn out to be overheating?
IanG wrote on 12/7/2006, 10:26 AM
Even if the original problem wasn't due to overheating, yours could be. It's worth checking.

Ian G.