Adobe & Ligos, low memory error message stops encode.

[spmc]

I am running Adobe Premier 6.0 and Ligos 2.0 encoder. I am trying to encode a 48 minute project to MPEG2. After about 36 minutes (1.7GB) I get the Adobe error message that I am low on memory and should close windows to free up memory. When I click "OK", i'm sent back to desktop and the encoding stops. I have saved to a HD with 13 GB of free space and to one with 50GB of free space. Still the same error.
Anyone have any ideas about how to stop this error and finish my project encoding?
spmc

[dyrewolfe]

Sounds like the error refers to a lack of RAM and not disk space. How much RAM do you have installed on your computer? You may need to add more in order to accomodate Premiere plus the plugin. For now though, you can always shutdown any apps you don't need in order to complete the project as well as increasing the size of the swap file (virtual memory).

[spmc]

Thanks for the reply.
I am running 512 MB RAM or there abouts. I was told Win98SE has trouble with more than that, so that is why I have not added more. This may be false info though, what the hell do I know. Funny thing is that I have encoded other larger projects before with no trouble. Why the problem now? I have hardly any applications open when I encode, just windows, intellimouse, and video card something in the task bar. When I check my free resources it says I have about 80% free.
How do I "increase the size of the swap file (virtual memory)"? I would like to try that if it is a "safe" thing to do.
Thanks
spmc

[AceYu]

Close any and all other programs, including stuff in background. They may not be using up memory but causing a leak (it happens). Also check that you virtual memory is set up properly, don't let windows manage the size set it to a constant after defraging you HD first. If windows is trying to allocate paging space on a fragmented and in use disk it can also cause problems. Lastly it can be a problem with adobe, delete your preview file and rebuild the project ( prob the easiest thing to try so do it first), occasionally these become corrupted and cause problems either directly with the vision or during encoding. As it is happening in the same spot by the sound of thing this may be the cause. breaking the project into two smaller one or outputting it to one large AVI then transcoding may also work

Later BRETT