Draging to TimeLine Problems

[ddrafts]

We have a little problem here. I was recording our VJ last night. (6.5 hours) It saved it just fine. When I went in this morning to put it in the timeline to cut it up in to 2 hours stretches so I can make Happy Hour DVD out of it. I can drag it to the TimeLine but it will not show up.

The file is almost 195gig. We have no problem pulling in and editing a 26gig file (2hr 15min).

A little information on the system we use.

P4 2gig
1gig ram
2 200gig WD hard drives
DV500 Input card
We pull in the Video and audio from the MX-50 and the Sprite Sound board.

Any help would be helpful.

Thanks

Doug

 

[WizyWyg]

What HD is is it saved on? If the file is already 195 GB, you only have 5gb to work with of free space if its a truly "empty" 200 gb drive.

You simply do NOT have working space (Premiere requires at least 2 - 3 GB of FREE working space if you are working for DVD )

Youre best bet is to cut up the AVI into segments using a splicer program

http://www.dvdrhelp.com

has some tools/programs that can ease the problem.

 

[ddrafts]

I've been working on this so long I didn't think about that.

Thank you

 

[Akribie]

More relevant is the 3 hour timeline maximum in Premiere 5 and up. The programnme will not handle 6.5 hour files.