CompuServe Messages

>> It appears that Animator Studio requires a great deal of spare hard disk space. I increased this and the problem went away. << it requires a _ton_ of free harddisk space. <g> >> However, I am having problems with larger files. I know you will tell me to keep to smaller files but this is not always possible or practical. << yup. don't i know it. >> I loaded a 34MB AVI file and tried to save it as a FLIC. After it was about 75% through, an "INTERNAL ERROR MESSAGE" appeared. As the file I am loading is much smaller than my RAM, a swap file should not theoretically be necessary. << theoretically, you are right. but it is necessary because of the way it was written. the equation is RAMx3… pump that swap way up! >> Yes, the movie files that come with AS load fine. My system is as follows: Free system resources before going into ANIMATOR STUDIO is 72%. TOTAL 56 MB RAM 40 MB permanent swap file Files=100 Free hard disk space 75 MB Windows 3.11 << only other suggestions at the moment are, start brand new session of AAS, possibly even windows, before working on huge animations. resources do not recover until exit. ive found that i can duplicate this error even with small animations if i open close open close open etec … you can watch the resources drop by the session from manager. your system look fine. i think your free harddisk space could use an increase though (i try to have file sizex3 free on a fresh session). AAS is definitely not your typical windows app. <g> -dave