{"id":5229,"date":"2010-10-27T18:36:01","date_gmt":"2010-10-27T23:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/?p=5229"},"modified":"2023-10-05T17:58:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T22:58:40","slug":"video-editing-why-lots-of-ram-is-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/video-editing-why-lots-of-ram-is-important\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Editing: Why lots of RAM is Important"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When it comes to video editing performance and RAM, the bottom line is this:\u00a0 Would you rather travel on a race horse or on the back of a turtle?<\/p>\n

\"Racehorses<\/p>\n

The amount of RAM you have on your computer is probably the single biggest determinant in how fast your editing system runs.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 More, obviously, is better.\u00a0 (RAM stands for Random Access Memory<\/a>.\u00a0 The more you have, the more capacity your computer has to run a large amount of files at the same time.)<\/p>\n

This is because, by the very nature of video editing, you always have multiple large files open at once.\u00a0 Often, you are asking for those files to be highly manipulated.\u00a0 This all takes RAM.<\/p>\n

How Much RAM Do You Need For Video Editing? <\/strong><\/h3>\n

512 MB of RAM is considered the minimum requirement today.\u00a0 Granted, some programs say the minimum requirement is 128MB, but honestly, that quantity will probably leave you a bit frustrated.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It is actually best to have several GB of RAM space.\u00a0 \u00a0The more, the merrier.<\/p>\n

Next to the CPU, RAM is the most important element in your computer for determining speed. Even if you have a fast CPU, a lack of RAM will leave your edit computer performance sluggish.<\/p>\n

Why is that?\u00a0\u00a0 If you don’t have enough RAM, you can’t have a bunch of huge files open at once.\u00a0\u00a0 Video files are, of course, some of the largest files of all.<\/p>\n

When you open a file, the hard drive delivers that file and puts it into RAM where you can work on it.\u00a0 The next file you open will also be loaded into RAM.\u00a0 If there’s not enough RAM to store both files, the first file will be taken out of RAM to make room for the second.\u00a0 This takes time and slows your computer down to a snail’s pace.\u00a0 And of course, if you actually need both files at the same time, then what?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"woman<\/p>\n

FREEZE UP AND CRASH!!!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

We all know how much fun that can be.<\/p>\n

So, if your edit computer is too slow, or you experience a lot of crashes, probably the simplest and least expensive way to fix that is to put in more RAM.<\/p>\n

Thanks for reading Video Production Tips.<\/p>\n

Lorraine Grula<\/p>\n

FOOD FOR THOUGHT<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Define the term RAM.<\/li>\n
  • What is the purpose of RAM?<\/li>\n
  • Why does video editing require a lot of RAM?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Video editing on a computer and lots of RAM go together better than peanut butter and jelly. Unless you want to poke along at a snail’s pace, stuff as much RAM into your computer as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[1254,1252,1255],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/earth-laptops.png?fit=627%2C320&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5229"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5229"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19669,"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5229\/revisions\/19669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}