by DriftRoots » Tue Sep 02, 2003 1:54 pm
I had this same problem with Premiere, I haven't "fixed it" so to speak, but doing the following has cut down on the crashes considerably:
First, as a precaution, set the Auto-save to one minute. Then, every time you do something halfway significant, SAVE THE PROJECT. All it takes is a very quick CTRL-S to make sure that when Premiere does have a temper tantrum, it doesn't take you with it.
1. That said, I found keeping my timeline free of clutter is helpful, at least in the collecting footage process. After every clip you add to the project and before setting up markers for the next, clear the timeline. It's a pain, but reloading Premiere and/or your computer is even more of a pain.
2. Restart your computer before trying to use Premiere and don't run any other programs (including Winamp)!
3. Premiere doesn't like it when I fail to change a clip name in the timeline BEFORE adding it to a bin and changing its name for the bin, as well. In fact, it's usually when I forget to do this that the program crashes. Why this is two seperate steps from the get-go seems rather silly, there should be a default setting for naming clips, IMO, that can be changed later as necessary.
That's all for now... and I'm really not sure if any of this (except the restarting thing) actually is influencing my crash-rate. If anyone has any other tips (other than Premiere is crash-prone) I'd love to know them, too!