I last used Shotcut in the end of December, and it worked fine - except it complained (as usual) during export because of too little RAM (only 4 GB), but it still worked.
Now, I can’t edit at all. It takes forever to make an operation, and the program says “not responding”. I tried another computer with 8 GB ram, and the same happens there … I tried follow Dan’s suggestion on how to minimize the memory during editing, but it doesn’t change much.
Even though my computer has little ram, editing has hardly been a problem, so why this sudden change, also on the 8 GB ram computer? Since I used the program last time, I have downloaded .NET 5.0.0. and .NET 5:0.0.13 on both computers - can that have something to do with it?
I am very grateful for answers, as this is very frustrating! Do I simply have to upgrade to 16 GB ram?
Do you keep trying to the same existing project when encountering this problem? Maybe you have a heavy project for your resources. What happens when you try to make a new simple project in like 720p?
Hello Dan, thank your for your reply. It’s the same length as normal 1 hour and 20 minutes, sometimes shorter, sometimes longer. I’ve always used “Automatic” - and even with little ram it has worked fine, so I really don’t get this change from some weeks ago. I will try using 720p though. Kind regards, Ingunn
Long videos generally do not work well in the timeline, and you can disable waveforms and optionally thumbnails to improve that. If your source is long, but you are using a small subset of the clip, then it is faster to trim your shots to include in the Source player before adding them to the timeline. Otherwise, I am not sure why the sudden slowdown but I doubt it is due to .NET since we do not use that. First thing I suggest is to reboot.
Hello again Dan, I was readling though this post Shotcut is maxing out my 16GB RAM and freezing - #3 by l.madanat - would you recommend I download the newest version of Shotcut? It says Shotcut version 21.03.21, I reckon that is last time I downlet it, meaning date.
I also thought about that there has been quite a few Windows updates lately - it might explain something regarding “the sudden change”. I read “Windows 10 users need at least 16GB of RAM to keep things running smoothly”. So, with my 4 GB … seems like I need to upgrade,
