Not enough memory error, eventhough there're 6 Gig left in page file

[acnedude]

Hi.

I'm trying to compile a DVD that's around 200 Gig & has around 200 menus to be played on the computer. The softwares I use (TMPGENC DVD Author & Adobe Encore) eventually give me the out of memory errors during compilation as soon as the 2 Gig of physical memory run out. I increased my page file to 6 Gig, but those applications seem to ignore virtual memory. Again, they crash as soon as the 2 Gig of physical memory get used up.

I tried using 3-4 memory boosting or freeing programs, but those seem like a bunch of rip-offs because none of them works.

I thought applications cannot distinguish between physical and virtual memory. Apparently, I am wrong because increasing my virtual memory does not get me anywhere.

So, is there a way to make applications treat virtual memory as actual physical memory. Or is there ways to make those DVD compiling applications use virtual memory so I won't get the out-of-memory errors? I know things will run a lot slower once the computer start to use a lot of virtual memory, but (in the case of compiling a DVD) speed does not matter because I have days to let it compile.

[myPCrocks]

200gig DVD ? That would be your problem I'm guessing.

[acnedude]

I've gotten a 100Gig DVD to compile before. I'm pushing the limits this time. In theory, you can compile a DVD up to 900 Gig. That's 9 Gig per title, times 99 titles allowed per DVD.

[saphalline]

Hold on here, are you sure you've got those measurements correct? The largest capacity commercially available burnable disks are the dual-layer DVD-R's and DVD+R's, aka "DVD-R9" and "DVD+R9". The max capacity of these is only 9000MB. How the heck have you gotten 100GB to fit on a DVD??

[acnedude]

I'm making a DVD to be played on the computer, thus it does not need to be under 4 or 9 Gig. It could be as big as my hard drive can handle.

Anyway, I've figured out a solution to my memory problem. Rather than compiling a whole 200-300 Gig DVD at a time, I could do it in pieces at maybe 9 Gig at a time and then link them together in the end using IFO Edit.

[azzey]

Oh, I get it... you're not putting it on a disc. How much free hard drive space do you have???

Maybe try putting it on it's own partition.

[saphalline]

Well, that's just a theoretical limit. In practice, operating systems like Win2K and WinXP have a max file size related to the volume (partition) size. Look here (http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs_vs_fat.htm) for more info. I'd say azzey is correct - try putting the whole DVD project on its own partition.