Mark Owen
Thanks for the follow ups.
Every time you render the Timeline content to get the best possible preview of the playback in the Edit area monitor, the program automatically generates a preview file which is stored to the computer hard drive designated location. If SD project and you have rendered a Timeline still or video, the preview file will be a DV AVI; if HD project the preview will be a MPEG2.mpeg file which will have a companion .xmp file.
Every time you import an audio file into the project (whether standalone or as the audio portion of a file with audio linked to video), the program automatically conforms the audio to give the conformed audio files (cfa and pek) that are then associated with the audio import.
And, there are also conformed video files that are generated by the project for video imports. These files have .mcdb file extension.
The preview files, conformed audio files (cfa and pek), and conformed video files (.mcdb) can pile up to cause problems.
So, let us determine if pile ups of them might be factoring into your Premiere Elements performance issues.
Preview Files. Libraries/Documents/Adobe/Premiere Elements/12.0 and look in the Adobe Premiere Elements Previews File Folder to see what is there.
Conformed Audio Files. Libraries/Documents/Adobe/Premiere Elements/12.0 and look in the Media Cache Files Folder to see what is there.
Conformed Video Files. Go to Edit Menu/Preferences/Media and the Media Cache Database area there and click on the Clean Button.
The path to the actual files is shown the dialog near the Clean button.
Also, go to Edit Menu/Preferences/Scratch Disks, and determine where all the categories are directed and how much free hard drive space is at
the location(s).
Please review. We will be watching for your results.
Thank you.
ATR