wda Posted May 23, 2007 Share #1 Â Posted May 23, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) After a promising start I am finding Lightroom, on my PC, getting slower when importing new files from folders on my internal hard drive. A 50mb file typically takes around ten minutes to import. Worse, it has taken to freezing when first loading a library at start-up even when no other programmes are running. Â My far from complete library currently holds about 2,800 files with a total size of 1.54GB, not excessive according to examples I have noted elsewhere. Certainly I would expect it to grow further without running problems. Â I have applied all relevant trouble-shooting as suggested on the Adobe support site including removing and re-installing the programme. My Windows XP (Service Pack 2) PC has a Pentium IV running at 2GHz, 1GB RAM and spare disk space within spec. To restore stability I have avoided loading the library file. LR doesn't crash. Now I am looking at the size and components of that file. Do I need all old backups or do they form an essential part of the whole library? (I haven't found the answer to that one). Â Have any members suffered similar problems? If so, what cures can they recommend? Â Thanks in advance. Â David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stunsworth Posted May 23, 2007 Share #2 Â Posted May 23, 2007 David, one suggestion, have you tried running scandisk to check the hard drive? It could be a hardware problem. If that's ok try defrag. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_parker Posted May 23, 2007 Share #3  Posted May 23, 2007 David  Lightroom is memory - hungry, too - maybe a bit more RAM would help (I run it fine with 1.5GB DDR) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfgilbert Posted May 23, 2007 Share #4 Â Posted May 23, 2007 David, You may want to try and post your question on the Adobe Lightroom User forum http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bc2cf0a/ I am by no means implying that members of this forum are any less competent, I just think that you would reach a wider audience and have a higher probability of finding someone who has already solved your problem. Also, look at the Lightroom FAQs there. Jacques Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Englander Posted May 23, 2007 Share #5 Â Posted May 23, 2007 And it is going to get a lot slower, too. Â Just wait until you have a lot of key words along with those files and you have a couple of 500 GB drives to manage. Start-up can be in multiples of 5 minutes. Scrolling becomes hopeless. Â I think that, like Aperture, it is a cute program that isn't really professional grade for image management per se. It has some interesting tools for manipulations as does Aperture, but iView is still a much better DAM program. Its not my hardware; it's the program. iView runs faster while managing twice the number of files. LR just isn't made with the DAM elegance of iView. Â I have returned to actually managing my files with iView and manipulating with LR or any of a number of other developers depending on which tools I want. My initial viewing/selecting is with LR because it reads the Leica DNGs without doing anything to them which would prevent me from using C1. If I decide I do need to use C1 (it seems to be the only developer that is finicky about using the Adobe DNG processor) I use it on those files that need it, the rest go through Adobe DNG, and then all go into a file for management by iView. There is a script in iView to apply all metadata and keywords to files that have the same name but different tags, and unlike LR you can have files with the same name and different tags in the same folder, so from that point on everything is cool. iView also has real folder watching. I can export the raw or tiff file from iView to any developer (other than C1 because I have run them through DNG processor) and manipulate all I want, save the file in the same folder and iView knows about it. Â In short, if you want to continue with LR, you are ultimately going to have to modify what you use it for or learn to take lots of breaks while you wait for it to catch up with you. Â Joe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodda Posted May 24, 2007 Share #6 Â Posted May 24, 2007 Try to disable backup and to large previews being held for more than day. I have 2GB of ram and duo 2 processor and 40k files and it is slower than Iview as it generated previews realtime. PS Memory leakage problem so will hang windows Xp but not Vista Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted May 24, 2007 Author Share #7 Â Posted May 24, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) David, one suggestion, have you tried running scandisk to check the hard drive? It could be a hardware problem. If that's ok try defrag. Â Steve, thanks. Â I defragged my internal disc very recently, but suspect that the problem is due to the high demands placed by LR. Â David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesphoto99 Posted May 24, 2007 Share #8 Â Posted May 24, 2007 More memory. It's so cheap, relatively, so you should pack in as much you can. I run a pre-intel G5 with 5.5 gb ram and even then LR is still a bit sluggish but not annoyingly so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted May 24, 2007 Author Share #9  Posted May 24, 2007 David Lightroom is memory - hungry, too - maybe a bit more RAM would help (I run it fine with 1.5GB DDR) Robert,  Thank you. I am sure you are right. I have already started examining my disc allocation in order to improve data storage.  I had intended getting a new faster dedicated Windows machine but put it off until Vista has settled. I am even exploring whether it is possible to buy an authentic XP machine.  David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted May 24, 2007 Share #10 Â Posted May 24, 2007 Hi David, Dell announced a couple of months ago that they would resume having XP as an OS option on new machines. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocker Posted May 25, 2007 Share #11  Posted May 25, 2007 Robert, Thank you. I am sure you are right. I have already started examining my disc allocation in order to improve data storage.  I had intended getting a new faster dedicated Windows machine but put it off until Vista has settled. I am even exploring whether it is possible to buy an authentic XP machine.  David  David,  I've just bought a new Dell with XP Professional. You need to go to the "Business user" side of the web site to acces this - the home user site is solely Vista. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hagen Posted May 25, 2007 Share #12 Â Posted May 25, 2007 "PC slow and freezing" Â Buy a Mac! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted May 25, 2007 Author Share #13 Â Posted May 25, 2007 David, Â I've just bought a new Dell with XP Professional. You need to go to the "Business user" side of the web site to acces this - the home user site is solely Vista. Â That is interesting; thank you. I will look into that option. Â David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted May 25, 2007 Share #14 Â Posted May 25, 2007 I've just bought a new Dell with XP Professional. You need to go to the "Business user" side of the web site to acces this - the home user site is solely Vista. Â Keith, I looked at the home side last night and they were offering XP on certain machines - personally I wouldn't touch Vista Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsteve Posted May 25, 2007 Share #15  Posted May 25, 2007 . If I decide I do need to use C1 (it seems to be the only developer that is finicky about using the Adobe DNG processor) I use it on those files that need it, the rest go through Adobe DNG, and then all go into a file for management by iView. Joe  Flexcolor also has the problem with Leica DNG files processed through the DNG converter. Once you process them (DMR DNG) through the Adobe DNG converter, opening theses files with Flexcolor will cause FlexColor to crash.  Robert Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsteve Posted May 25, 2007 Share #16  Posted May 25, 2007 Keith, I looked at the home side last night and they were offering XP on certain machines - personally I wouldn't touch Vista  I have read that Vista's new color management system is problematic for photographers and needs a bit of work before photographers convert to Vista. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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