Premiere Pro Maxes Out Ram When Opening/Saving Projects

[CitizenSam]

Hi Folks,

I working with projects in an Adobe Production and every time I try and Open or Save a project, my RAM usage shoots up to 100GB (on a 72GB system) and Premiere hangs. It eventually opens/saves, every time, but usually after about 10 minutes of waiting.

This is happening on three different machines with three different copies of the project. I even took all the media offline and just opened one of the projects, and the issue still occurs. 

We have gone through the usual troubleshooting steps already.

[MyerPj]

"the usual troubleshooting steps already"

That's not really helpful. You'll have to say what. We'll have to start every suggestion with "You've probably tried this but..."

Create a new project and IMPORT the current project and see how that goes. It sounds like there is some corruption in that project.

[MyerPj]

"the usual troubleshooting steps already"

That's not really helpful. You'll have to say what. We'll have to start every suggestion with "You've probably tried this but..."

Create a new project and IMPORT the current project and see how that goes. It sounds like there is some corruption in that project.

[CitizenSam]

You're right. Sorry. Frustration has set in. I guess I meant trashing the preferences and clearing the cache.

Ironically, that import project trick is something I usually try, and forgot to this time. The weird thing is it's MULTIPLE projects in the production.

I'll give it a go tomorrow and report back. Thank you for your candor.

[CitizenSam]

After tons of testing, I discovered there are instances of clips with hundreds of copies of the same marker that I imagine weren't made by an editor. I deleted every marker on every clip, and the core issue goes away. The project saves without hanging or spiking the RAM.

However, when I close and re-open the saved project, the markers come back, and so does the problem!

I feel like I've got it to a place where an Adobe Engineer can take a look at it. Is there anyone available to take my case? Here's a video of the problem in action...

https://vimeo.com/500265292/06796fd3e8