Greetings

This is really a continuance of my post nearly half way down this page https://www.magix.info/us/forum/release-movie-edit-pro-2022-your-experiences-your-movies--1281607/ which is the original post about MEP 2022. I was going to post this query there but decided against it (as you may have noticed!) so apologies if that's wrong.

I've had a major problem trying to create a slideshow with initially 254 photos - a number comfortably handled by MEP 2021 and indeed mostly by MEP 2022. This morning MEP 2022 went through the process of (apparently) loading every photo into memory with 100% disk usage; the amount of available RAM being almost 10Gb so I can only imagine that Virtual Ram(?) was being used. When I tried to modify a photo MEP 2022 stuttered and paused for an average of 3 seconds before letting me perform another task. Re-converting the pictures gave a slight improvement.

Other photos that are much larger in size don't normally give this problem.

The exif data for the SLOW photo:

---- ExifTool ----
ExifTool Version Number         : 12.37
---- File ----
File Name                       : Slow.jpg
Directory                       : .
File Size                       : 440 KiB
File Modification Date/Time     : 2008:01:11 01:08:18+00:00
File Access Date/Time           : 2021:12:18 10:10:41+00:00
File Creation Date/Time         : 2021:12:18 10:08:55+00:00
File Permissions                : -rw-rw-rw-
File Type                       : JPEG
File Type Extension             : jpg
MIME Type                       : image/jpeg
Image Width                     : 1024
Image Height                    : 1536
Encoding Process                : Baseline DCT, Huffman coding
Bits Per Sample                 : 8
Color Components                : 3
Y Cb Cr Sub Sampling            : YCbCr4:4:4 (1 1)
---- JFIF ----
JFIF Version                    : 1.02
Resolution Unit                 : None
X Resolution                    : 100
Y Resolution                    : 100
---- Ducky ----
Quality                         : 68%
---- APP14 ----
DCT Encode Version              : 100
APP14 Flags 0                   : [14], Encoded with Blend=1 downsampling
APP14 Flags 1                   : (none)
Color Transform                 : YCbCr
---- Composite ----
Image Size                      : 1024x1536
Megapixels                      : 1.6

and for a "GOOD" photo

---- ExifTool ----
ExifTool Version Number         : 12.37
---- File ----
File Name                       : OK.jpg
Directory                       : .
File Size                       : 1647 KiB
File Modification Date/Time     : 2013:08:13 14:44:14+01:00
File Access Date/Time           : 2021:12:18 10:10:02+00:00
File Creation Date/Time         : 2021:12:18 10:09:05+00:00
File Permissions                : -rw-rw-rw-
File Type                       : JPEG
File Type Extension             : jpg
MIME Type                       : image/jpeg
Exif Byte Order                 : Little-endian (Intel, II)
Current IPTC Digest             : a38e23ea520f091f61ab1bd98200cdc1
Image Width                     : 2000
Image Height                    : 3000
Encoding Process                : Baseline DCT, Huffman coding
Bits Per Sample                 : 8
Color Components                : 3
Y Cb Cr Sub Sampling            : YCbCr4:2:2 (2 1)
---- EXIF ----
Make                            : Canon
Camera Model Name               : Canon EOS 550D
Orientation                     : Horizontal (normal)
X Resolution                    : 72
Y Resolution                    : 72
Resolution Unit                 : inches
Software                        : ACD Systems Digital Imaging
Modify Date                     : 2013:08:13 12:24:21
Y Cb Cr Positioning             : Centered
Exposure Time                   : 1/200
F Number                        : 13.0
Exposure Program                : Manual
ISO                             : 1600
Exif Version                    :
Date/Time Original              : 2013:07:06 01:45:39
Create Date                     : 2013:07:06 01:45:39
Shutter Speed Value             : 1/200
Aperture Value                  : 13.0
Exposure Compensation           : 0
Max Aperture Value              : 2.8
Subject Distance                : 1.54 m
Metering Mode                   : Multi-segment
Flash                           : Off, Did not fire
Focal Length                    : 24.0 mm
Sub Sec Time                    : 643
Sub Sec Time Original           : 29
Sub Sec Time Digitized          : 29
Color Space                     : sRGB
Exif Image Width                : 2000
Exif Image Height               : 3000
Focal Plane X Resolution        : 5728.176796
Focal Plane Y Resolution        : 5808.403361
Focal Plane Resolution Unit     : inches
Custom Rendered                 : Normal
Exposure Mode                   : Manual
White Balance                   : Auto
Scene Capture Type              : Standard
Compression                     : JPEG (old-style)
Thumbnail Offset                : 735
Thumbnail Length                : 6452
Thumbnail Image                 : (Binary data 6452 bytes, use -b option to extract)

plus more that doesn't look relevant.

I don't really understand any of the data here but 3 lines in each list strike me as curious -

SLOW - Resolution Unit: None X Resolution: 100 Y Resolution: 100

GOOD - Resolution Unit: inches X Resolution: 72 Y Resolution: 72

I know my system is now below par but it does handle 4K with no problem and most of the photo work I do. I've already asked my son to build me a bespoke system but that won't be until Easter 2002 at the earliest, apparently a new kitchen is far more important!!

Any Ideas?

AndyW