All afternoon AE has been crashing on preview at half resolution on a 344MB 4:39 min clip that contains audio. It won't play more than a few seconds then loops and/or crashes.
-I've muted audio in preview panel.
-Followed a video on a potential fix that indicated to raise raise [prefs>memory>RAM reserved for other applications] to 7G. No difference.
-Repeatedly cleared disk cache - no difference.
Actually haven't been able to work all afternoon because of this issue. Must have had near a dozen crashes.
There's not any massive footage in project and comp only has the one 5min clip without effects.
Comp settings: 1080p @ 25fps
AE CC 2017 v.14.1.0.57
OS: win10
CPU: i7 4790K
MB: Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-CF
RAM: 16G
GPU: Geforce GTX-980
SSD & 7200rpm Optical Drive