[Eeglablist] Out of Memory issues

[Jim Parkinson]

Matlab is pretty ropey at memory management. What's more, if you're running 32 bit Matlab, the maximum physical memory it can use, i think, 4gb, irrespective of how much your machine has. So my short answer (and the most effective long term, IMO) is to get more RAM and 64 bit Matlab. The former is dead cheap these days, the latter not so, I'm afraid! :-)


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Dr Jim Parkinson, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher,
Body and Action Group,
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience,
UCL,
Alexandra House
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On 21 Sep 2012, at 22:32, Dwight Peterson <dwight.peterson23 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
>        I am getting an output message of OUT OF MEMORY quite often when attempting to use certain functions within EEGLAB.  For example, this OUT OF MEMORY message occurs when I try to re-sample my dataset after it has been successfully loaded in to EEGLAB. The reason I am trying to re-sample is because our data acquisition system is extremely high resolution, however, this leads to memory issues given that the sampling rate is 48000 Hz.   Because we are limited in terms of our equipment, I was trying to re-sample to a smaller sampling rate, but I keep getting this error message.  Also, this error message comes up when I try to load in a saved continuous EEG dataset that I have already processed.  However, if I re-create the eeg dataset from the beginning (e.g., import > from .mat array) there is no such error message.  
>        I have already tried the memory options within the File menu of the EEGLAB GUI. 
> 
>        Any suggestions would be most appreciated!
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> --Dwight--
> 
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> Dwight J. Peterson, M.A.
> Graduate Assistant
> Cognitive and Brain Sciences
> Department of Psychology/296
> Memory and Brain Laboratory
> University of Nevada, Reno
> Reno, NV 89557
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