diff --git a/src/main_window.cpp b/src/main_window.cpp
index c76cbd3..5cf4dd7 100644
--- a/src/main_window.cpp
+++ b/src/main_window.cpp
@@ -851,6 +851,8 @@ void AC_MainWindow::comboFilterChanged(int) {
     if(filter_single->isChecked() && text.find("SubFilter") != std::string::npos)
         Log(tr("Set a SubFilter to use this filter\n"));
     
+    if(playback->getMaxAlloc() < 1080 && text.find("Intertwine") != std::string::npos)
+        Log(tr("Set Max Frames to greater than 1080 to use Intertwine filters"));
 }
 
 void AC_MainWindow::setFilterSingle() {
diff --git a/src/playback_thread.cpp b/src/playback_thread.cpp
index cdc8d1e..b51e1b6 100644
--- a/src/playback_thread.cpp
+++ b/src/playback_thread.cpp
@@ -159,6 +159,13 @@ unsigned long Playback::allocatedFrames() {
     
 }
 
+unsigned long Playback::getMaxAlloc() {
+    mutex.lock();
+    unsigned long l = ac::getMaxAllocated();
+    mutex.unlock();
+    return l;
+}
+
 void Playback::setWaitColorLevel(int w, int l) {
     mutex.lock();
     ac::setVariableWait(w);
diff --git a/src/playback_thread.h b/src/playback_thread.h
index 92b0d38..70d7fb4 100644
--- a/src/playback_thread.h
+++ b/src/playback_thread.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ public:
     void setMaxAlloc(int a);
     unsigned int getObjectSize();
     unsigned long allocatedFrames();
+    unsigned long getMaxAlloc();
     void setWaitColorLevel(int c, int l);
     void setColorMap(int c);
     void setPngPath(std::string path);