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Re: FCP X hardware performance
by Oliver Peters on Jun 2, 2012 at 11:52:40 pm
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
[Bret Williams] "but they're usually comparing it to an 8 bit render. I think the renderer and RT in X is of a higher caliber and 10bit. Or something to do with core foundation..." Actually, no. That's based on codec and effect. MB Looks rendering
Re: FCP X hardware performance
by Oliver Peters on Jun 2, 2012 at 11:50:31 pm
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
[Bret Williams] "Put something better in your 12 core than a 6970 and it should win" I'm afraid you confused the two cards. This 6970M IS the card in the iMac. It's a 2GB VRAM card. The 12-core has a 5870 card (1GB VRAM). This is the top-of-the-li
Re: FCP X hardware performance
by Bret Williams on Jun 2, 2012 at 11:27:14 pm
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
I believe playback AND rendering is being handed off th the GPU as in CS6. The real reason the iMac is winning. Put something better in your 12 core than a 6970 and it should win. FCP 7 only utilized 4gigs of RAM and 1 processor. Didnt utilize GPU
AJA CS6 drivers enable VO
by Jim Watt on Jun 2, 2012 at 11:14:50 pm
in the AJA Kona - Mac Forum
Just did a couple of tests with the new driver for VO and it works fine. Settings in audio hardware preferences need to be changed to Kona 3 and I'm inputting VO thru the AES XLR input so that too needs to be changed in the AJA control panel. At le
Re: FCP X hardware performance
by Oliver Peters on Jun 2, 2012 at 9:39:24 pm
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
[Craig Seeman] "I am wondering how an i7 and Xeon of the same vintage compares though." Well, if you look back at the tests I ran, The 12-core MP and the iMac are fairly close in vintage. [Craig Seeman] "without going into all the details, FCP7
Re: FCP X hardware performance
by Craig Seeman on Jun 2, 2012 at 8:35:48 pm
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
[Oliver Peters] "While in general I would agree, I do have to say that Apple has never taken good advantage of multiple cores " Agreed. I am wondering how an i7 and Xeon of the same vintage compares though. If each have same cores and speed, Xeo
Re: FCP X hardware performance
by David Cherniack on Jun 2, 2012 at 8:26:09 pm
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
[Oliver Peters] "I was just able to run a test with the same clip and filter in PProCS6 on the 12-core Mac Pro. Export/render using the AME function. Took approx. 2:30, which is under half the time that the equivalent function took in FCP X using the
Re: FCP X hardware performance
by Oliver Peters on Jun 2, 2012 at 8:16:35 pm
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
FWIW - I was just able to run a test with the same clip and filter in PProCS6 on the 12-core Mac Pro. Export/render using the AME function. Took approx. 2:30, which is under half the time that the equivalent function took in FCP X using the exact sam
Re: FCP X hardware performance
by Oliver Peters on Jun 2, 2012 at 8:04:29 pm
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
[Craig Seeman] "I'm not so sure about processor "speed" so much as the capability of the processor at the time they were designed." While in general I would agree, I do have to say that Apple has never taken good advantage of multiple cores (as in
Re: FCP X hardware performance
by Craig Seeman on Jun 2, 2012 at 6:11:48 pm
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
[Oliver Peters] "Clearly it looks like: a) X is optimized for the i7 processor, b) actual processor speed is more important than the number of cores, c) the more VRAM the better." I'm not so sure about processor "speed" so much as the capability o
Re: FCP X hardware performance
by Craig Seeman on Jun 2, 2012 at 6:05:14 pm
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
[Oliver Peters] "These aren't my machines, so I was going by when they were purchased from Apple by the owners." Although it's easy to determine the actual model year from the specs. Based on date of purchase it might be confusing to call a MacPro
Re: FCP X hardware performance
by Oliver Peters on Jun 2, 2012 at 5:35:46 pm
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
[Craig Seeman] "Dates of the models?" These aren't my machines, so I was going by when they were purchased from Apple by the owners. Oliver
Re: FCP X hardware performance
by Craig Seeman on Jun 2, 2012 at 4:25:05 pm
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
Dates of the models? 2011 MacPro? 2012 iMac? I assume you mean 2010 MacPro and 2011 iMac. This based on when released.
Re: FCP X hardware performance
by Oliver Peters on Jun 2, 2012 at 4:19:21 pm
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
[Mathieu Ghekiere] "I'm surprised the MB looks filter still needs approximately 4 times real-time export even on your fastest machine. I haven't run the numbers, but I'm wondering if Red Giant can optimize their Magic Bullet Suite more to speed up th
Re: FCP X hardware performance
by Craig Seeman on Jun 2, 2012 at 3:58:15 pm
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
[Mathieu Ghekiere] "I'm wondering if Red Giant can optimize their Magic Bullet Suite more to speed up the render times." Saphire Edge also needs a lot. If you really want to push things try using the Neat Video noise reduction filter. This on my 2
Re: FCP X hardware performance
by Craig Seeman on Jun 2, 2012 at 3:54:27 pm
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
[Jeremy Garchow] "It is certainly apparent that whatever NLE is next, we are going to need some new hardware. I guess the plan is working? ;)" Although some would disagree with me (us?) FCPX is designed to sell hardware. It eats resources . .
Re: FCP X hardware performance
by Mathieu Ghekiere on Jun 2, 2012 at 3:30:47 pm
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
I'm surprised the MB looks filter still needs approximately 4 times real-time export even on your fastest machine. I haven't run the numbers, but I'm wondering if Red Giant can optimize their Magic Bullet Suite more to speed up the render times. I h
Re: Symphony 5.5 Nitris to Nitris DX upgrade
by Rob D'Amico on Jun 2, 2012 at 3:24:12 pm
in the AVID Forum
Hi, Now that Avid offers standalone purchases of Nitris DX hardware, you can absolutely run Symphony 5.5 with Nitris DX.
Re: FCP X hardware performance
by Jeremy Garchow on Jun 2, 2012 at 3:10:58 pm
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
Nice one, Oliver. It is certainly apparent that whatever NLE is next, we are going to need some new hardware. I guess the plan is working? ;)
Re: FCP X hardware performance
by Oliver Peters on Jun 2, 2012 at 2:41:44 pm
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
[olof ekbergh] "FCPX seems to really depend on new hardware to work well. I was really disappointed with how FCPX ran on my 2009 8core," Fortunately, I really haven't hit many "beach balling" issues on the Mac Pros. Maybe just lucky. The main thi
Re: FCP X hardware performance
by olof ekbergh on Jun 2, 2012 at 2:18:45 pm
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
This is very similar to my findings. FCPX seems to really depend on new hardware to work well. I was really disappointed with how FCPX ran on my 2009 8core, this station runs FCP7 and M100 very well. But was really stutters and has frequent beach
FCP X hardware performance
by Oliver Peters on Jun 2, 2012 at 2:04:45 pm
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
There have been some posts about hardware optimization and X. Here's a little comparison I just ran. :65 ProRes 1920x1080p/23.98 media clip. Same timeline. I applied a MB Looks "blockbuster" preset. This internally uses diffusion+vignette+4 color
Re: Apple article on Optimizing Media
by Mathieu Ghekiere on Jun 2, 2012 at 12:37:45 pm
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
I think you're right, and it's a huge problem for me. I'll copy from a thread I just started the other day (sorry for the long post, but I hope it's interesting to people): "I want to check if I'm doing something wrong, forgetting a step somewhere
Re: This popped up on Twitter today. The Avid 1 Media Composer from 23 years ago.
by Michael Gissing on Jun 2, 2012 at 8:07:25 am
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
You guys had it so cheap in the USA. Prices in Australia for AVID systems with hardware and plenty of storage (a few 4 gig SCSI bricks), was much more expensive. A facility that I shared space with bought an Editbox for around US$400k in the earl
Not able to monitor while recording
by Pattie Olson on Jun 2, 2012 at 6:25:07 am
in the Adobe Audition, Soundbooth Forum
I am not able to monitor the narration while recording. Audition records and I can play that back and hear it just fine. Speakers work fine for playback and for other applications except there is nothing from them or my headphones while someone is re
Re: This popped up on Twitter today. The Avid 1 Media Composer from 23 years ago.
by Tim Wilson on Jun 2, 2012 at 6:05:15 am
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
[Michael Gissing] "And what was the price of MC1?" A lot less than you'd think. I couldn't find a reference that I felt was reliable for v.1, but by 1993, Models 210 (unbundled) and 220 (with Mac IIci) were $15,000 and $24,900 respectively. The
Re: Audio issues with Aja
by Tom Daigon on Jun 2, 2012 at 1:36:20 am
in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum
Nope. Audio is solid. In total sync and no drop outs. Are you on Lion 10.7.4? Must be. Do you have "Default Audio Input / Output selected in the Prefs for Audio Hardware (Mac) ?
Re: GTX 470 users…anyone else having render problems?
by Eric Lalicata on Jun 1, 2012 at 11:18:36 pm
in the DaVinci Resolve Forum
So after some experimentation, it appears the Red Rocket Card is the culprit. We tried the DXP render that Sascha recommended, and we we able to render to 4k and 1080 without any glitches. Obviously the 4k did not playback in real time, but we stepp
Re: Adobe Premier Audio Problem
by Ryan Patch on Jun 1, 2012 at 10:24:58 pm
in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum
First thoughts would be to ensure that your audio hardware has all correct drivers. On a PC, even if the audio is integrated into the motherboard, it will have it's own drivers. Check for any issues. Another troubleshooting step would be to eith
News: Cinedeck Software Upgrades Ship With More Native Codecs, Including Dnxhd 444, Plus New 3D Ster
by Cow News Droid on Jun 1, 2012 at 7:44:12 pm
in the NEWS: Product News Releases Forum
Cinedeck’s software-based architecture enables greater capability and faster development (New York, New York--June 1, 2012) Cinedeck LLC, pioneering developer of capture systems for motion picture and broadcast production, continues to set new ben
HyperDeck Studio Pro
by Joel Caron on Jun 1, 2012 at 7:15:37 pm
in the Blackmagic Design Forum
I know the Hyperdeck Studio Pro isn't even available, yet. Does anyone know if ever intend to add simultaneous record and playback? I would think the hardware and SSD is capable of it. After digging through user forums, lots of churches would buy
Re: Prores 4444
by Dave Haynie on Jun 1, 2012 at 6:54:38 pm
in the Sony Vegas Forum
Vegas can usually only render with alpha channel (the fourth "4") to uncompressed or uncompressed-ish formats. That's because you rarely want an alpha channel with any lossless compression, as you can imagine. I use this all the time for animation pr
AJA IoXT or T-Tap with driver support for FCP7 and PPCS6?
by Jon Grimson on Jun 1, 2012 at 6:47:19 pm
in the AJA io Forum
I'm about ready to look at other 3rd party hardware monitor display solutions IF, device drivers support FCP7 AND PPCS6 without crazy partitioned boot drive workarounds. Right now with my Matrox MX02le with Max, I can run the new CS6 drivers or the o
Re: AJA Support for Adobe CS6!
by Tom Daigon on Jun 1, 2012 at 6:10:08 pm
in the AJA Kona - Mac Forum
Im watching the output of my Kona 3 on my external monitor. No lag at all. Cuts in both the Premiere Program monitor and the external happen simultaneously. Audio is in sync. No audio issues at all. Mac user be sure your Prefs / Audio Hardware is set
Re: New AJAVideo Mac & Windows Plug-Ins for Adobe CS6
by Chris Borjis on Jun 1, 2012 at 5:48:56 pm
in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum
I'm just a bit nervous about it because I know lots of people having trouble with Lion. Good to know we're on nearly identical hardware and its been smooth sailing for ye.
Re: designed Mac Pro
by Chris Borjis on Jun 1, 2012 at 5:22:49 pm
in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum
If Apple was doing a new Mac Pro it would have been out months ago. My bet is on iMac only hardware from here on.
Re: Who's crazy, Media Exporter or Me?
by Michael Kalin on Jun 1, 2012 at 5:18:25 pm
in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum
You really need to enable hardware assisted encoding using the GPU's in your system if you have not already done that. It makes a huge difference. Look at these two sites for a full explanation: http://www.studio1productions.com/Articles/Premi
Re: New AJAVideo Mac & Windows Plug-Ins for Adobe CS6
by Alex Udell on Jun 1, 2012 at 5:03:51 pm
in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum
Mercury transmit tech no longer requires hardware specific sequences. Check through your prefs....should be in there somewhere to enable it. Alex
Service: JP Audio and Video Productions
by J Howard Calvin on Jun 1, 2012 at 4:56:13 pm
in the COW - Services Forum
DHE Audio and Video is a network of performing musicians,audio and video engineers and ITechnicians who will work with you to help you obtain the best quality recordings from your best performances. We have over 60 years of combined experience in
High Noon in the Editors' Corral
by Debra Kaufman on Jun 1, 2012 at 4:52:13 pm
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
A group of editors gathered at a Hollywood Post Alliance Sales Resource Group luncheon to debate the merits of today's nonlinear editing systems. In the process, they argued less over tools and complained more about an ever-changing workflow. And, ye
JP Audio and Video Productions
by J Howard Calvin on Jun 1, 2012 at 9:56:13 am
in the Forum
J Calvin - A.A., B.M., M.M. The university of Akron, Kent State University, Cuyahoga Community College Educator for the last 20 years in the Greater Cleveland area currently teaching in the Parma City Schools. Adjunct Music Teacher at Baldwin-Wallace
News: SBS - Australia's Special Broadcasting Service - in Overdrive with Ross
by Cow News Droid on Jun 1, 2012 at 6:03:59 am
in the NEWS: Product News Releases Forum
(Iroquois, Ontario, CN--June 1, 2012) Australia’s Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) has been on air from their new automated news studio since February this year, operating under Ross Video’s OverDrive™ Automated Production Control system. Commi
News: New Professional Product Line Puts Faceware’s Complete Facial Animation Tool Suite Into Animat
by Cow News Droid on Jun 1, 2012 at 5:36:56 am
in the NEWS: Product News Releases Forum
Faceware’s New End-to-End Tool Suite Helps Animators Create High-Fidelity Facial Performances 3-10x Faster than Hand Keying (Santa Monica, California--June 1, 2012) Faceware Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of 3D facial animation software fo
News: The Hollywood Post Alliance® Opens Judges Award for Creativity and Innovation Call For Entries
by Cow News Droid on Jun 1, 2012 at 5:26:59 am
in the NEWS: Product News Releases Forum
Award Spotlighting Out of the Box Thinking in Post Production Seeks Submissions (Los Angeles, California--June 1, 2012) The Hollywood Post Alliance® has opened its Call for Entries for the HPA® Judges Award for Creativity and Innovation in Post Pr
Re: Why do you think a new Mac Pro ISN'T coming?
by Jeremy Garchow on Jun 1, 2012 at 5:19:44 am
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
You should have waited until 1999 (maybe 2000). Graphics tracks became video tracks, and at first it was something like 4 graphics tracks, then it went up to more if I remember correctly. Still had the a/b video track though. It had autom
News: Light Iron Introduces New Distribution Channel For Mobile Post Production Systems
by Cow News Droid on May 31, 2012 at 11:34:11 pm
in the NEWS: Product News Releases Forum
(Hollywood, California--May 31, 2012) Light Iron – a post production leader specializing in on-site dailies, digital intermediate, archival, and data services for projects originated on file-based motion cameras – announced today that its mobile post
Re: A Cautionary Tale for the FCP Switcher
by Robert Moore on May 31, 2012 at 10:01:40 pm
in the COW - Tutorials Forum
We've had similar issues here, for a client.... just my opinion, but I much prefer FCP7 to Avid MediaComposer. We are actually using MC versions 4, 5 and 6 on the same show! MC4 for VTR capture (because XDCAM to ISIS issues, though we found a fix,
Re: Disconnecting a Condenser Mic
by Chris Wright on May 31, 2012 at 9:48:40 pm
in the Audio Professionals Forum
with usb devices in windows, you can right click safely remove hardware in the taskbar.
Re: Why do you think a new Mac Pro ISN'T coming?
by Alan Okey on May 31, 2012 at 9:41:22 pm
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
While I dislike the facts, I understand the situation completely from a business perspective. Apple simply can't keep investing in hardware that offers them so little return on investment. GPU drivers alone have proven to be too overwhelming for Ap
Re: Why do you think a new Mac Pro ISN'T coming?
by Chris Harlan on May 31, 2012 at 9:08:35 pm
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
[Clint Wardlow] "I mean, I know Apple likes to wow us with sudden pronouncements of new hardware and software. And this may work for the iphone and ipad crowd. " I think Apple just likes to be able to change their collective mind on a dime withou

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