ClipFinder VS. RedRushes !?
by Sean Kapleton
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Aug 25, 2009 at 7:57:16 pm
Hey gang,
I am conforming 2k, 3k, & 4k Red footage into 1920x1080 Full Quality HQ clips and for the very first time i wanted to try to use ClipFinder for this massive batch of renders split between 2 new MacPro systems with the files all living on a SAN.
SO i know many of you folks recommend using ClipFinder over RedRushes BUT i just setup bug renders on 2 brand new macpro's with tons of RAM fully updated etc and it seems that ClipFinder is barely even moving.
I just did a test using RedRushes which I have only used up to this point performing the same renders and its going WAY faster?!
I am not sure if I'm doing something wrong but for both apps I chose to use the most ram & tasks as possible.
Re: ClipFinder VS. RedRushes !? by Sean Kapleton on Aug 25, 2009 at 9:40:06 pm
Nope Both are set to FULL and RedRushes is going WAY faster - I dont even think ClipFinder is done with its first set of 16!!
I am def bummed out because you guys have all said how great it is and I do have to admit the interface is great (showing resolution and frame rates etc) BUT what can I do this stuff needs to be ready first thing in the morning for review.
What else could be causing it to run at a crawl like this? I also notice that i literally cant do anything n the comp's that have it running - like clicking on a finder or anything it just beach balls off and on - it really must be using all the cores but unfortunately no results...
Re: ClipFinder VS. RedRushes !? by Russell Lasson on Aug 26, 2009 at 5:35:30 pm
Right now you're trying to process 16 different clips with each using 8 cores. Try changing that do something like 2-4 tasks and 2-4 cores/tasks. Open the activity monitor to see if the processors are being used efficiently.
-Russ
Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
www.colormill.net
Re: ClipFinder VS. RedRushes !? by Sean Kapleton on Aug 26, 2009 at 6:38:37 pm
Ok well my question to that would be about the fact that In RedRushes I am able to have 6 tasks using all 8 cores and it seems to work fine...so even if I cut down the tasks why do I want to use less cores?? Ideally On a New MacPro with lot so fRAM what will get the best / fastest results?
Re: ClipFinder VS. RedRushes !? by Sean Kapleton on Aug 26, 2009 at 7:31:52 pm
hmm ok so 6 tasks and 8 cores?! One thing I DID notice was that as i mentioned earlier in this post - the comp running Clip basically cannot respond in ANY way when its running its batch whereas i can still use internet mouse around in finder etc with RedRushes - have you or anyone else noticed that?
Re: ClipFinder VS. RedRushes !? by Uli Plank on Aug 27, 2009 at 4:57:53 am
It's about general throughput as well. If you have two fast RAIDs and are reading from one and writing to the other, the situation is very different from having one single drive.
Director of the Institute of Media Research (IMF) at Braunschweig University of Arts
Re: ClipFinder VS. RedRushes !? by Sean Kapleton on Aug 27, 2009 at 2:58:32 pm
Hey Uli,
SO at this facility we have a SAN with 70TB (now down to 30 currently) each station connected via Fibre - I am going from and to the SAN for these renders...does that help inform the situation any better?
