Latency in Resolve 9

Hi guys,

I know we talked about this a could of time, but I thought we could bring it to the table again.
I made a little video to illustrate the latency introduced by the Decklink card and Resolve.
Just see for yourself and stand in awe over the 12-13 frames of latency our system at work shows.
On the right is the UI, upper left the projector and lower left the Ultrascope.
Projector and scope are fed by a Decklink Dual SDI - HDlink - Displayport - HDMIadapter chain.

http://reels.creativecow.net/film/resolve-latency

A slice of color...

Resolve 9.01 OSX 10.8.2

Colorist / Aerial footage nerd
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we just have decided to dimmer out the gui as we grade, to don't be disturb by it (and also to don't create confusion with client on color grading choice "which monitor to believe discussion")

Javier Sanchez
Head Of Technology
Gama Digital

Yes for sure the delay is there on the UI and Video out - for us doesn't seem to matter if its a mac, pc (nt sure about linux. However it just doesn't bother me as the majority of the time my preference is to maximize the UI so the viewer/preview is as small as possible or hidden. Obviously this is helped by the BMD control surface where pretty much everything is mapped.


[Joakim Ziegler] "the UI monitor and the video output is just a symptom of the bigger problem, which is that there's a 12-13 frame delay between any operation you do and the result being displayed."

I don't see this while static grading - a couple examples - add a window, resize it etc its instantaneous, make a correction same thing. Now I would agree with you that during playback when making changes there is a lag. I'm wondering if this is an issue with overall system thru put on mac/pc.

Robbie Carman
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I use the "toggle display mode" found when you right click the nodes area. It hides the viewer and expands the gallery and nodes area. Still, there is a huge delay between the timeline playback position and the SDI output.

+1 !