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Ultrascopes and Resolve
Hi,
I just tested the ultrascopes in conjunction with DaVinci on a Mac. And a big problem was that both applications claim the main screen of my Mac as their primary screen. It means that these are not really usable together in one computer because both applications block each other out this way. Is is necessary to but the Ultascopes in a separate computer or is there a way to work with both applications in one machine that I have overlooked?
Thanks
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Ultrascope has always been intended to run on its own computer. One shouldn’t think of Ultrascope as software. One should think of it as a standalone box that replaces existing hardware scopes. And in any case, it definitely should not be co-resident with Resolve in one box. Besides, Ultrascope is Windows based, at least the last time I looked. So you’re not only stealing performance from Resolve, you’re trying to run it under emulation. I’m surprised the hardware card for Ultrascope even works in that type of scenario.
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Mike, Ultrascope is now cross platform for the PCIe version and Windows only for the USB3 version…
And yes it is really supposed to be run in it’s own system. Plus where would you put the extra card in a Mac-Pro? Ultrascope runs nicely in a little Windows machine with a reasonable nVidia card…
-Rob-
Robert Houllahan
Director / Colorist
Cinelab Inc.
http://www.cinelab.comMAHC-PRO 6-Core 3X GTX285 20Tb SAS Wave Panel Panny 11UK SDI Plasma.
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A decent Hackintosh has the space for the cards and the power for both Resolves and Ultra Scopes UI.
And if you could use it like Scopebox ( https://www.divergentmedia.com/scopebox ) it would be cool to have that open instead of the build in ones that really slow the machine down.
As much as I understand the professional aspect of a dedicated machine and screen, cabeling can be a problem or space, or distance.
So having it all in one might be interesting for some.A slice of color…
DaVinci 8.0.1 OSX 10.7
MacPro 5.1 2×2,4 24GB
RAID0 8TB eSata 6TB
GTX 470 / GT 120
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I have an Ultrascope in a little PC and have gone to using Resolve’s scopes recently. I have not really seen a slowdown with the Resolve scopes but I have GPU power to burn in the machine I put together.
I think one issue with Ultrascope in the same machine as Resolve is that they will both be competing for GPU power but maybe the Ultrascope would just use the GUI GPU?? I have a slot open on mine maybe I will try it one day..
Scopebox is really great I have it running on two Telecine suites. I wish he would further develop it into a more hi end app the scopes are some of the best looking and most responsive of any software scopes I have seen.
-Rob-
Robert Houllahan
Director / Colorist
Cinelab Inc.
http://www.cinelab.comMAHC-PRO 6-Core 3X GTX285 20Tb SAS Wave Panel Panny 11UK SDI Plasma.
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I’m using ScopeBox too, but mainly because I had an extra Decklink and I didn’t have the time to wait for shipping of the UltraScope if I had ordered it. Buying and instantly downloading a software solution was a no-brainer.
However, I like the looks of UltraScope a bit more 😉
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