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AVC-INTRA – Cutting in Premiere Pro CS4
Hi fellow Bovines
We are looking to shoot our next show in AVC-INTRA, as opposed to DVCPRO-HD, as we feel the quality for the footage long term, will be better for archiving. We are in Panic mode though. Our new 2700 is on the way, our shoot schedule is looming, and we have to make a call ASAP.
Currently our edit suites are getting a little long in the tooth, and have discovered that AVCI struggles to play back with the blackmagic card in Premiere CS4. The CPU is maxed out on occasion.
I know the reccomended specs for cutting this format, but it is a little dated. So, my question to you is….Is there anybody out there cutting ACVI in premiere? If so…what kind of hardware are you running? And how is it performing?
Thanks
Brett
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What system are you running? A newish Mac Pro shouldn’t be dropping frames with AVC-Intra.
Noah
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Hi Noah
Thanks for the quick reply. Maybe I didn’t mention it, we are windows based here. Not a mac in sight….well maybe an really old G4 in a corner somewhere.
We have some quad core machines running CS4 32 bit OS. We are in the process of going to 64 bit, to open up more RAM.
I was hoping for some insight from any PC Premiere CS4 users who had experience with the format.
Just trying to establish if we can…
A./muddle through for a while with the quad cores at 64bit & more RAM
B./Go for a couple of i7 based workstations at 64bit.
C./Chuck the $$ at a beefy Dual CPU XEON to get the benefit of AVC-INTRA.
I don’t like the idea of C…I’d rather have two guys cutting at once on two lower spec boxes, rather than one guy on a killer box. Geez, now I’m sounding like an accountant! Sorry.
Brett Howe
Creative Director / Producer
Brave Vision Pty Ltd -
I’d ask on a Premiere forum not the P2 forum- much more likely to get experienced responses. I’d have to guess it’s a configuration issue. AVC-Intra is processor intensive sure. But I’ve seen CS4 play back native REDCODE without major issues which is way more bandwidth so I’m surprised to hear of major issues here.
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Thanks Noah
I’ve posted in the Premeiere forum already. In the meantime, We’ll beef up a machine here and test it out.
I appreciate your input.
Cheers
Brett
Brett Howe
Creative Director / Producer
Brave Vision Pty Ltd
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