DaVinci on a 2008 MacPro

[Erik Lindahl]

This would be a 2006-2007 machine. 2008’s have 800 Mhz, the former have 667 Mhz.

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Erik Lindahl
Freecloud Post Production Services
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[Adam Hendershot]

That might be the “2007” 8-core. I think that one still used the slot configuration utility. The 2008 8-core has 2 X16 v2 PCI-E slots and 800mhz memory (the other two slots are x4 V1). Ours is just on the edge of realtime with 10-bit uncompressed 1920×1080/23.98p Quicktimes with 10-bit monitoring, but enabling 8-bit monitoring makes it solid green on the GPU scale up to about 5 nodes. This is with the GTX285/GT120 combination.

I too get the RED premium debayer render error for what it’s worth.

[Darin Wooldridge]

The 2008 works great, but real time playback is on the very edge of being useable.
dpx is a must. Compressed codecs are problematic. What will play on your macbook in final cut pro will not play real time in the resolve application.

My 2007 MacPro 2,1 replaced my g4 MacPro and is now neighbors with my 2008 MacPro 3,1. Coming soon a 2011 12 core MacPro ?,1..

It sure would be nice to upgrade and avoid buying a new tower every two years.

I know, thats crazy talk..

NOTE: The comments above are strictly mine, and may not necessarily
represent those of my employers.

Darin Wooldridge
Colorist / Technical Strategist
818-653-3918-cell
dwooldridge@mac.com
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[Darin Wooldridge]

I get the error when rendering 4k red to 4k 4444 qt.. I add Rohits bug and it works.

NOTE: The comments above are strictly mine, and may not necessarily
represent those of my employers.

Darin Wooldridge
Colorist / Technical Strategist
818-653-3918-cell
dwooldridge@mac.com
check me out at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Davinci-Resolve-Colorist/117363011609028?ref=….

[Erik Lindahl]

Is ProRes even supposed to scale all the way to 4K?

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Erik Lindahl
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[Darin Wooldridge]

The client requested prores 4444 for vfx comps. Not sure how “supported” it is but it worked for 5 episodes. I wanted to send dpx but didnt fight the request due to smaller size file.

[Erik Lindahl]

Oh, cool. I just know ProRes can bug out a bit if used with irregular formats.

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Erik Lindahl
Freecloud Post Production Services
http://www.freecloud.se