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Does Final Cut Pro really only use 1 core?
I am exporting a bunch of 2 minute clips that use the animation codec, a primatte key filter, chroma color smoother 4:1:1, and a garbage matte.
I am doing 1 clip now and using a 8 core 3.2 ghz machine and it is telling me it is going to take 30-40 minutes. My CPU is only at 13 percent?
Is this normal?
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Wait, I take that back.
It is 30 minutes plus another 30 (it says writing video now). For a 1-2 minute green screen clip to Animation codec?
Maybe Apple should issue a disclaimer with the Mac 8 core.
“You cannot use this computer at full speed with our video editing software, Final Cut Pro”
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how much ram do you have? you need at leaast 1 gig per core.
hmm… I wonder what this button does…
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Ding, ding, ding…. We have a winner!
Something that almost everyone is missing is that the Mac Pro systems are very very different than the G5 setups. The memory requirements are different, slot placement is very critical, everything is different (system component-wise).
Research thru Apple’s tech support website about optimizing the Mac Pro with FCP can be found.
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Hmm, I thought I replied to this shortly after your post. I guess it did not take.
We have 2 GB of factory ram and 8 GB of iRam of the same specs.
Total of 10 GB.
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So are you saying this should be faster? Is it because of the animation codec? I have been reading up on the ShearVideo codec. Would Shear Video codec make this faster?
This is soo slow!
I will see if i can find something. I thought I followed the directions for slot placement correctly. If anyone can save me some time and fetch the link it would be appreciated. If I find it I will post it back here for everyone else.
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