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FCP6 supports multi-core rendering ?
Hi,
I could have missed this at NAB but does FCP6 support all the CPU cores during rendering, especially with the new 8 cores Mac Pro ?
-chrispy
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From what I have read, WAIT till Leopard…… that is the next OS , right..
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Compressor will definitely take advantage of as many as you have now… You can actually send an instance of your compression job to each of the 8 in an octo…
Jerry
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[Jerry Hofmann] “You can actually send an instance of your compression job to each of the 8 in an octo…”
People have been touting that feature as multi-core aware, but that only helps when you have 8 movies to compress. But what if I only have one movie to compress? Doesn’t sound like all 8 cores will kick in to help compress one single movie….right?
CHL
Chi-Ho Lee
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[Chi-Ho Lee] “People have been touting that feature as multi-core aware, but that only helps when you have 8 movies to compress. But what if I only have one movie to compress? Doesn’t sound like all 8 cores will kick in to help compress one single movie….right?”
You weren’t at NAB were you? Jerry is talking about ONE job being fed out to all 8 cores. That’s the demo they were showing at NAB so yes, all 8 cores will kick in on ONE single file.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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[chrispy] “I could have missed this at NAB but does FCP6 support all the CPU cores during rendering, especially with the new 8 cores Mac Pro ?”
As far as I could tell, Apple was silent on this and only showed Compressor taking advantage of all 8 cores. My guess is that this may show up with Leopard whenever that ships.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Broadcast and independent productions.All Things Apple Podcast! https://cowcast.creativecow.net/all_things_apple/index.html
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Jerry, what’s the deal with the instances then?
I have to manually activate each instances? How? Via a menu option? Open up Compressor twice or 4 or 8 times?
CHL
Chi-Ho Lee
Film & Video Editor
Apple Certified Final Cut Pro Trainer
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[Chi-Ho Lee] “Jerry, what’s the deal with the instances then?
I have to manually activate each instances? How? Via a menu option? Open up Compressor twice or 4 or 8 times?”
Just look at the manual when you get it. I believe the demo artist just created 7 aliases of Compressor for each core and away it went.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Broadcast and independent productions.All Things Apple Podcast! https://cowcast.creativecow.net/all_things_apple/index.html
Read my blog! https://blogs.creativecow.net/WalterBiscardi
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The demo at NAB showed ONE sequence being sent to all 8 processors… Apple showed this being compressed to H.264… it was 3 times speed. i.e. a 9 minute sequence would compress in 3 minutes… I’m sure too if you have only 4 the same thing can happen, however at half the speed or so…
Jerry
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Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
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I don’t think so… it works NOW… (remember that dashboard speed thingy? it was way cool too…there’s a command you can pull up … I just missed where this is, but Compressor 3 doesn’t have that many menus etc… look there and I’ll wager you’ll find it. or open the manual…? I’d do it, but have to wait just a few days before I can.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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[Jerry Hofmann] “I don’t think so… it works NOW… (r”
In Compressor yes. Chrispy was asking about Final Cut Pro 6.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Broadcast and independent productions.All Things Apple Podcast! https://cowcast.creativecow.net/all_things_apple/index.html
Read my blog! https://blogs.creativecow.net/WalterBiscardi
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