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Long Render Times Normal? AVID comparisons anyone?
Is this normal on 2GHz, G5 dual processor? (OS X 10.4.7)
COLOR CORRECTION:
Captured 8 minutes of 10bit 1080i via Decklink in FCP 5.1.1.
Placed the clip in 10bit 1080i timeline (all green before adding filters)
Added two 3-way color correction filters (one was a spot color/limit color correction).
Rendered all
Took 4.5 hours to render. (34-to-1 ratio)RE-SIZE/POSITION:
Imported 8 minutes QT movie of 10bit 1080i in FCP 5.1.1.
Placed the clip in 10bit 1080i timeline (all green prior to any effects)
Repositioned the clip via motion tab (scale=160%, re-centered image).
Rendered all
Took 1.5 hours to render. (11-to-1 ratio)I understand the new Macs render FCP a little bit faster (10%) than the G5 Quads (see https://www.barefeats.com/quad06.html).
What’s the fastest I could expect and how can I make it faster?Does anyone have any comparison on an AVID?
Love,
JeffFinal Cut Studio 5.1, G5 2GHz Dual Processr, 2.5Gb RAM, AJA IO
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6 Replies
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When you said “All Green”… what are you talking about? The render bar above the sequence was green? If so, you used the wrong settings for the sequence. That would be slowing you down too.
Doesn’t Decklink supply easy setups with their products? They should be used… just choose easy setups from the FCP menu and use the 1080i easy setup supplied by Decklink.
The Quad G5’s are more than twice the speed of your machine, and the Dual Duo quads are even a bit faster.
Jerry
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Jeff,
The problem is most likely that you placed your 8-mins of material in sequence 1 that was open when you initially openned the new project and selected your Easy Setup. That seq. never has the correct settings. That one gets lots of newbies and should have most likely been addressed by Apple a long time ago.
You need to open a new sequence in the browser, and when you drop your clips in the timeline there should be no colored lines at all indicating a need to render until until you have exceeded the RT limitations of your hardware configuration.
DRW
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If you look at the BF test that he linked to, you’ll see the new machines are actually slower GHZ for GHZ thatn the Quad G5. Go figure. But we’ve already had this thread.
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That’s a little high… but not much. 10bit rendering @ Normal motion filtering w/ 2 color correctors4 (one with a limit)…. I’m getting about 19-1 ratio with a dual 2.5ghz machine. HD is a bear – especially at 10bit…..
Here’s a quick trick – set the sequence to 8bit, set it to force render at 8 bit YUV, and you can ballpark everything in much quicker, and then make slight adjustments to full 10bit later including an overnight render. This works fine with 10 bit media.
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might as well capture as DVCPRO HD as a proxy with the bmd card then recapture as 10 bit and on-line.
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unless you’re renting decks
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