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  • Playback performance issues

    Posted by Scott Witthaus on November 17, 2014 at 2:09 pm

    Hey all –

    Just getting into learning Resolve 11.1 as an editor. The first big issue I am having is performance. I cam getting constant stuttering or dropped frames (red light flashes above record side viewer) playing back simple aVCHd footage. My system specs are:

    Mac Pro late 2013
    Processor: 3.5 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon E5
    Memory: 32 GB 1867 MHz DDR3 ECC
    Graphics: AMD FirePro D500 3072 MB

    I have a Pegasus 2 R4 Raid array attached via TB. I am thinking this is a setting and setup issue on my part. Thoughts on where to go first? Thanks in advance.

    Scott Witthaus

    Scott Witthaus
    Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
    1708 Inc./Editorial
    Professor, VCU Brandcenter

    Scott Witthaus replied 11 years, 5 months ago 4 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Joseph Owens

    November 17, 2014 at 6:11 pm

    First thing to do is to have a quick perusal of the hardware configuration guide appropriate to your version of Resolve.

    AVCHD, although it is ostensibly an intra codec, is not well supported by Resolve and does require some fairly intensive CPU processing. You also appear to be running a single-GPU platform which will not help the image throughput capability.

    Resolve handles media very differently than a plain-vanilla NLE, so assuming that Premiere or Media Composer are a good benchmark for codec agility is not a good barometer.

    jPo

    “I always pass on free advice — its never of any use to me” Oscar Wilde.

  • Scott Witthaus

    November 17, 2014 at 6:42 pm

    [Joseph Owens] “Resolve handles media very differently than a plain-vanilla NLE, so assuming that Premiere or Media Composer are a good benchmark for codec agility is not a good barometer.”

    I was hoping it could handle the codec as least as well as FCPX can. Thanks for your advice and I will check through the hardware config. Thanks again.

    Scott

    Scott Witthaus
    Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
    1708 Inc./Editorial
    Professor, VCU Brandcenter

  • John Tissavary

    November 18, 2014 at 3:15 pm

    My experience is that Resolve doesn’t handle avchd and other long-gop codecs all that well. I tend to avoid using them to cut from, and choose to transcode. Basically AVCHD is h.264 with extra format benefits, so pretty CPU intensive to decode.

    John Tissavary
    colorist
    The Post Collective NYC

  • Justin Ferar

    November 18, 2014 at 9:40 pm

    I have an almost identical setup as Scott (MacPro 6 Core) and have the same issues. I would expect AVCHD to bonk but I still have playback issues with ProRes.

    Truth be told I have not heard anyone, on any forum, anywhere, actually state that they have a smooth editing experience with Resolve thus far.

    Joseph and John- are you guys actually able to edit smoothly or do you not really delve into editing that much?

    And that goes to everyone- can you actually start and finish an edit? What’s your rig?

    Do tell!

  • Scott Witthaus

    November 19, 2014 at 1:47 am

    Justin –

    That is a great question. I am hoping Resolve becomes a true start to finish edit system.

    Are you saying you get the same stuttering playback with ProRes? That is troubling.

    sw

    Scott Witthaus
    Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
    1708 Inc./Editorial
    Professor, VCU Brandcenter

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