PrP performance on Mac vs. PC

[Tom Daigon]

I think you maybe on to something. Zoomed in on the timeline it scans smoothly. Where is this slider resolution control you mentioned?

Tom Daigon
Avid DS / PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com

[Paul Jay]

Did you try the same ProRes files on PC?

ProRes Quicktime files are not optimized for Premiere.
When you match a ProRes clip to Sequence, Premiere creates a AVCHD timeline.

This suggest there is no Native ProRes timeline in current Premiere.

[Tom Daigon]

Paul the Prores clips playback great in PRP 5.5. The process I am referring to here is when scanning by dragging thr playback head in the Record window it seems to skip 10 or so frames which doesn’t happen when scanning the same clip in the Source window. I think its a moot point because I just discovered if I zoom in a bit on the timeline this issue clears up. Your info about Prore in PrP is incorrect. There are downloadable Prores playback only codecs for PCs. And of course being on a Mac Pro with FCP I have lots of Prores choices 🙂

Tom Daigon
Avid DS / PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com

[Dirk Dejonghe]

Hi Tom,

I installed PPro trial on my MacPro (with Decklink and FCP7 installed). I could get Blackmagic functionality in PPro after reinstalling Blackmagic drivers but no luck yet with Prores in PPro. Did you have to reinstall Quicktime at all?

Thanks,

http://www.postproduction.be

[Adrian Tecson]

Now that David mentioned it, the timeline does scan smoother when it is zoomed in than when its zoomed out. I never noticed that before. Not sure if you know the shortcut Tom, but its the + and – keys on the alphanumeric keyboard [not the numeric keypad]

Adrian Tecson
Director for Post-Production
Underground Logic
http://www.undergroundlogic.com

[Tom Daigon]

Yup, Like I said in my post to him earlier…zooming in does smooth out the scanning on the timeline display in the Record/Right monitor.

Tom Daigon
Avid DS / PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com

[Tom Daigon]

Sorry, I dont know how to help. My Mac had Prores already since it came with the installation of FCP. And I use the AJA Kona 3 hardware. Wish I could be of more help.

Tom Daigon
Avid DS / PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com

[John Pale]

Uninstall BMD drivers. Download and install the latest Beta driver. It fixes some issues with Premiere Pro.

Make sure you use Blackmagic presets. You’ll get no output via Decklink with standard presets.

[Tim Kolb]

[Tom Daigon] “Yup, Like I said in my post to him earlier…zooming in does smooth out the scanning on the timeline display in the Record/Right monitor.”

If your timeline is zoomed out so far that a millimeter movement of your mouse moves the playhead 10 frames, you’ll see your image advance proportionately.

FCP behaves the same way does it not?

TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,

Adobe Certified Instructor

[Tom Daigon]

Tim, its seems I have effectively blocked out a lot of my FCP experience so I honestly can remember 😉

Tom Daigon
Avid DS / PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com