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short newbie questions
System: Mac pro 4.1 Nehalem, 2×2.26, 8GB Ram, GT 120 + GTX 285, DaVinci Lite
– Grading prores422@1080p with only one node, without any correction, I can’t get more, than 24fps. (or at least DaVinci tells me it’s playing 24.0fps, although the timeline is 25fps). Why is that?
– is there any way to permanently turn of the “scrolling with mouse wheel” function? Right now it resets with every restart.
– is there any drawback, if in the future I want to setup a _software_ RAID in my mac pro?
– what kind of forums/sites should I watch if I would like to buy a Tangent Wave panel, used? (right now, I watch ebay, creativecow, and reduser)
– where can I download lots of RED, and Alexa footage to test?Thanks in advance for any answer!
laco -
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Hello Laco,
You have all the gear to make Resolve work, now just support the product and buy the full version and all you dreams and questions will be answered.
Gareth
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all these things will be solved with the full version?
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Yes, all your questions will be answered.
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so you don’t answer my questions because I own only the Lite version, which is free but absolutely legal?
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you are welcome to ask a question about the lite version. BMD is providing the lite version for people who want to learn (asking questions is a part of learning) Resolve and maybe decide later to buy the full version. This concept works fine (otherwise I would still work with Apple Color…)
– If you want 25fps instead of 24fps in your viewer, you can set the timeline to 26fps in the configuration tab.
– A softraid is way better than no raid! Start with 4 drives softraid and if you are unhappy you can buy a RAID controller. BMD offers a speed test tool to measure the performance of your raid (it’s also free and you are allowed to ask questions…)
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thanks Jan, this is exactly why I’m trying the Lite version first.
I’ve set the playback rate to 26fps, now it says 25fps, so it seems that solved the problem, thanks! But what is the logic behind this, where does that extra frame come from?Anyway, I still get slower playback if the timeline contains cuts. It’s like Davinci’s slowing down at the beginning of each clip.
Activity monitor shows 30MB/s transfer rate, my HDD measures around 100-120MB/s so that shouldn’t be the problem.
I thought this will be the easiest footage to handle.. One single prores422 clip, cut it up with scene detector, each clip contains one, or two nodes, without blur, sharpen, or NR.Fine, I’ll try softraid first, thanks!
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Setting timeline to 26fps for 25fps playback? Weird. Shouldn’t be like that.
Could you provide us a screenshot of your Config page? That might help us help you. 🙂
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this is the original setup. https://i54.tinypic.com/qyfko6.jpg
Currently I don’t have a decklink card, so I just want to playback the footage on my main display.Anyway, the results are for this config:
– playback shows 24.0fps maximum
– playback slows down when there are cuts in the timeline
– got some tearing too in the viewer…thank you!
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With your hardware description, it should do what you are trying to do easily. So my only speculation is that you do not have the GTX285 and the GT120 in slots one and two of the Mac. If you are using those slots, make sure there are no displays connected to the GTX285 card.
Dwaine Maggart
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Thanks Dwaine for the tip.
The GTX285 is in the lowest pci-e slot (the only double wide one)
The GT120 is sitting just above it, so it’s in the second slot from the bottom.
Are these slot 1 and 2?I don’t have any display attached to the GTX285, I did my homework with your detailed mac config guide:)
Is there any kind of cuda tests to see if my card performance is right?
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