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Unreasonable Render/Export times on MBP?
Using a early 2009 MacBook Pro with Snow Leopard and the below specs. I’m using Final Cut Pro 6.0.6 as well. I am editing HD 1920 footage, and the footage specs can be found below hardware.
Anywho, I am getting a 10 minute export time for a 15 second clip I wanted to give someone to preview from my timeline. Their has to be something wrong with that picture. I put my preferred export settings below H264 and MPEG4. I use both, and the mpeg4 is only like 2 minutes faster on export. The whole 2 minute video takes close to 25 minutes to export. Can someone help me determine why this is happening?
Main Hardware:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,2
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 3.06 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz DDR3
HDDs: 500GB Internal 7200 RPM. 2x 1TB External firewire 800 HDD. (I tried having the whole project on my internal and then my external. didn’t help either way)NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT:
Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 512 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0647
Revision ID: 0x00a1
ROM Revision: 3436
gMux Version: 1.7.10
Displays:
Color LCD:
Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Built-In: Yes
DELL E2209W:
Resolution: 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Rotation: SupportedRaw HD 1920×1080 Video source:
Vid Rate – 29.97
Frame Size – 1920×1080
Compressor – Apple ProRes 422
Data Rate – 18.1 MB/sec
Pixel Aspect – Square
Field Dominance – OddExport Settings:
H264:
Compression – H.264
Frame Rate-29.97
Key Frames-24
Frame Reordering-YES
Compressor-Best Quality(Multi-pass)
Data Rate-Restrict to 6400kbits/sec
Optimized for-Streaming
Filter – None
Size – 1920×1080 (1888×1062)
Deinterlace – If needed
Sound – AAC 128kbps
Prepare for Internet Streaming – Compressed HeaderMPEG4
Compression – MPEG4
Frame Rate-29.97
Key Frames-24
Frame Reordering-NO
Compressor-“Best” on slider scale
Data Rate-Restrict to 6400kbits/sec
Optimized for-NONE
Filter – None
Size – 1920×1080 (1888×1062)
Deinterlace – If needed
Sound – AAC 128kbps
Prepare for Internet Streaming – Compressed HeaderMy whole timeline is rendered, its only 1 main video track with 10 additional video tracks which hold my virtual set, logos, product images, etc. The extra tracks are rarely being used in this production. 2 Audio tracks hold all audio for the movie. I attached a screenshot of my current timeline/working area so ya’ll can see what I see.
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4 Replies
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I’ve found that it’s faster to export a selfcontained QT and then use Compressor to transcode.
That being said, compressing to a high-quality h264 or mpeg4 is a processor intensive task, and a 1920×1080 framesize means a lot of pixels to process.Stephan
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You know, I thought about that. I have a G5 as well, and with compressor, I utilized both PC’s processors in a node to expedite transcodes. I was worried that the response would just be the fact, my MBP may not be able to handle such HQ files… Let me run a self-contained export and use compressor, I’ll let you know how long it takes. Do these settings look optimal?
Setting: Current Settings
Include: Audio & Video
Markers: None
Recompress: Unchecked
Self-Contained: Checked -
That’s the correct settings.
Stephan
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ROFL at the Ed picture. And thanks, FCP has to do the job for my CK as I don’t have any other software for green screening. Just the FCP Suite.
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