[Adam Hendershot]

Is this version 8? I only had a chance to test it briefly, but I did a quick test of .ari to MXF, and re-linked to the ALE generated from a Codex magazine. This was Media Composer 4.0.5. Make sure that you can see the reel name in Resolve. If you don’t have it set to use the embedded reel name it seems to leave it out and make Avid angry.

[Adam Hendershot]

I’m out of the office so I can’t check the r3d playback. What I did test was .ari raw and ProRes in ver 7.1 and it seemed to function normally after installing 8.

I simply dragged the application package for Resolve 7.1 onto the desktop, then installed version 8. When I ran version 8 and it complained about the database, I created a new one rather than update the old one. Version 7.1 runs from the desktop where I put it.

There may be things that aren’t working, since it’s not supposed to be done and I haven’t had a lot of time to play with it, so keep that in mind.

[Adam Hendershot]

I should probably mention also that I did not update my 7.1 database, I created a new one in v8.

[Adam Hendershot]

Before installing v8, I dragged the Resolve package for v7 out of the Applications folder. v7 seems to run fine from its new location and v8 from the Applications folder where it installed itself.

[Adam Hendershot]

Thanks to this test I discovered that I was getting reduced performance from the host adapter connected to the Cubix. Reseating all the cards and connectors, I can now get 6 nodes at 24fps, 7 at 20. This is with a Desktop Pro 2 and 2xQuadro 4000.

Eric, would I get more with the Desktop Pro 4? Do I understand correctly the Pro 2 slots have x8 electrical and the Pro 4 x16?

[Adam Hendershot]

I’m getting the exact same results as Vladimir. Running 7.1.2 on a 12-core 2.66, except I have a 5770 for the gui and a Cubix with 2 Quadro 4000s in it. Odd. Resolve reports 2 GPUs in the “about” screen.

Resolve 7.1
4 nodes – 24fps
5 nodes – 20fps
6 nodes – 17fps

[Adam Hendershot]

So is it silly to ask how to PM someone from this board? 🙂

[Adam Hendershot]

Has there been any resolution to this Panasonic plasma with HDLink issue? We’re trying out the HDLink DisplayPort with a monoprice displayport-HDMI adapter (both the stand-alone adapter and one built into the cable) with a TC-P55VT30 plasma with similar results. I can get just about any resolution/frame-rate to show up, but I have to remove power from the HDLink box repeatedly to get it (average 5-10 times). Patching a different input with a different resolution/frame-rate means another round of repeated pulling of the power plug. No problem with HDMI directly out of the Decklink. I’m also seeing a lot of banding in what should be smooth gradations.

Any experiences with switching to an AJA Hi5 or is there another qualified HDMI adapter perhaps?

[Adam Hendershot]

Sorry, I guess that would help. It was DNxHD 1080p 220/185/175 10-bit. Project is 1920×1080/23.98 from Arri raw.

[Adam Hendershot]

The tests were done reading from a fiber channel array, rendering to an internal 3-drive RAID-0 array (3x1TB Western Digital RE3). The DPX test renders at 30fps so I don’t think the drive systems are limiting the compressed results. Is the GPU meter an accurate reflection of the amount of GPU activity or is it just a display of the current overall FPS? MXF rendering is slower than ProRes, yet uses less CPU as well. Does that mean MXF rendering uses more GPU for rendering than ProRes and would benefit from a second GPU?