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Did you get this resolved, or is there in fact a compatibility issue with Decklink and MC7?
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Bob, you just might be a tad cynical. But then, so am I.
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You have a very valid point. Most of us that care however, care because we really don’t like Windows as an OS and / or have too much invested in a Mac infrastructure.
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Unless it’s a bunch of GPUs. Juan, what are your plans? Hope that in time there’s a ThB solution or go hackintosh that still has (superior) pcie tech?
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If the 12 core is going to cost $10K (by your estimations) then a 24 core at $13K would be a reasonable deal. My point is not to complain or be a naysayer but to ask why Apple has FINALLY updated the Mac Pro and yet possibly hindered it’s ability to compete at the highest end by sacrificing power and throughput for the sake of cool design. As others on this forum have stated, TB2 does not have the bandwidth for external GPUs like PCIe3 does. If the built in cards are all you need then fine; but others need more and won’t be able to get it. What about that $4k Red Rocket card? Will TB2 be enough for that to still be useful? Dual processors? doesn’t seem to be an option.
Maybe in time, the entire industry will move everything over to TB2 and we’ll all replace all of our PCI cards with TB2 (or TB3 or TB4) widgets but in the mean time, the long awaited Mac Pro kinda throws a wrench in the way professionals are currently using their Macs. I know that is the Apple way – “innovation” at all costs. It reminds me a little of the transition away from CRT technology. Manufacturers stopped producing them years ago and we’re only now getting to some technology that can really replace them.
Hopefully it will all be great and things will be better than ever for the Mac Pro. If not, I’ll go another route. I just hate to see such a great OS limited in any way by the hardware options available.
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And why only 12 cores? Won’t there be a PC with the E5 chips running dual 8-core cpus that will be faster than the mac? And have PCIe slots? Sure it will be big and ugly. But Apple doesn’t realize we don’t care. How will the revolutionary new Mac Pro be able to keep up with a 16 core PC?
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Not “moving up” and no inside track on new panels. It’s a compatibility thing. I also use Symphony and Smoke on the same system and the only panel that works with all of them is the avid MC Color. I really like the Element design and workmanship but for my particular set up they are not ideal. Simple as that. I’m sure someone only using them for a grading suite would be quite happy!
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Maybe eventually, but it’s got a LONG way to go to match Smoke’s toolset. Just like Smoke doesn’t come close to Resolve’s grading tools.
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Yeah, I completely understand, and I’ve bought plenty of BMD hardware. AJA just tends to work better (for me) with other software that’s not Resolve. Resolve working with AJA would solve some problems. Charge twice as much for the “open” version – they could easily make up the profit difference by doing that.
I love Resolve and what BMD has done with it; I’m grateful for all they’ve added to it (for FREE) and will continue to use it and love it whether they support other hardware or not. But it would be nice if they did.
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[Peter Chamberlain] “• 3rd party panel improvements”
While this one bit is certainly not what I find most exciting about the update, it is important to me at the moment. Can you elaborate any on this and how it relates to a Tangent Element in particular?
Also, WOW. You really don’t charge enough for Resolve. Fantastic list of improvements!
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