[Greg Beckt]

Hi Jeff,

Wanted to let you know that I did end up having a drive in my array that was starting to go bad. Outside of the performance drop, it wasn’t really apparent via check disk, etc…but I worked with CalDigit to test all the drives individually to isolate it.

I have two S2 VRHD enclosures and am able to have a simple 1080 timeline playback continuously with just one enclosure while I get the other drive replaced.

I’ll let you know if the performance holds up when I jump back into a real projecct with all the audio/preview files, etc.

Greg

[Greg Beckt]

Hey Jeff,

Thanks for the reply.

I finally got an opportunity to test my system. Updated all drivers, firmware, software, etc across the board…reduced media on the RAID to about 20%…defragged everything and checked all settings.

I still can’t get 1080i 10bit to playback consistently. I’ll get about 6-15 seconds of playback and then the stuttering starts, eventually freezing up for long periods. And this is with just cuts only and no audio.

I get good numbers for read/write using the AJA test tool, but playback in BOTH PPro and Machina are not there.

Not sure if our issues are related but I’ll let you know if I find out any more info.

Greg

[Greg Beckt]

I think it’s exciting that PPro FINALLY got some attention. It has been the forgotten stepchild for way too long. I’ts nice to see Adobe focus on productivity too. These are typically not big headline items but make a big difference for a lot of editors.

I do feel howvever that many of the “new features” are items that were oversights in the past…and that this release was definitely about fixing those, as well as “catching up with the Jones'”…in regards to existing featues already in Avid/FCS.

I hope Adobe continues to look at AE as the model for productivity and featues for PPro too. The more “trickle down” we can get from AE to PPro, the better.

My main concern though is stability. I still have too many issues regarding corrupt projects/preview files, memory problems, and crashes. If this aspect of PPro hasn’t been addressed in CS4, then I’m not sure I will continue with the suite…especially with a new version of FCS on the horizon and the new Mac OS.

[Greg Beckt]

Hi Jeff,

Were you ever able to determine what was causing your issues??

I’m trying to determine what issues are causing several issues with my system.

Xena+PPro+CalDigit

Thanks,
Greg

[Greg Beckt]

Were there any resolutions or info that came from this thread??

I’m having similar problems that I need to resolve (lots of problems wth a current project). Hope to do some testing next week, and it would be great to have info on any issues regarding renders/previews and the mix of different formats.

Greg

[Greg Beckt]

I believe there is still a “bug” which makes playback stutter when your Master Audio meter is visible. There’s a thread on the Cow if you do a search. I’ve been having playback issues too and am hoping this is the cause, but haven’t been able to test it because my machine has been down for maintenance.

So try closing or scrolling your window so the meter is not visible and see if that works.

[Greg Beckt]

You can use Time Remapping or Timewarp for your reverse clips.

I don’t think there’s a way to fix the un-rendering issue though, if the importing of a project into a new one doesn’t work…or removing the time reverse from the clip that may be causing you problems.

Fortunately for me, my renders weren’t too intensive, so it was about 3 minutes each time I re-opened (before I rebuilt my project in an older version of the project).

[Greg Beckt]

A few others have been the victim of this bug. In my case I believe it was because I had clips using “reverse speed”, which somehow causes this.

Before I foud this out (from Eddie Lotter) I started a new project…so I’m not sure if just deleting those clips or taking off the reverse speed will fix your project, but it’s worth a try.

[Greg Beckt]

Scott,

Did you ever find out what was causing this? I have the same problem, and am getting crashes every 20 minutes.

I’ve tried swapping my scratch disks for previews around, deleting cache files, etc, but to no avail.

Any advice would be great.

Greg

[Greg Beckt]

You might try turning off “multiprocessing” in the preferences too…this has been giving me issues.