[Joe Marler] “I’d be interested if someone with PP 12.1.2 and a contemporary Windows machine could try JKL timeline responsiveness at 1/4 res for a 4k H264 timeline with “Enable hardware accelerated decoding” both on and off, and observe any difference. It is conceivable H264 decoding works *better* on Windows than Mac. However this wasn’t his main issue — he got side-tracked mentioning it, and it has nothing to do with C200 RAW decode performance.”
My PC system is relatively contemporary even though my CPU is a few years old I have a ton of ram and I work off of NVMe drives. I tested a mxf wrapped 4k H264 file shot on a CANON, EOS C300 Mark II. Premiere has no issues with this file at all in full res much less 1/4 quality. JKL is without hiccup. It also makes no difference whether “Enable hardware accelerated decoding” is turned on or off. Premiere performs identically.
I’ve also worked on the new imac pro. It’s a very nice computer and it’s very fast. Did I notice my work-flow significantly better as a result of being on the new hardware? no. However, the new machine runs circles around the last generation of imacs in terms of performance.
Windows 10 Pro | i7-5820k CPU | 64 gigs RAM | NvidiaGeForceGTX970 | Blackmagic Decklink 4k Mini Monitor |
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