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[Claude Lyneis] “There is a cost in time and effort to deal with Windows vs buying more expensive hardware from Apple. None of this is new. I would rather spend my limited brain cells on editing than operating systems.”
Fair enough. I find little actual effort or time is spent on OS. I found OSX to be as much an effort as Win. There are annoying things about both when it comes to managing networks and updating. But if OS management was as much as 1% of my computer work I would be surprised. Compared to time spent waiting for lesser hardware to perform while I am working, there is no doubt for me that building machines and managing multiple OS is saving me time and frustration when working which is 99% of my time on a computer. Boot – open Resolve/ Fairlight – work. The OS is almost irrelevant. The hardware is not.
Building machines takes time but the money saved, the flexibility to use powerful GPUs and to upgrade is time well spent for me. But if you don’t want to do it and you can afford to pay more for hardware that takes longer to do the work then fair enough.
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[Greg Janza] “Michael your advice overall seems very logical but I have to ask how folks out there that do keep their edit systems off the internet maintain an efficient workflow.”
I run Linux on my laptop. It is connected to the other computers on my network. It is connected also to the internet so all software and file up and downloads are performed by this machine. I have a few NAS units connected to all computers and this is where media and software goes. If I need a system update, I change the network connections on each machine to point it towards the internet via my main router (it means editing the settings for DNS and gateway which is simple). Once OS updates are done, I disconnect the computer from the internet but not the local network by deleting the gateway and DNS.
I’ve done it that way for ever. It means the Win machines are not running anti virus software that may affect performance and won’t update at annoying times.
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What drive is the render cache on? Resolve defaults to the system drive unless you have directed it to a drive that is not system, big enough and fast enough but with that codec you should have no problems. Check preferences
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I don’t go to trade shows anymore. Partly because I live so far from any but also because they no longer represent the way I access equipment and information. So whether Apple goes to trade shows anymore or hovers on the fringe is not an issue for me. I get what Peter is saying about it being a demonstration of intent and commitment but anyone who thinks Apple or Microsoft really give a rats about our industry is just engaging in wishful thinking.
Adobe, Avid and Blackmagic do give a rats as we are their core business. They must get advantage from NAB etc or they wouldn’t bother. I’ll back them to engage and care about feedback over companies for whom our industry, as diverse as it maybe, is scraps from the table.
If I was Peter, I would be pushing FX Factory to make their plugin bundle cross platform and support OFX. I used to enjoy their set on FCP7. Lots of nice goodies, restricted to OSX.
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I’ve been using four OSs for many years. Win7 & Win 10, Mac OS and Linux Mint. I have not had major issues with any of them and overall I would say Linux is the best. My philosophy is clear. Keep all but Linux off the internet except for brief updates or licensing software when it suits me.
Don’t put lots of other programs on each computer. I have Fairlight and Reaper on one Win 7 machine. Not much else except an old version of CS6 which almost gets no use other than Media Encoder occasionally. Resolve, Affinity and Cinec on a Win 10. FCP7 on OSX Snow Leopard almost never used anymore. They all have plusses and minuses but it is no contest when it comes to hardware. Mac offer nothing that suits me for power performance to cost plus their configurations and lack of NVIDIA support and internal PCI slots make them unsuited to my tasks.
Maybe Phillip will end up where I am thinking of heading. A custom built rack mount PC hardware grunt box (an upgrade replacing MOBO, RAM and NVIDIA card) running Resolve only on Linux. That’s the light side folks.
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[Aindreas Gallagher] “Good times guys, good times. Well worth the dip back in.”
Ah we’ve missed your epic sprays Aindreas. Good times indeed.
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32 bit program, limited RAM access, no GPU render acceleration. We have come a long way.
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[Mark Smith] “…and I noticed tht color wheels worked as expected with redcode 4 files.”
Was your color space Rec 709 or Rec 2020? The bug is in Rec 709. Rec 2020 works as expected.
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Do you mean the alpha checkbox didn’t appear or it did but it failed to create a file with transparent alpha on export.
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[Duke Sweden] “The reference manual says I can by turning on the “Export Alpha” checkbox. Needless to say, there is no such checkbox. ”
It’s a magic check box that appears when you select a render codec that has an alpha channel. Try DNxHR 444 10 or 12 bit.