Mike Squires
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Since you’re in a pinch, try putting the nvidia card inside the stable Mac.
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Back when I used a Mac, I had the same issue with Compressor. It worked great for the longest time, but one time it crashed in the middle of an encoding. After that, it would crash with every encoding I tried.
Since you’re having something similar happening with Premiere Pro, I’m betting it’s on OS issue. Something got screwed up.
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This is normal behavior, just let it do it’s thing. I’ve seen it get down to 1 second, and sit there another couple of minutes, before finally finishing. Looking at my hard drive status light, I can see it’s still working.
What I believe is happening is that it’s encoding the video, then the audio, and then muxing the two into a single file. When it looks like it’s just sitting there doing nothing, I believe that’s when it’s actually muxing the files.
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Tom,
I don’t disagree with you about HP’s workstations being “certified” to work, and if one has the extra money for that peace-of-mind, so be it.
In my experience, as long as one buys quality hardware, you shouldn’t have any issues. And it doesn’t hurt to do a little research, google is your friend. 😉
For instance, I travel quite a bit, so I have to use a laptop for editing. Last August, I purchased an Asus G53SW to edit on. It has worked near perfectly with CS5.5 and CS6. Even though it has a GTX460M in it, which isn’t certified for Mercury Playback, using the hack works great. It renders/exports very fast.
To add to that, in January, I purchased a Blackmagic Design Intensity Shuttle USB 3.0 card. Even though I read that BMD’s USB 3.0 products are very finicky with USB 3.0 controllers, I took a chance anyway. After updating the USB 3.0 drivers on my laptop, it’s worked like a champ. I’ve even tested it on an Asus G73 laptop, and it works.
I just feel that if you buy quality hardware, your odds of it working are pretty darn good. The money I saved was used to purchase other gear, so it was a win-win situation for me.
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I can only assume that your blacks are going below 0 and whites are going above 100 IRE. I quality control all of our commercials that come in, and it’s pretty ridiculous the amount of spots that are at 115 IRE, especially when it’s so easy to fix.
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I’ve had mine crash a few times when playing an audio file in CS5.5, very strange.
Have you tried also updating your Nvidia drivers?
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For Windows based systems, HP workstations are great, as are Dell Alienware desktops. Heck, you could get a top of the line Alienware desktop for around $2.5k to $3k.
https://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-aurora-r4/pd.aspx?~ck=mn
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I can honestly say that I haven’t gotten a virus or malware via email in years with a PC. It’s pretty simple, if you don’t know who the sender of the email is, don’t open it.
Also, make sure to have a quality anti-virus/anti-malware program running. I use ESET Smart Security, and it catches everything for me.
Windows 7 is stable and secure. I use my laptop (Asus G53SW) for everything, including editing and personal use. I can honestly say that I haven’t had any issues regarding security.
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What editing software do you have? I wouldn’t use Media Express, I’d use something like Premiere Pro of FCP (or you’re using a Mac). Import the video into one of those, drop it on a timeline, and then you can view the video via the Intensity.
Without a colorimeter (like the Eye-One), you can only do basic calibration.
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Well, first off, those patterns are meant to calibrate your display. So, initially, I’d do that first.
To check your Intensity, you really need to send color bars through it, and output that to a scope. If you don’t have a scope, send color bars through it, ingest a few seconds, and then use the software scope via Premiere or FCP to check it out.
Make corrections via the Blackmagic Control Panel, and keep trying until you get it correct.