[Perry Trest]

Davinci for Dummies.
Thank you! Very helpful.

Perry Trest
POSTDIGITAL, Inc.

MacPro 8-core 2.8Ghz
8GB RAM
Slot 1 = GT120
Slot 2 = Quadro 4000
Slot 3 = DeckLink SDI
Slot 4 = Nitris DX
Internal 6TB 4-Drive software RAID-0

[Perry Trest]

Thank you gentlemen! Very helpful.

Perry Trest
POSTDIGITAL, Inc.

MacPro 8-core 2.8Ghz
8GB RAM
Slot 1 = GT120
Slot 2 = Quadro 4000
Slot 3 = DeckLink SDI
Slot 4 = Nitris DX
Internal 6TB 4-Drive software RAID-0

[Perry Trest]

I installed the latest drivers and switched the playback settings to 8bit and everything appears to be working well. Thank you guys for your help!

Perry Trest
POSTDIGITAL, Inc.

MacPro 8-core 2.8Ghz
8GB RAM
Slot 1 = GT120
Slot 2 = Quadro 4000
Slot 3 = DeckLink SDI
Slot 4 = Nitris DX
Internal 6TB 4-Drive software RAID-0

[Perry Trest]

Ah yes, I remember reading about the 2008 MacPro requiring 8-bit playback settings. I’ll give that a shot on Monday.

Even though playback was choppy I did a rough grade and rendered out a uncompressed 10-bit QuickTime. Both the ProRes and uncompressed QTs play back beautifully in QuickTime Player. I’m using an internal 4-drive software RAID-0 so I doubt that drive speed is an issue. The BlackMagic Speed Test redlines at around 430mb/s read/write on this RAID.

Can you cats tell me how to verify that Resolve is indeed utilizing the Quadro 4000? It appears in the system profile, so I know the MacPro sees it.

Perry Trest
POSTDIGITAL, Inc.

MacPro 8-core 2.8Ghz
8GB RAM
Slot 1 = GT120
Slot 2 = Quadro 4000
Slot 3 = DeckLink SDI
Slot 4 = Nitris DX
Internal 6TB 4-Drive software RAID-0

[Perry Trest]

I’m running Nitris DX (slot 3) and DeckLink SDI (slot 4) with no problem. However, to insure no conflicts, Avid, Final Cut Pro, and Resolve each boot from a separate partition. I get around the storage interface issue by using an internal 4-drive Raid.

Perry Trest
POSTDIGITAL, Inc.
https://www.postdigital.us

MacPro 8-core (early 2008)
8GB RAM
Slot 1 = GT120
Slot 2 = Quadro 4000
Slot 3 = Nitris DX
Slot 4 = DeckLink SDI

Media Composer 5.5.2.1
Final Cut Pro 7.0.3
Resolve 8.0.1