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Roy Gilbert replied to the discussion Could AMD be slowing down my AVID? in the forum Avid Media Composer

Wed, 11 May 2022 15:28:21 +0000

Reply to Could AMD be slowing down my AVID?

I have a Ryzen 3700x and don’t have this issue.

It’s more likely to be a drive problem than a CPU problem. Have you tried putting the project files on a separate drive to the OS and media?

Roy Gilbert replied to the discussion Home Editsuite Media management and backup in the forum Avid Media Composer

Sat, 30 May 2020 15:15:08 +0000

Reply to Home Editsuite Media management and backup

This is really helpful thank you.
So I could rename the 1 folder at the end of each day to, for example, 30052020, and then copy that to the external drive.
I’ll probably be working with 1080p DNxHR low bandwidth, so less than 5MBps, so I think a mirrored 7200rpm HDD should be fine. I think the read speeds are twice as fast as a single HDD.
Would… Read more

Roy Gilbert started the discussion Home Editsuite Media management and backup in the forum Avid Media Composer

Fri, 29 May 2020 11:58:24 +0000

Home Editsuite Media management and backup

I’m about to start a pretty media intensive broadcast project from home, and I need to get a system in place to ensure I can keep working no matter what.
I am thinking of two 8TB drives inside the PC set up as mirrored raid. That obviously gives me redundancy if a drive fails.
I’d also like to have a separate copy of the media on an external 8TB… Read more