First Light - Feature Request

Justin Lovell · February 4th, 2011, 08:14 AM

A counter saying what speed the clip is playing back at would be helpful.
After Effects has something similar in their INFO panel.
QT player shows this info in their INFO.

Thanks!

John Reeve · February 9th, 2011, 04:22 PM

I can almost guarantee your playback speed is 12 FPS. =)

Justin Lovell · February 9th, 2011, 06:08 PM

huh, what makes you say that?

John Reeve · February 10th, 2011, 08:23 AM

Ive never been able to get SI2K footage to playback faster than 12FPS. Does not matter if its FS1 or FS2. Something about the debayering that needs to take place makes it impossible to playback in real time. If I run it through Remaster and refine the footage I can get 24FPS but I think the RAW status is lost at that point.

I would love to actually see someone playing back a CineformRAW file right off the camera in real time. I've seen framecycler do it with an SIV file and a Quadro 5800 but thats a whole other workflow.

***Edit***
SiliconDVR can give you realtime playback but it is also using the framecycler engine and is not giving a full resolution image...

Craig Davidson · February 12th, 2011, 07:16 PM

FirstLight uses the QuickTime playback engine which does not thread at all well. It is possible to play back 2K RAW source real-time if you have a playback engine that threads.

John Reeve · March 1st, 2011, 02:25 PM

Which playback engine do you suggest for real time playback Craig?

February 4th, 2011, 08:14 AM	#1
Justin Lovell Major Player Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: toronto, canada Posts: 212	First Light - Feature Request - playback speed A counter saying what speed the clip is playing back at would be helpful. After Effects has something similar in their INFO panel. QT player shows this info in their INFO. Thanks! __________________ Justin Lovell cinematographer//8mm.16mm>HD.transfers . www.framediscreet.com

February 9th, 2011, 06:08 PM	#3
Justin Lovell Major Player Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: toronto, canada Posts: 212	huh, what makes you say that? __________________ Justin Lovell cinematographer//8mm.16mm>HD.transfers . www.framediscreet.com

March 1st, 2011, 02:25 PM	#6
John Reeve Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Toronto Canada Posts: 57	Re: First Light - Feature Request - playback speed Which playback engine do you suggest for real time playback Craig?

February 9th, 2011, 04:22 PM	#2
John Reeve Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Toronto Canada Posts: 57	I can almost guarantee your playback speed is 12 FPS. =)

February 10th, 2011, 08:23 AM	#4
John Reeve Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Toronto Canada Posts: 57	Ive never been able to get SI2K footage to playback faster than 12FPS. Does not matter if its FS1 or FS2. Something about the debayering that needs to take place makes it impossible to playback in real time. If I run it through Remaster and refine the footage I can get 24FPS but I think the RAW status is lost at that point. I would love to actually see someone playing back a CineformRAW file right off the camera in real time. I've seen framecycler do it with an SIV file and a Quadro 5800 but thats a whole other workflow. *Edit* SiliconDVR can give you realtime playback but it is also using the framecycler engine and is not giving a full resolution image...

February 12th, 2011, 07:16 PM	#5
Craig Davidson Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Solana Beach, CA Posts: 142	FirstLight uses the QuickTime playback engine which does not thread at all well. It is possible to play back 2K RAW source real-time if you have a playback engine that threads.