Rendering time with EX1 HQ footage?

Barry J. Anwender · May 18th, 2008, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Jonathan Bland

What I need is a thread where Barry and Craig punch it out on techniques :)

Sorry Jonathan, I'm to mild mannered and besides its Sunday :-))

About the only other suggestion, I can offer is that if I'm going to use a ProRes timeline, then I transcode my footage to ProRes up front and then edit. This has been reliable on my system. But then as mentioned above, I do not have any of those plug-ins installed.

Ray Bell · May 18th, 2008, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Daniel Weber

He said he was editing on a Mac Pro using Final Cut, why would he edit in AVI?

Daniel Weber

Yes, sorry... don't edit in AVI, use Cineform and edit in MOV.. still faster

David Cheok · May 18th, 2008, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Josh Dahlberg

I also use Noise Industries plugins on my constantly crashing Mac Pro. The crashes only happen when I render in ProRes.

My 24" Imac with the same plugins does not crash.

Thanks for your detailed info David.

Somehow, only Apple can answer and solve these.

Josh Dahlberg · May 18th, 2008, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Barry J. Anwender

About the only other suggestion, I can offer is that if I'm going to use a ProRes timeline, then I transcode my footage to ProRes up front and then edit. This has been reliable on my system.

Thanks Barry, I just tried a complex 20 minute render - ProRes material in a ProRes timeline - with Noise Industries & Magic Bullet plugins and it worked without a hitch.

It's a pity the other method doesn't work for everyone (ie: keeping the material HDV and rendering ProRes) as it requires less storage up front and no transcoding.

At any rate I appreciate your suggestion. Looks like I'll follow your route.

Josh

Paul Chiu · May 30th, 2008, 11:25 AM

any difference in the rendered video or speed in rendering if you pick "Best" for quality?

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Originally Posted by Craig Seeman

FCP XDCAM HD/EX & HDV settings to render Pro Res to avoid GOP re-conform

Jurgen Taghon · May 30th, 2008, 11:51 AM

is the pro res codec only for mac's with intel processors? or will my dual g5 also accept prores?

Barry J. Anwender · May 30th, 2008, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Jurgen Taghon

is the pro res codec only for mac's with intel processors? or will my dual g5 also accept prores?

I can confirm that ProRes also works on the G5. I have a G5 Quad as well as the MacPro Octo.

I just updated to Leopard 10.5.3 yesterday. Some folks as mentioned above are having problems with ProRes in FCP. While ProRes works fine on my FCP configuration, I was having stability problems in Compressor when using all 8-cores. I will be testing in the next week to see if 10.5.3 has corrected this. Cheers!

Ivan Snoeckx · May 30th, 2008, 12:08 PM

Hola Jurgen,

Capturing HD resolution video using the ProRes 422 format requires a Mac Pro with Intel Xeon processors or a Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5 Ghz, and a qualified third-party capture card.

Jurgen Taghon · May 30th, 2008, 12:11 PM

thank you, i will try it later today.
I have a G5 dual 2.5.

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Jurgen Taghon Regular Crew Join Date: May 2008 Location: Quito Ecuador Posts: 37	pro res is the pro res codec only for mac's with intel processors? or will my dual g5 also accept prores?

May 30th, 2008, 12:08 PM	#23
Ivan Snoeckx Major Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Belgium \| Europe Posts: 441	Hola Jurgen, Capturing HD resolution video using the ProRes 422 format requires a Mac Pro with Intel Xeon processors or a Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5 Ghz, and a qualified third-party capture card.

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Jurgen Taghon Regular Crew Join Date: May 2008 Location: Quito Ecuador Posts: 37	thank you, i will try it later today. I have a G5 dual 2.5.