Comments for IndieV http://www.indiev.org Resources For the Indie Film-maker Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:47:28 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Premiere CS5 – Mercury Playback Engine Confirmed List of Cards (with hack) by AdamYYZ http://www.indiev.org/?p=317&cpage=1#comment-192 AdamYYZ Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:47:28 +0000 http://www.indiev.org/?p=317#comment-192 My MSI GTX 460 768MB isn't working either. Might trash this one and get the 1gb model My MSI GTX 460 768MB isn’t working either. Might trash this one and get the 1gb model

]]> Comment on New Player in Town by James http://www.indiev.org/?p=231&cpage=1#comment-191 James Sat, 21 Aug 2010 03:29:28 +0000 http://www.indiev.org/?p=231#comment-191 "I estimate we’ll be shooting at least 720p from our mobile phones by the end of next year." Sooner than you thought! “I estimate we’ll be shooting at least 720p from our mobile phones by the end of next year.”

Sooner than you thought!

]]> Comment on Premiere CS5 – Mercury Playback Engine Confirmed List of Cards (with hack) by Josestar000 http://www.indiev.org/?p=317&cpage=1#comment-190 Josestar000 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:54:19 +0000 http://www.indiev.org/?p=317#comment-190 GTX 460 768 MB DDR5 working with Mercury rendering? help GTX 460 768 MB DDR5 working with Mercury rendering? help

]]> Comment on Premiere CS5 – Mercury Playback Engine Confirmed List of Cards (with hack) by BliX http://www.indiev.org/?p=317&cpage=1#comment-188 BliX Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:33:57 +0000 http://www.indiev.org/?p=317#comment-188 Hi to all, i've got a new GTX 460 some days ago und tested it with PP CS5. It rocks!! I've only tested a simple rendering. I had an X1900XT card bevor and had to wait about 42! hours to render a film (1:44h AVCHD->MPEG2-DVD). With the same settings and GTX 460 i could enjoy my new film on DVD in only 4,5!!! hours. Is it not great?! Hi to all,
i’ve got a new GTX 460 some days ago und tested it with PP CS5. It rocks!! I’ve only tested a simple rendering. I had an X1900XT card bevor and had to wait about 42! hours to render a film (1:44h AVCHD->MPEG2-DVD). With the same settings and GTX 460 i could enjoy my new film on DVD in only 4,5!!! hours. Is it not great?!

]]> Comment on Getting back in the swing of things. by bimdas http://www.indiev.org/?p=384&cpage=1#comment-186 bimdas Sat, 14 Aug 2010 10:39:05 +0000 http://www.indiev.org/?p=384#comment-186 I've always had trouble playing back DNXHD footage smoothly in premiere. Its not anywhere near as processor efficient as prores or cineform so I just bit the bullet and paid for cineform neoscene. That was with CS4 and everything ran relatively sweet. With CS5 though, there is no need to transcode footage. The mercury engine automatically processes your footage in 32bit colour space. When it comes time to rendering out, check the "Use Maximum Depth" box and any colour processing you do should all be done in 32bit. An adobe rep mentioned this when CS5 first came out but the best way to find out for sure is to import identical clips in original and transcoded format and drop a curves or other colour effect on it and push it til the image breaks. See if the transcoded footage can be pushed further before banding or other artifacts occur. I'd be interested to see the results I may try it myself. I'd also think about throwing that old 160gb os hard-drive away for another f3 drive. Those old, small capacity drives are quite slow compared to todays 1tb+ drives. They make a difference in how well a program can run. Harddrives also get slower the more full they get so its always good to have a large buffer for that. Try <a href="http://www.simplisoftware.com/Public/index.php?request=HdTach" rel="nofollow">HDtach</a> to bench your hard-drives and see the difference between the WD and the Samsung drives. I’ve always had trouble playing back DNXHD footage smoothly in premiere. Its not anywhere near as processor efficient as prores or cineform so I just bit the bullet and paid for cineform neoscene. That was with CS4 and everything ran relatively sweet.
With CS5 though, there is no need to transcode footage. The mercury engine automatically processes your footage in 32bit colour space. When it comes time to rendering out, check the “Use Maximum Depth” box and any colour processing you do should all be done in 32bit. An adobe rep mentioned this when CS5 first came out but the best way to find out for sure is to import identical clips in original and transcoded format and drop a curves or other colour effect on it and push it til the image breaks. See if the transcoded footage can be pushed further before banding or other artifacts occur. I’d be interested to see the results I may try it myself.

I’d also think about throwing that old 160gb os hard-drive away for another f3 drive. Those old, small capacity drives are quite slow compared to todays 1tb+ drives. They make a difference in how well a program can run. Harddrives also get slower the more full they get so its always good to have a large buffer for that. Try HDtach to bench your hard-drives and see the difference between the WD and the Samsung drives.

]]> Comment on Getting back in the swing of things. by Paul http://www.indiev.org/?p=384&cpage=1#comment-185 Paul Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:21:28 +0000 http://www.indiev.org/?p=384#comment-185 Hello. I've read your post and I can't believe it. Yesterday I made new comp spec which is: i7 930 @ 3.6Ghz Gigabyte x58a-ud3r 8GB of memory: G.Skill ECO @1600Mhz CL8 GeForce GTX 460 @cuda hack Two 1TB Samsung F3 drives Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit My disks are: WD Caviar 160GB (C:) for OS&Programs Samsung F3 1TB (D:) for Media/Project Files Samsung F3 1TB (E:) for Cache/Pagefile I've converted my 7D footage through mpeg streamclip to Avid DNxHD files, replaced the files in Premiere and in After Effects and what? There's no way I'd play the preview in real time :/ I got yellow bar but no way of playing it at least to the level when I can check my project before encoding it. Plus, encoding to FLV YouTube Speed options tooks 2.5hours :| Am I really doing something wrong or what's going on? Hello.

I’ve read your post and I can’t believe it.
Yesterday I made new comp spec which is:

i7 930 @ 3.6Ghz
Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
8GB of memory: G.Skill ECO @1600Mhz CL8
GeForce GTX 460 @cuda hack
Two 1TB Samsung F3 drives
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

My disks are:
WD Caviar 160GB (C:) for OS&Programs
Samsung F3 1TB (D:) for Media/Project Files
Samsung F3 1TB (E:) for Cache/Pagefile

I’ve converted my 7D footage through mpeg streamclip to Avid DNxHD files, replaced the files in Premiere and in After Effects and what? There’s no way I’d play the preview in real time :/ I got yellow bar but no way of playing it at least to the level when I can check my project before encoding it. Plus, encoding to FLV YouTube Speed options tooks 2.5hours :|

Am I really doing something wrong or what’s going on?

]]> Comment on Premiere CS5 – Mercury GPU Acceleration on the cheap by Ricardo http://www.indiev.org/?p=308&cpage=1#comment-183 Ricardo Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:08:20 +0000 http://www.indiev.org/?p=308#comment-183 I'm working w/a MacBook Pro and I'm having simple playback issues with any asset. I get about 20 frames of playback abd then playback stops. Was wondering if you had any thoughts here. The card is a GeForce 9600m GT. Any one to direct me on how to find the adobe installation folder in Mac. Thanks I’m working w/a MacBook Pro and I’m having simple playback issues with any asset. I get about 20 frames of playback abd then playback stops. Was wondering if you had any thoughts here. The card is a GeForce 9600m GT.

Any one to direct me on how to find the adobe installation folder in Mac.

Thanks

]]> Comment on Adobe must be listening. GTX 285 no longer artificially crippled! by TomN http://www.indiev.org/?p=352&cpage=1#comment-182 TomN Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:12:32 +0000 http://www.indiev.org/?p=352#comment-182 Just tested 5 layers. Working here with a GTX 260. Just tested 5 layers. Working here with a GTX 260.

]]> Comment on Premiere CS5 – Mercury Playback Engine Confirmed List of Cards (with hack) by Amr Toukhy http://www.indiev.org/?p=317&cpage=1#comment-181 Amr Toukhy Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:12:26 +0000 http://www.indiev.org/?p=317#comment-181 Dear Sir, Can you confirm that the GT 330M works with this hack !!! Thanks !!! <blockquote> <a href="#comment-137" rel="nofollow"> <strong><em>Marco:</em></strong> </a> And what about gt330? Most of the new midle range laptops are using gt300 series. Have anyone tried them? </blockquote> Dear Sir,

Can you confirm that the GT 330M works with this hack !!!

Thanks !!!


Marco:

And what about gt330? Most of the new midle range laptops are using gt300 series. Have anyone tried them?

]]> Comment on Getting back in the swing of things. by Michael Haas http://www.indiev.org/?p=384&cpage=1#comment-180 Michael Haas Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:46:54 +0000 http://www.indiev.org/?p=384#comment-180 Thanks so much. I'm planning on getting three seperate drives. I'll share the results once I get it. Should have the dough by mid September. -Mike Thanks so much. I’m planning on getting three seperate drives. I’ll share the results once I get it. Should have the dough by mid September.

-Mike

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