RE: [Avid-L2] Re: Avid embracing third party hardware?

Oliver -

Mojo DX provides no additional acceleration as far as I am aware.

On my brief testing on the z800, the system showed about 40% vs. 25% with
the software only. Also, all processors were being utilized with Nitris DX
vs. only one with software only - even on rendering.

Dave Spraker
Account Executive & Avid Specialist
Professional Video and Tape
503.810.3642 - cell
<http://www.spraker.tv/blog/> www.spraker.tv/blog/

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From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
oliverpetersvidy
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 10:55 AM
To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: Avid embracing third party hardware?

Dave,

> I think you underestimate the power of the Nitris DX. There is task
> negotiation between Nitris, CPU and GPU that it controls.
> Dave Spraker

Would you clarify? I think we are still just talking about DNxHD decoding
and raster scaling, with some optimization for when these functions occur in
the pipeline. Right?

Right now I can do 5 or 6 streams of DNxHD145 with 2D PIP in yellow-green on
MC Soft on an 8-core MP. I've gotten colse to this in software-only and with
Mojo DX at full resolution using a 1Beyond 4-core laptop.

When I've done testing with the Nitris DX (which admittedly has been a while
at this point), I got maximum benefit with all one codec and raster format.
The minute I started mixing thick and thin rasters, HDV and DNxHD, SD and HD
- all on the same timeline - performance advantages of Nitris DX seemed to
diminish.

I'm not staying there's nothing happening, simply that it's overpriced. Avid
has never been able to clearly market the advantages or even to show basic
performance benchmarks with and without their hardware.

- Oliver

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