Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Third Party Cards and BOBs

Turn it off except when you need it. Hogs resources. Irritates anyone else in the room!

On 4 Jul 2012, at 22:24, Mark Spano wrote:

> Yes I'm talking about audio scrubbing since that's what this thread is
> about. No mention of any other type of scrubbing has been brought up until
> now.
>
> On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 3:32 AM, namyrb <namyrb@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > You're talking about audio scrubbing. Fast scrubbing is the option that
> > enables "smooth" scrubbing (under timeline settings). You don't realize
> > how much you need it until you disable it... If I had to leave it off, I
> > would switch to FCPX...
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 10:30 PM, Mark Spano <cutandcover@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > **
> > >
> > >
> > > Do you need scrub on ALL the time? For me, when I want to scrub, I hold
> > > shift and drag the mouse. You get scrub when you hold shift, no scrub
> > when
> > > you let go of shift. That allows you to leave caps lock off the rest of
> > the
> > > time.
> > >
> > > Might help...
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 10:59 PM, namyrb <namyrb@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Forgot to mention that we were using IO Expresses
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 7:47 PM, Michael Kedor <mikedor@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > **
> > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > This audio latency and general sluggishness in the 64 bit environment
> > > is
> > > > > well documented on Matrox's website. They've been slow to release
> > > fixes.
> > > > >
> > > > > Sent from iKedor
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Jul 3, 2012, at 6:55 PM, "Terence Curren" <tcurren@aol.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > No external card "accelerates" the editing, not even Avid's. What
> > the
> > > > > Nitris DX does is offload the processing of DNxHD, and AVCHD (with
> > > > > daughter-card) which frees up the CPU and GPU for the rest of the
> > tasks
> > > > at
> > > > > hand.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Tony Breuer" <tonybreuer@...>
> > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I hope this isn't a stupid question, but do any of the third
> > party
> > > > > hardware options (Blackmagic, AJA, Matrox etc) actually accelerate
> > the
> > > > > editing functions? I can't tell from their websites.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I'm running software only Symphony 6.x on my MAC Pro Nahelem with
> > > 16
> > > > > gig memory and G-Raid esata hard drives. Right now I have a Matrox
> > mini
> > > > to
> > > > > monitor the video.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I get audio underrun errors if I try to move clips around in the
> > > > > timeline with the segment tool and audio scrubbing is on and when
> > > exiting
> > > > > trim mode by clicking on time code track get beach ball and then
> > > message:
> > > > > exception: blipplayer: nonthreadedplayblipfield: timed out waiting
> > for
> > > > > sinle frame player to stop. if scrubbing a complex sequence of
> > > unrendered
> > > > > effects, consider rendering them for best performance.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I like to leave the caps lock key activated so I can scrub audio
> > > and
> > > > > have done that since I started editing on the Avid more than twenty
> > > years
> > > > > ago. I think it is now genetically impossible for me to remember to
> > > turn
> > > > > off the caps lock and it's really ticking me off.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Do any of the third party options accelerate the performance so I
> > > > > won't get these errors or am I forced into a Mojo or other Avid
> > > hardware
> > > > > solution?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Tony Breuer
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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> > > > Search the official Complete Avid-L archives at:
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With best wishes,
Roger Shufflebottom
+44 7973 543 660





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