- ADOBE PREMIERE 6.0 LAGGY PLAYBACK MOVIE
- ADOBE PREMIERE 6.0 LAGGY PLAYBACK 1080P
- ADOBE PREMIERE 6.0 LAGGY PLAYBACK PRO
Maybe tools like Premiere have two routines - playback (as a just-a-player as VLC) and some 'edit mode'? H264 is a interframe codec, to make it editable, tons of computation is needed on-the-fly.
… Why on earth would FCPx need so many CPU Cycles to playback the SAME files others are playaing back at 10 times less the cycles. I got used to having it around since my original (core duo) MacBook running Tiger and it's a little more convenient (and out of the way) than the Activity Monitor. I could care less about the "beans" (you actually have to right click on the menu to get a dropdown with all the specific data). It's just a good indicator of what's going on. It's like nothing really happens for about 1/3 of the process - it seems like it's going to take forever - and then it all finishes in less than a few minutes for the last 2/3's. (The progress bar on an H.264 transcode is always so weird to me. If I occupy the system with anything else, it takes away from the transcoding tasks and it takes much longer. ) Transcoding to H.264 usually slams all the cores (especially with QT7Pro), and I know I just have to wait it out if I want it to go quickly. Or in Motion, if they're working really hard, I know I have to put up with the slow playback (and consider trimming back emitters and such. when the meters stop moving and something is supposed to be busy, I know it's usually toast - or the flipside - the meters are really busy but *nothing* should be happening - I'll have a little 80's Frida flashback.įor FCPX, if there's a spinning beach ball ("wait cursor" ) and the meters don't move, I know it's hasta la vista fcpx - catch u on the flipside.
I don't follow the data so much as use them to be a first indicator something is *seriously* wrong. If anyone has ANY clue to why this is a fact - I would love to hear about it. This too is downright rediculous in comparison. VLC - NOT APPLICABLE as it does not play PR PR 422 as well as 4444 and here are the results I am on ML 10.8.2 and FCPx 10.0.7 and Playback is a nightmare in comparison to the other apps. In my book there must be something seriously wrong with its programming - at least in its playback department. Why on earth would FCPx need so many CPU Cycles to playback the SAME files others are playaing back at 10 times less the cycles. I tested this on 5 different Macs and ratios between the apps are concurrent.
ADOBE PREMIERE 6.0 LAGGY PLAYBACK PRO
I started with Activity Monitor (Checking CPU Cycles) and here are the results from different apps when hitting play in accordance with above thesisįCPx = a WHOPPING 245% Resulting in choppy playbackĪdobe Premiere Pro (Set to High Quality) = 20-30% = Smooth Playback
ADOBE PREMIERE 6.0 LAGGY PLAYBACK MOVIE
The movie will start off just fine but half-in it will start to get choppy. I have never (on any CPU) been able to reliably playback above inside FPCx. The Movie File is residing on a drive capable of RAW Image Sequence PlaybackĬPU = MBP Retina, 2.6GHZ, 1GB Graphics set to High Performance, SSD Drive & 16GB RAM
ADOBE PREMIERE 6.0 LAGGY PLAYBACK 1080P
Playback of an H.264 | 1080p Movie File (No Audio) High Quality PB Setting & 25fps I cannot wrap my head around this following fact I LOVE FCPX and this is NOT intended as a rant.