Final Cut: Anyway to speed up rendering?

[mingspace]

Just wondering because its so time consuming, even on my new macbook pro 2.33... 2g RAM.

 

[Benjamindaines]

Welcome to video editing, rendering takes time. All you can do is get a faster computer.

By the way, it takes years to render a Pixar film.

 

[mingspace]

Welcome to video editing, rendering takes time. All you can do is get a faster computer.

By the way, it takes years to render a Pixar film.

man, i cant wait til the 20 cores come out.Rendering should be real time in about... 10 years.

 

[mingspace]

what the worst part is, even just to preview it, you have to render.

 

[SMM]

Rendering and Compressing - that is why I have 2 PM's and a MP.

 

[mingspace]

Rendering and Compressing - that is why I have 2 PM's and a MP.

what does PM and MP stand for?

 

[SMM]

PowerMac - MacPro

 

[mingspace]

PowerMac - MacPro

Why does that matter? I mean even if you have 2 computers rendering wouldnt speed up because of that would it?

 

[Chundles]

Why does that matter? I mean even if you have 2 computers rendering wouldnt speed up because of that would it?

Yes it does, FCP can utilise xGrid to distribute rendering over all computers connected on a network. Pixar use massive linux-based "render farms" to render their films.

More processors = faster rendering so if you hook up 2 Mac Pros and 2 PowerMacs you can significantly speed up the process. Don't ask me how to do it though, I have no idea.

 

[mingspace]

Yes it does, FCP can utilise xGrid to distribute rendering over all computers connected on a network. Pixar use massive linux-based "render farms" to render their films.

More processors = faster rendering so if you hook up 2 Mac Pros and 2 PowerMacs you can significantly speed up the process. Don't ask me how to do it though, I have no idea.

well i dont have 2 macs but my next computer will prob be a mac desktop.

 

[Chundles]

well i dont have 2 macs but my next computer will prob be a mac desktop.

Well that'll give you a nice boost. Four processing cores is better than two (in this case, not all software is multi-processor aware) and by the time you get your next one it could be 8 or more.

 

[SMM]

Why does that matter? I mean even if you have 2 computers rendering wouldnt speed up because of that would it?

I have purchased in order:

PowerMac 2.0 x 2 6GB
PowerMac 2.5 x 4 8GB
Mac Pro 2.66 x 4 4GB

So, I continue to upgrade machines to make rendering faster. Compressor will use the combined power of these machines using Qmaster. The next version of FCP will do the same. By then I should have another 8 cores to throw into the mix.

 

[eXan]

I have purchased in order:

PowerMac 2.0 x 2 6GB
PowerMac 2.5 x 4 8GB
Mac Pro 2.66 x 4 4GB

So, I continue to upgrade machines to make rendering faster. Compressor will use the combined power of these machines using Qmaster. The next version of FCP will do the same. By then I should have another 8 cores to throw into the mix.

Does rendering/compressing video require THAT amount of RAM???

When I work with FCP on my machine, it never takes more than 150 MBs of RAM!!!

 

[mingspace]

I have purchased in order:

PowerMac 2.0 x 2 6GB
PowerMac 2.5 x 4 8GB
Mac Pro 2.66 x 4 4GB

So, I continue to upgrade machines to make rendering faster. Compressor will use the combined power of these machines using Qmaster. The next version of FCP will do the same. By then I should have another 8 cores to throw into the mix.

It must never take you over a minute to render, unless you have a large project, right?