Excessive render times in new FCP 7.0?
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 1:57 pm
Have any of the NV team had a chance to test the FCP plugin in version 7 of FCP? I just did an upgrade from version 5.00 -> 7.00 iof FCP (i.e. Final Cut Studio 3.0) mostly to be able to use NV. But for a 25 second HDV segment the apparent render time is 30 minutes. On a quad core, 3Ghz Mac Pro with 8GB RAM, this seems somewhat excessive. Is the GPU being used to assist render times?
Also, I've seen posts in compositing groups which suggest that leaving the multiple processor option checked in NV is guaranteed to cause an FCP crash on anything but small renders. As a programmer myself, shouldn't the plugin attempt to poll the application status vis-a-vis resources to prevent this happening (not withstanding the appearance of a 64-bit version of FCP, which likely won't happen within a year)?
Thanks
Also, I've seen posts in compositing groups which suggest that leaving the multiple processor option checked in NV is guaranteed to cause an FCP crash on anything but small renders. As a programmer myself, shouldn't the plugin attempt to poll the application status vis-a-vis resources to prevent this happening (not withstanding the appearance of a 64-bit version of FCP, which likely won't happen within a year)?
Thanks