More Codec performance test

[samsc]

60 different codecs tested playing back 4 layers of the same type of content

tested on internal drive
internal raptor 74GB
scsi 15000rpm Maxtor Atlas 74GB
scsi 10000rpm Maxtor Atlas iV 140GB
dual raptor - firmtek card

Results

Internal drive is very very bad.( and these figures are just averages - not deviations, the internal drive has poor consistency ).
Raptor, and scsi 10k and scsi 15k have close performance.
scsi 10k is slightly faster with some codecs.

Only dv-ntsc will give close to 30fps performance on all 4 layers.
DV-NTSC is slightly faster than DV-PAL- the difference is important

[samsc]

60 different codecs tested playing back 4 layers of the same type of content

These results are a little geeky.
Ill try and find to way to present them which makes more sense.

[samsc]

Single and dual raptors same files.
4th layer complete time

dual raptors have slight edge with dv codecs.
Not much in it.

[samsc]

Softraid vs Apple raid.

Very little in it....

[mdc1138]

Softraid vs Apple raid.

Very little in it....

Did you play with any of the settings? Different , journalled or not, etc.

[samsc]

Did you play with any of the settings? Different , journalled or not, etc.

I always turn off journalling.
Always.

[tharding]

Just wondering why DV PAL only makes an appearance at 50%

Cheers

[samsc]

Did you play with any of the settings? Different , journalled or not, etc.

Take a look at the EX1....

Dual Dual pentiums, 8 drives?

Ask them about performance?
Danny can give you their contact numbers.

http://www.vlps.com/NorthAmerica/news/vlps_30.phtml

[litemover]

Take a look at the EX1....

Dual Dual pentiums, 8 drives?

Ask them about performance?
Danny can give you their contact numbers.

Does Danny work for them now or something? Looks interesting but only3 movie layers and 2 adjustment layers? The media window on the DX2 does rock though. Having the ability to automatically index your files into thumbnails onto a touchscreen with all the playmodes on it sure does beat building palettes.

I'm very interested in quality of playback, particularly of Hidef. Not to be honest or anything, but I never use the 3d effects, even in Catalyst. I suppose I would if I needed to wrap them around a 3d opbject just to get them to read tangiably. So far, I haven't needed to use them. I barely have enough time to push video out let alone light layers and worry about rotating stuff around though, I suppose this could make for some very interesting effects that can't be done via video, if you explored the possibilities and had the time to really dive into it.

Christian Choi