Panagiotis Raris
December 25th, 2010, 04:44 PM
transcoding some T2i and XH A1 footage (T2i, 1920x1080 29.97FPS at 50Mbps to 1280x720 30FPS at 10-14Mbps. XH A1, 1440x1080 29.97FPS at 24Mbps to 1280x720 30FPS at 10-14Mbps. For web content; will be edited after transcode.) ZERO EFFECTS.
All i did was threw the raw files into the AME window, selected my preferred 720P/30 web output, and started the queue. AME is using less than 3GB of RAM during transcoding, but between 72 and 90% of my processing power.
System specs... I am editing in my 'safe mode' on this computer for today. My MINIMUM read/write speeds on the RAID0 (which is my project drive) is 200MB/sec. The X25M boot/OS/CS5 drive nails 200MB/sec read and 70MB/sec write.
The files are on the SSD (X25M), and are output on the RAID0 drive, and i have verified that i can indeed transfer the files from the SSD to the RAID0 drive at nearly 200MB/sec for several minutes. Source is the SSD, cache/preview (not needed) is the RAID0, and output is the RAID0. Again, i have no renders, NO EFFECTS, just a simple, AME only transcode. So we have both T2i H.264 MOV and XH A1 footage (via Datavideo DN-60) .M2T AVCHD being transcoded from the above formats into H.264 (MP4) at 720P/30
Asus Rampage III Gene motherboard
Intel i7 950 running at 3.4Ghz
GeForce 9800GTX+ OC 1GB (MPE enabled)
Corsair XMS3, 6x2GB (12GB total) running at 1066 Mhz
Intel X25M 80GB boot/OS/CS5 drive (source files also on this disk) SATA II
4x80GB Fujitsu 7200RPM laptop HDD's in a RAID0 configuration
I had the same issue with my Q6600 setup; 8GB of RAM but any sort of work, effects included, it NEVER maxed out the RAM, but ALWAYS taxed that processor to nearly 100%. Should i split the 4 disk RAID0 into 2 2-disk RAID0's, and dump preview/cache on one, and output on the second? Why the devil isnt it using my RAM?
Now i have 12GB, and 9 GB is going unused... I have prefs set so that it keeps 3GB for background services, and 0 processors for background services, so it SHOULD be able to use ALL the RAM as well as all the processors. What is going on? There is NO WAY it needs THAT much processing power, and so little RAM. It is transcoding fast; 3 minutes of M2T HDV in 4 minutes 45 seconds.
Also happy to report NO temps (CPU, RAM, HDD's, motherboard, Northbridge, Southbridge, exhaust ambient, and PSU) above 49 celcius. in a micro ATX case.
ALSO
Happy Holidays to all, except they guy who hit my car this morning; you go get the stomach flu.
All i did was threw the raw files into the AME window, selected my preferred 720P/30 web output, and started the queue. AME is using less than 3GB of RAM during transcoding, but between 72 and 90% of my processing power.
System specs... I am editing in my 'safe mode' on this computer for today. My MINIMUM read/write speeds on the RAID0 (which is my project drive) is 200MB/sec. The X25M boot/OS/CS5 drive nails 200MB/sec read and 70MB/sec write.
The files are on the SSD (X25M), and are output on the RAID0 drive, and i have verified that i can indeed transfer the files from the SSD to the RAID0 drive at nearly 200MB/sec for several minutes. Source is the SSD, cache/preview (not needed) is the RAID0, and output is the RAID0. Again, i have no renders, NO EFFECTS, just a simple, AME only transcode. So we have both T2i H.264 MOV and XH A1 footage (via Datavideo DN-60) .M2T AVCHD being transcoded from the above formats into H.264 (MP4) at 720P/30
Asus Rampage III Gene motherboard
Intel i7 950 running at 3.4Ghz
GeForce 9800GTX+ OC 1GB (MPE enabled)
Corsair XMS3, 6x2GB (12GB total) running at 1066 Mhz
Intel X25M 80GB boot/OS/CS5 drive (source files also on this disk) SATA II
4x80GB Fujitsu 7200RPM laptop HDD's in a RAID0 configuration
I had the same issue with my Q6600 setup; 8GB of RAM but any sort of work, effects included, it NEVER maxed out the RAM, but ALWAYS taxed that processor to nearly 100%. Should i split the 4 disk RAID0 into 2 2-disk RAID0's, and dump preview/cache on one, and output on the second? Why the devil isnt it using my RAM?
Now i have 12GB, and 9 GB is going unused... I have prefs set so that it keeps 3GB for background services, and 0 processors for background services, so it SHOULD be able to use ALL the RAM as well as all the processors. What is going on? There is NO WAY it needs THAT much processing power, and so little RAM. It is transcoding fast; 3 minutes of M2T HDV in 4 minutes 45 seconds.
Also happy to report NO temps (CPU, RAM, HDD's, motherboard, Northbridge, Southbridge, exhaust ambient, and PSU) above 49 celcius. in a micro ATX case.
ALSO
Happy Holidays to all, except they guy who hit my car this morning; you go get the stomach flu.