Editing on PCs: hardware accelerators at DVinfo.net

Alex Raskin · November 2nd, 2003, 05:48 PM

Say you use Premiere Pro.

It's rather slow even on the fast PC systems, dropping frames in its supposedly "real-time" previews. More so when the number of channels/filters increases.

To fix this, there are hardware accelerator cards that are specifically adjusted for Premiere Pro - like Canopus' DVStorm 2 or Matrox' RT.X 100 Xtreme Pro.

However both cards claim acceleration of Premiere's previews *only in DV SD resolution* of 720x480 (or so I understand).

Would they also accelerate HD files of 1280x720?

Steve Mullen · November 3rd, 2003, 01:21 AM

No way -- they are SD NTSC products only.

Also Premiere is not a great RT product -- not like Xpress DV or FCP or Vegas or Edius. Premiere needs someonee lses rendering engine to be truly RT. Tht's why there are so many Premiere plug-ins.

November 2nd, 2003, 05:48 PM	#1
Alex Raskin Trustee Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,435	Editing on PCs: hardware accelerators Say you use Premiere Pro. It's rather slow even on the fast PC systems, dropping frames in its supposedly "real-time" previews. More so when the number of channels/filters increases. To fix this, there are hardware accelerator cards that are specifically adjusted for Premiere Pro - like Canopus' DVStorm 2 or Matrox' RT.X 100 Xtreme Pro. However both cards claim acceleration of Premiere's previews only in DV SD resolution of 720x480 (or so I understand). Would they also accelerate HD files of 1280x720?

November 3rd, 2003, 01:21 AM	#2
Steve Mullen HDV Cinema Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 4,007	No way -- they are SD NTSC products only. Also Premiere is not a great RT product -- not like Xpress DV or FCP or Vegas or Edius. Premiere needs someonee lses rendering engine to be truly RT. Tht's why there are so many Premiere plug-ins. __________________ Switcher's Quick Guide to the Avid Media Composer >>> http://home.mindspring.com/~d-v-c