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suleiman
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already got that Sony, and it shoots film like no other commercial camcorder on the market.

 

As for final cut pro, when I save up the dough that's the next biggy on my list--assuming iMovie doesn't stack up for what i need.

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Just got it.Fast as hell - now all I need is to find $5000 on the internet to help me purchase the Sony HDR-Z1U-hahahahhahaa

 

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how the hell did you get it to work?

 

It tells me error in installation, the moment it start installing :)

 

Any advice?

 

did you see any speed difference in rendering?

 

Thanks

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Installed the universal upgrade (using pacifist). Runs perfect. Very fast performance! Includes: FCP, Compressor, LiveType, CinemaTools and all codecs. Motion, Soundtrack, etc are not included. I think you need the Final Cut Studio 5 (PPC) DVDs too, to upgrade the entire suite to unibins.

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Yup... found a way to drop the need for QE:

 

do a "Show Package Contents" - Open the "Info.plist" with e.g. TextEdit and remove the lines:

 

<key>AELMinimumQuartzExtremeCapable</key>

<string></string>

 

Save and Exit

 

The application will now continue to load but will crash afterwards so at first look QE is a MUST HAVE for this app :blink:

 

Edit: when reviewing the crash report it shows that it's crashing inside the ATIRadeon8500 driver (the one used by my laptop) and it's complaining about OpenGL... This is making sense for me as I don't have OpenGL working on my laptop...

 

So: runs fine on my Desktop (ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 256mb) but not on my laptop (ATI Radeon 9200)...

 

Take care,

Tek_No

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Macintox: good to know you've good performance. What is your hardware (CPU, mobo, GPU, RAM)?

 

Tek_No : How does FCP runs on your desktop? Which CPU and mobo do you have?

 

For both of you: do you think its a performance similar to a real PowerMac running FCP? Have you tried Cinebench? Any tests/benchs with FCP ? Or do you think video card drivers not optimized aren't allowing you to get more performance from FCP, Cinebench and other apps?

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Macintox: good to know you've good performance. What is your hardware (CPU, mobo, GPU, RAM)?

 

Tek_No : How does FCP runs on your desktop? Which CPU and mobo do you have?

 

For both of you: do you think its a performance similar to a real PowerMac running FCP? Have you tried Cinebench? Any tests/benchs with FCP ? Or do you think video card drivers not optimized aren't allowing you to get more performance from FCP, Cinebench and other apps?

 

Running absolutely awesome, however there are a few problems on the install that I will post some fixes for here:

 

Standardized TEST and Benchmarks here:

http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=15003&hl=

 

ALSO: Get an Panasonic HVX200. The P2 cards! Most Tapes have a limitation of transfer to 25 M/B per sec. With DVC Pro, it's 50 M/B per sec, so it was better to go with solid state devices that can handle the transfer.

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KC Wayland: on your Pentium 4-Asus p5ld2-vm rig the cpu isn't, by what you say, a pentium 800 or 900 series (dual cores)? Are you using the GMA950 or another video card?

 

Have you made these tests on a PowerMac G5? Do you think they're identical? Since you're a Broadcast Engineer I think you've got the knowledge to compare and evaluate the machines. Are you using your Pentium desktop on real work, on a production environment?

How good is the rendering performance of your desktop compared to a PowerMac G5?

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how the hell did you get it to work?

 

It tells me error in installation, the moment it start installing :D

 

Any advice?

 

did you see any speed difference in rendering?

 

Thanks

 

Balamut I'm getting exactly the same message too. Trying to install it on a mac mini.

Have you had any luck yet or have you give it up as a bad job.

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KC Wayland: on your Pentium 4-Asus p5ld2-vm rig the cpu isn't, by what you say, a pentium 800 or 900 series (dual cores)? Are you using the GMA950 or another video card?

 

Have you made these tests on a PowerMac G5? Do you think they're identical? Since you're a Broadcast Engineer I think you've got the knowledge to compare and evaluate the machines. Are you using your Pentium desktop on real work, on a production environment?

How good is the rendering performance of your desktop compared to a PowerMac G5?

 

Hey there learning Bird,

I have a 630 right now, single core. I will be getting a dual core soon though to swap out. I am using a x1600 Saphire as well. Just about full support -tearing of course at 1600x1200.

 

I have not made these on a G5 yet, i don't own one of those. And yes I use my machine for real productions. The doc I am working on right now is 80 min long and it runs great! Now it runs 4x faster! Once I get someone to test the G5, I will post it on the other forum site...here:

http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=15003&hl=

That is where I am posting the benchmarks.

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learning_bird
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KC Wayland: thanks for the info. So, aside the tearing issue( it must be annoying ) you're getting a great performance from the x1600. I think it is several times faster, even with the current flaky ati drivers, than the supported intel gma 900 or 950, isn't it?

What is the exact saphire model you have? 128 or 256 MB of VRAM? I'll probably get one of those or an x1800 for my upcoming hackintosh.

 

Again, thanks a lot.

 

And don't forget to make and post a lot more benchs. This forum sometimes its too much subjective. We need facts and real world numbers to compare. And if you have access to them make comparisons with true Apple Macs ( Intel or PPC ).

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KC Wayland: thanks for the info. So, aside the tearing issue( it must be annoying ) you're getting a great performance from the x1600. I think it is several times faster, even with the current flaky ati drivers, than the supported intel gma 900 or 950, isn't it?

What is the exact saphire model you have? 128 or 256 MB of VRAM? I'll probably get one of those or an x1800 for my upcoming hackintosh.

 

Again, thanks a lot.

 

And don't forget to make and post a lot more benchs. This forum sometimes its too much subjective. We need facts and real world numbers to compare. And if you have access to them make comparisons with true Apple Macs ( Intel or PPC ).

Hey Bird,

I have the 256 Mb version of the Saphire. I went with the x1600 because it mimics what is already in the macs, which is the best idea really. So you may want to double check on the x1800's compatibility. There are constant improvements left and right, and the larger # of people we have the better. I will continue to post more benches on the other forum. Try to reply on that one so it stays high in the new posts list :)

-Kc

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Macintox: good to know you've good performance. What is your hardware (CPU, mobo, GPU, RAM)?

 

Tek_No : How does FCP runs on your desktop? Which CPU and mobo do you have?

 

For both of you: do you think its a performance similar to a real PowerMac running FCP? Have you tried Cinebench? Any tests/benchs with FCP ? Or do you think video card drivers not optimized aren't allowing you to get more performance from FCP, Cinebench and other apps?

 

I think the performance is the same or little bit superior than a G5 2GHz Dual. I dont had time to perform any benchmark yet, but man, runs like a hell! And it is VERY stable!

My specs:

 

Intel P4 2.8GHz (521 - HT Enabled)

D915GUX Mainboard

GMA 900 (CI+QE @ 1280x1024x90Hz)

1Gb DDR2 RAM

120Gb SATA HD

OSX 10.4.5

(LAN/VIDEO/AUDIO Working)

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I can confirm a little bit faster performance over G5:

Rendering a 3 min. job (DV), with transitions / effects / et.

Intel: 118s

G5: 126s

 

Just in case, when I had more time I will try with other jobs.

 

Try using this benchmark on this page and post your results. It's a standardized test so people can see what each system compares to: http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=15003&hl=

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I can confirm a little bit faster performance over G5:

Rendering a 3 min. job (DV), with transitions / effects / et.

Intel: 118s

G5: 126s

 

Just in case, when I had more time I will try with others jobs.

Macintox: which G5 did you use? Ram and video card?

Have you tried to bench the files KC Wayland asked you to try on the previous post, both on your hackintosh and on the PM G5?

 

Thanks.

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