AJA and blackmagic both have players which directly output to the card. Aja has a dpx > qt converter. So this already exists. The thing is your still not going to get 1080p playback on a single drive without compressing it.
-deke On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 05:24, Richard Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe something like a player, like in Fusion could be useful ? not sure, so > if you render a sequence to say your raid, and it is viewing on the > Decklink, there are play, step forward etc controls that will play the > render out right from the write node. > > Just a thought. > > Rich > > > Perth, Western Australia - MB:045 777 0221 - PH:618 9443 4018 - > www.turnervfx.com.au > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris > Bevan > Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 6:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Nuke-users] Flipbook Output > > Hi all, > > [Disclaimer: this information may be out of date as I haven't been on > the Nuke team for a while, but odds are it's still reasonably accurate] > > Nuke's monitor output was only really written for viewing individual > frames, and not optimised for real-time playback unfortunately. Feel > free to send a request to support if real-time playback is important to > you, though - the more people who want it, the higher priority the fix, > after all. I'd always wanted to spend time making it faster myself, but > we just didn't have the opportunity back then. > > Turning on monitor output also means a few viewer optimisations, such as > GPU processing, have to be turned off, so that means things will > generally be a bit slower in that case. The reason for that is because > we need the final processed data to send to the monitor output card from > the CPU rather than the GPU. > > Sorry that's not the best news, but hopefully it's useful to know. > > - Chris > > On 22/03/11 08:48, Johan Boije wrote: >> Also - if we are talking external monitor - the viewer's gl buffer >> depth setting will be linked to performance as higher bith depths will >> be slower to process. This is from the manual: >> "Please note that selecting a monitor output mode with the phrase 10 >> bit in its description will only output true 10-bit color if a gl >> buffer depth of either half-float or float is selected. Half-float and >> float modes are considerably slower to process, so it is recommended >> to stick with byte mode for monitor output unless 10-bit color is >> specifically required." >> I have also noticed that if you are trying to paint with monitor >> output enabled, interaction will be very slow, so that isn't ideal either. >> >> J. >> >> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 9:43 PM, Michael Thomas <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> With the proper drives would I be able to get previews of heavily >> layered comps? >> >> >> Michael Thomas >> AVID DS Editor >> The Underground >> Doner Advertising >> ________________________________________ >> From: [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> [[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of >> Deke Kincaid [[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>] >> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 4:32 PM >> To: Nuke user discussion >> Subject: Re: [Nuke-users] Flipbook Output >> >> The viewer is all disk playback, not ram. What kind of drive are your >> files and cache located on? Also try dpx format as they have a much >> smaller footprint then exr and tend to playback better. >> >> http://www.blackmagic-design.com/support/detail.asp?techID=30 >> >> -deke >> >> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 13:08, Michael Thomas <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > I'm able to get it out to the monitor that way, but I can't seem >> to get real time playback. It's only a 90 frame 1080p clip with no >> effects, hooked straight to a viewer. >> > >> > I'm on a new 12 core Mac with 16 gigs of ram >> > >> > >> > >> > Michael Thomas >> > AVID DS Editor >> > The Underground >> > Doner Advertising >> > ________________________________________ >> > From: [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> [[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of >> Deke Kincaid [[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>] >> > Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 3:58 PM >> > To: Nuke user discussion >> > Subject: Re: [Nuke-users] Flipbook Output >> > >> > You can only get the viewer to do this, not framecycler (FC only >> > supports SDI out from an nvidia daughter card). To output the >> viewer >> > hit the "MonitorOutEnable" button in the upper right corner next to >> > cliptest button. Also in the viewer, hit the "s" key to bring >> up the >> > settings window where you can change the device, resolution, >> fps(near >> > the bottom). >> > >> > -deke >> > >> > On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 12:43, Michael Thomas >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> I've been through the manual, and posted to Cow. How do I get >> flipbook to output through the Kona3G card and out to my broadcast >> monitor. >> >> >> >> >> >> Michael Thomas >> >> AVID DS Editor >> >> The Underground >> >> Doner Advertising >> >> >> >> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and all attachments may be >> confidential information and are intended solely for the >> individual or entity named in the email address. If you receive >> this email in error or if it is improperly forwarded to you, >> please notify the sender immediately by reply email, and >> delete/destroy the original and all copies, including any >> attachments. 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