How stable is Edius 6?

[John Hooper]

I use edius 5.51 and it is very stable. I don't think I have ever had it crash.

I would like to upgrade to Edius 6 when it is available.

I went to see a demo of Edius 6 (actually it was 6.01) last week. During the session Edius crashed several times.

I appreciate that someone will point out that this version is not out there yet, but for those who have used Edius 6, is this crashing unusual?

[GrassValley_SW]

John

No-one is going to answer that question I'm afraid - they're all still under NDA until the software release. All I will say is you were looking at 6.01 and that's definitely still beta and not scheduled for release until Nov/Dec timeframe.

Steve

[John Hooper]

OK, perhaps I wont rush to upgrade until someone can answer this after version 6 is released.

[John Hooper]

The crashing might be down to other factors of course, but it did not inspire confidence.

[GrassValley_SW]

There were some issues at IBC too - almost all of them attributed to the HDSPARK drivers (hence my reference to 6.0.1), which were pretty much alpha at the time.

[John Hooper]

That probably explains it, as the demo was using hardware as well (I don't know if it was the Spark card).

At the moment I just would like the software upgrade.

[pjsssss]

Many times crashing can be attributed to being hooked to hardware for shows that has not been extensively tested as Steve has pointed out. I know I had several crashes it NAB (IN April) the first day and after testing, found out we had a bad video card. It was fine after that. When you are used to the rock solid performance you normally get from Edius it is always a shock to have it crash.

[tingsern]

Never judge stability and other issues of software based on beta or pre-release versions.

[David Clarke]

Actually the crashes I had on the open day were primarily the card reader I was trying to use to show off the source browser. Naturally it worked to copy some footage onto the PC before the open day started but when I plugged it in during the day it went horribly wrong.
It also turns out one of the hard drives I had the footage on was a bit dodgy (again worked perfectly until I have 30 people sitting in front on me!)
That is the bain of any demonstrators life - things work fine until you have just done the speech about how wonderfully stable the program is then bang!
Obviously version 6 is going to be the first version of the new program so it is bound to have bugs but with the playing I have done with the copy I got for the open day I have been very pleased.

[dpalomaki]

In general, v x.0 initial release software is more stable than pre-release software, and should be crash-free (say, less than one per week) on any system that is a reasonable match to the systems used to develop and test the software. However, it gets a bit softer when you install the software on a system that is NOT a good match to the systems used in testing. That is why some vendors are rather picky about what they will support in terms of user-side PC configurations; e.g., only certain processors, video cards, etc.

Consider the wisdom about upgrades to MS Windows - do not upgrade until after SP1. The Edius 4.x to Edius 5.0 transition may be an indicator as to how good the 5.5-to-6.0 transition will be.