Multicam Performance. What is realistic?

[rich501]

I am doing a multi-cam project with 8 cameras. 7 SD and 1 HD. At times when in multi-cam mode I get dropped frames and glitchy playback. I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong or if that is just to be expected with that many tracks.

FYI:Tyan K8WE Thunder - 2 Dual Opteron 285s, XP PRO, 4G Ram, Project is on internal RAID 0. Running Edius 4.51c.

Thanks!

Rich

[pjsssss]

I have not used that many cameras, but I would suspect that with that many, you are getting normal operation. You can go into settings and change how many frames to drop and they may help your playback.

[Rusty]

Hea Rich,

I've never worked with 8 cameras, but it would depend largely on your drive data speeds. If you can play back in 1:1 time, you're the man!

The correct phrase-ology is "Skipped Frames" not dropped. Some may take offence.

Not me!
Rusty

[rich501]

Thanks guys. It plays fine some of the time, but in certain spots it gets pretty bogged down. Good to know that's what I should expect.

Thanks!

[pjsssss]

Thanks for the correction Rusty, I was in a "drop" frame of mind.
;-)