Upgrade Mac pro display card

[tommy chen]

H264 and H265(HEVC) needs the same quicksync that xeons dont have
perform a proxy or better prores transcode for your drone footage (prores needs much more space)

my cMP plays 4k DJI mov files in resolve in realtime (25fps), but any filter or colorcorrection
and i run in the same dissaster.

but with prores it feels like a rocket (fast drives will be a requirement)

 

[h9826790]

Yes, but also the h264 is slow. I have a maxed out 4.1 ->5.1 with rx580 and when I edit 4k some fotage is fine but some eg. from a DJI drone with higher bit rate, wont play smoothly and FCPX has to render it before any playback.

AFAIK, same situation, no hardware decode for H264 on cMP. So, for normal video playback, the CPU may be OK. But for video editing, if not rendered yet, and you want it to play some editing H264 in real time. The CPU simply can't catch up (of course, still depends on the video's parameters).

 

[Dan Streaman]

AFAIK, same situation, no hardware decode for H264 on cMP. So, for normal video playback, the CPU may be OK. But for video editing, if not rendered yet, and you want it to play some editing H264 in real time. The CPU simply can't catch up (of course, still depends on the video's parameters).

Actually, all recent AMD cards have quite fast H.264 decoding hardware. It's just that Apple does not use it.

 

[h9826790]

Actually, all recent AMD cards have quite fast H.264 decoding hardware. It's just that Apple does not use it.

I know, and I created a post about how to make it work.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/activate-amd-hardware-acceleration.2180095/

 

[Dan Streaman]

I know, and I created a post about how to make it work.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/activate-amd-hardware-acceleration.2180095/

Great info in that thread. Thanks.