Slow Loading RAW files in Cinema DNG format

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John Avenoso

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Slow Loading RAW files in Cinema DNG format

PostSun Dec 03, 2017 3:58 pm

Considering getting a Blackmagic camera so I can use RAW files in Cinnema DNG format. So I dowloaded some files from this site to give it a test drive;

https://nofilmschool.com/2012/08/blackm ... r-download

Problem is they are ungodly slow to load on my time line. I checked my system performance as loading and it's;

CPU 12%
SSD Drive 4%
GPU 2%

System is I7-6800 with AsRock Extreme 4 MB and AMP R9-290X video card. Windows 10.

Every other file type works perfectly.

Any Suggestions?
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Re: Slow Loading RAW files in Cinema DNG format

PostSun Dec 03, 2017 5:09 pm

I had no problems with Shot 1 here, running an i7 2500K/GTX 1070.

What exactly do you mean by "slow to load"?
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Re: Slow Loading RAW files in Cinema DNG format

PostSun Dec 03, 2017 5:25 pm

Files appear as empty boxes for several minutes.
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Re: Slow Loading RAW files in Cinema DNG format

PostSun Dec 03, 2017 11:16 pm

That's not normal. At least not with nVidia hardware.
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Re: Slow Loading RAW files in Cinema DNG format

PostWed Dec 06, 2017 4:58 pm

Fixed. Simply uninstalling and reinstalling did not work. I had to uninstall and then delete all directories associated with resolve and then reinstall to fix.
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Re: Slow Loading RAW files in Cinema DNG format

PostFri Dec 15, 2017 9:23 pm

Problem came back, but I got it fixed. Turned out I have to run in windows 7 compatability mode.
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Re: Slow Loading RAW files in Cinema DNG format

PostSat Dec 16, 2017 10:22 am

W7 is not officially supported.
No, an iGPU is not enough, and you can't use HEVC 10 bit 4:2:2 in the free version.

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Re: Slow Loading RAW files in Cinema DNG format

PostSat Dec 16, 2017 4:18 pm

John Avenoso wrote:I have to run in windows 7 compatability mode.


You shouldn't have to. I don't.
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Re: Slow Loading RAW files in Cinema DNG format

PostTue Jan 09, 2018 3:32 pm

I have since switched back to Windows 10 and it continues to run perfectly. So in summary, I don't know what caused the problem.
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