Neat video and Automatic dirt removal

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Neat video and Automatic dirt removal

PostWed Oct 27, 2021 8:13 am

Hi,

In DR 17, I'am using the plugin Neat video (denoiser) and the Automatic Dirt removal for cleaning CRI files from the scanner Cintel 2. When thoses 2 filters are enable, the render processing is too long. (about 2 fps) .I have a powerfull macpro workstation with 2 GPUS (2 x 32 Gigas). Do you have any idea where the problem comes from ?
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Re: Neat video and Automatic dirt removal

PostWed Oct 27, 2021 8:51 am

> Do you have any idea where the problem comes from ?
The complexity of the algorithms... both of those filters are computationally intensive. Generally speaking, try caching the first effect before enabling the second.
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Re: Neat video and Automatic dirt removal

PostWed Oct 27, 2021 1:08 pm

Neat has an internal app to test and maximize its GPU use settings. Run it for optimization. It’s in the Neat manual


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Re: Neat video and Automatic dirt removal

PostWed Oct 27, 2021 1:14 pm

We have an issue with the Automatic Dirt Removal plug-in where about 1m 20s into a clip the render speed drops to about 1/6. eg 12fps down to 2 fps. We see this on PC and Mac ( intel ) , with AMD and NVIDIA graphics. Seems OK for a while after some upgrades but then comes back. Can often be seen in play as well.

Have a look and please report. We have suffered this for nearly 2 years and Blackmagic currently say that they can't reproduce it. I have seen others on the forum report suffering the slow down / slow renders with the dirt removal.

We're sourcing from a Cintel 2 as well but does seem to happen with other source files.

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Neat video and Automatic dirt removal

PostWed Oct 27, 2021 1:42 pm

If it works and then slows down, I’m guessing it might have to do with your GPU vram size. 11GB? 24GB? Etc.
Is there anyway to test on a Quadro GPU with more vram?
Andy’s suggestion could help. Node cache/pre render of the effect may lighten the load on an overall grade (clip) render.
Additionally, check your drive to where it is caching. Perhaps something with the write speed is dropping off. Networked? Buffer?
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Re: Neat video and Automatic dirt removal

PostWed Oct 27, 2021 4:18 pm

BillArchive wrote:We have an issue with the Automatic Dirt Removal plug-in where about 1m 20s into a clip the render speed drops to about 1/6. eg 12fps down to 2 fps. We see this on PC and Mac ( intel ) , with AMD and NVIDIA graphics. Seems OK for a while after some upgrades but then comes back. Can often be seen in play as well.

Have a look and please report. We have suffered this for nearly 2 years and Blackmagic currently say that they can't reproduce it. I have seen others on the forum report suffering the slow down / slow renders with the dirt removal.
No luck re-creating it here in a couple of simple tests.

I set up Automatic Dirt Removal in the Color page, configured to 3-frames "Better", Repair Strength = 1.0.

On a 1080p clip and timeline, playback shows a consistent 23 FPS. A render showed average FPS of 22.42. Clip length was 7:15 and it took 9:42 to render, so much longer than your 1:20 threshold.

On a UHD clip and timeline, playback speed was 10 - 11 FPS and render time was 20:40 for a 7:00 clip - 10.15 FPS average.

Maybe there's some X factor that's triggering the issue for you, beyond simply adding the effect to a clip. Perhaps create a project containing one timeline and one short media file on which you can replicate the problem, then export that as a DRA and upload and link that (Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.) Then it can be tested using the exact settings and media you're experiencing it with.
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