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Redcine Windows Output Problem

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Apologies for double post - Reposted in the Redcine forum which is probably more appropriate



Hi, newbie here experimenting with RED workflows for an upcoming project.
Having real problems exporting from Redcine.

Have tried a number of machines but all have different issues.

The fastest machine I was hoping to use is a quad core 6600 zeon machine, 2GB RAM, 512 MB ATI Radeon 3870, XP SP2

4k RED files load fine, I can play, scrub, resize, crop, colour correct quite happily. jpg thumbnails create fine, but I just can't get a good output.

When exporting QTs (various compressions) all seems to run fine but I just get magenta noise on playback.

When exporting still sequences you see the same magenta noise in the viewer as soon as you hit GO.

If you then abort the export the frames that have been exported are corrupt in the viewer but the rest of the clip looks fine.

I have tried :

Rolling back QT from 7.55 to 7.5

Uninstalling and re-installing Redcine, both 3.1.2 and 3.0.8

Changed the graphics card to an nvidia Quadro 1300 that I had lying around after reading on here that maybe nvidias are better liked. This card doesn't even let me see the RED frames, just black.

Changed the resolution and refresh rate to various options from 800 x 600 to 1600 x1200, 60Hz to 75 Hz

Have been creating new project each time as suggested here.

Any ideas as it's doing my head in! Does it sound like a graphics card problem?

I have tried on 2 other less powerful machines, 1 always gives just the same frame throughout, the other does simetimes give a good output but it's pretty slow.

Thanks for any ideas

S
 
I have experienced a lot of weird behaviour with RedCine on different machines. I guess nvidia graphic cards are the bettter choice, actually I didn't get RedCine working on any PC with ATI graphic. It works (for me) with Nvidia quadro FX560, quadro FX1500, geforce 8600GT. Additionally I had some weird outputs when using RedCine stretched over two monitors... still very exciting!
 
Thanks for all the replies. Found another machine that had an nVidia 3700 card in it which worked fine, and got all the files converted.

Did have a couple of issues with longer clips which kept freezing on conversion. Had to switch to Red Alert on a Mac to do those. Redcine on the Mac had the same freezing problem.

regards

S
 
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