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Redcine on a Windows based system

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Larry Kaster

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I've just downloaded the Redcine software and I'm wondering if there is a manual for it. The software functions extremely slowly and I can't even get a file to play. Once I've loaded a shot and can see it in the window I push the play button, but nothing happens. All of the responses from the software (mouse moves, button pushes, etc.) seem about a second late.

The computer is a Sony Viao 1.86 Ghz processer, 1.5g ram. I've used it for plenty of video work before, so I think the machine should handle at lease playback.

Any help would be appreciated.
 
A Vaio ? 1.5 GB ? Are you kidding ? You are talking about digital cinema here, not video!

Get the fastest computer you can get hold of. We are using a 8 CPU machine with 16 GB RAM and it's not so bad for Red One footage…
 
Thanks for the quick response.

I understand that it's "digital cinema" (what ever the hell that means) and that I'm not working with my son's halloween video, but I'm not trying to edit or work with the footage in anyway. Just see it. I've watched people using MAC laptops with much the same processing power as the unit I'm using with no problems. One would think that the software would let you view the material at a lower resolution. The file that I'm looking at is about 400mb.

Perhaps Redcine just doesn't like PC's.
 
Larry Kaster said:
Thanks for the quick response.

I understand that it's "digital cinema" (what ever the hell that means) and that I'm not working with my son's halloween video, but I'm not trying to edit or work with the footage in anyway. Just see it. I've watched people using MAC laptops with much the same processing power as the unit I'm using with no problems. One would think that the software would let you view the material at a lower resolution. The file that I'm looking at is about 400mb.

Perhaps Redcine just doesn't like PC's.
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The difference is that for mac there is a Quicktime plugin that allows it to decode only one quarter of the information. This isn't available for windows and expecting a full debayer in realtime on your computer is just on realistic. Is yours a dual-core?

If you really want to view the footage your going to have to decode it into an intermediate format that your computer can handle in realtime.
 
What generation VAio is it. Is it single or dual core processor? My 2.6gHz P4 XP pro desktop with 2gB of ram and a pretty good video card will not reliably playback 1080 HD video at real time speeds without dropping frames. It handles SD video just fine.
My new 2gHz Core2 duo laptop with 4gB ram, Vista 64bit OS and 256gB Radeon graphics will play HD video just fine, but I would not expect it to handle R3d file playback in real time.
 
Thank you for the response and info, Kenneth.

I noticed that on the RED website that the quicktime plugin wasn't available yet for Windows, and suspected that I would have trouble viewing the footage. How would I go about decoding it to a format that my computer can handle?
 
David:

My computer is a early generation dual core with XP pro. Before I started this process I was fairly certain that my equipment wouldn't be able to handle the footage, but a friend used his MAC (similar specs to mine) and viewed the footage at a lower res and burned a DVD for me. As I mentioned to Kenneth, I noticed that the quicktime codec wasn't available for the PC, so I suspected I would have trouble.
 
I doubt there'll be a QuickTime proxy solution any time soon for the PC, QT is not so popular on that platform (and, I'm afraid, not as optimised by Apple).

Have a look at Adobe's new version of Premiere, it's are doing a pretty good job playing native RED footage in quarter or eighth resolution. Internally it must be similar to what QuickTime is doing on the Mac.
 
Thanks to everyone for the suggestions.

I'll try them and see where it ends up.
 
Michael:

Thanks for the VirtualDub tip. It works perfectly for what I need. Thanks for steering me in the right direction.

Larry
 
Hi, does anybody know exactly which codec is used by Redcine to play back .r3d files on a PC?

Thanks
 
Thanks John,

In that case my problem must be being caused by something else, thought I was missing a codec.

Sorry to hijack the thread but...
Whenever I try to load a shot, I just get a blank screen and no TC information.

Any ideas what might be causing this? I'm running redcine on an HP XW8200.

Many thanks.
 
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