RedRushes not really using 8 cores on MacPro?

[Matthew Rogers]

I just upgraded to the latest version of RR's, 3.6 and am having problems getting it to uses all 8 cores of my MacPro. When I render a clip and look at the processor usage in Terminal's TOP command, RR uses between 500% and 550%. It also says that 35% of my total processing power is being unused (about 2.8 cores as I figure.) I would love to be able to get RR's working faster as Color can currently spit files out faster. RR's does 6 minutes render per 1 hour render, Color can do 11 minutes per 1 hour render (although, I am wondering if Color debayers at half rez standard instead of high.)

Thanks,

Matthew

 

[Rainer Fritz]

klick in RR on settings and set it to two clips render at the same time.... look what happens...

 

[Uli Plank]

Give each processor 2 GB and RR will render much faster.

 

[Matthew Rogers]

Thanks Rainer, setting it to use two processors made all the difference. I was able to render about 3 hours of 4k footage at half rez high to 1080p Avid DNxHD in just under 24 hours.

Matthew