Kyle Fordrung
Member
I did some speed tests today to determine which was the quickest ingest method, and while Prelude seems to have performed much better this time around, it still was not as fast as P2 Viewer.
I tested each method with the same clip.
Clip Length: 01:05;15
Settings: 1080i/23.97p
Codec: DVCProHD
File Size: 968.6 MB
Test 1 - Firewire (HVX200 to Mac Snow Leopard)
Copy & Paste: 00:01:45
P2CMS ingest: 00:01:50
Adobe Prelude: 00:01:36
Test 2 - USB (HVX200 to Windows Vista 64bit)
Copy & Paste: 00:01:20
P2 Viewer: 00:00:35
Adobe Prelude: 00:00:38
All in all, it seems that P2 Viewer via USB is still the faster direct-from-camera ingest method.
As far as my earlier complaints about Prelude's ingest speed, I have noticed after my testing that the progress bar seems to hang for a while between 1% - 4% and then goes from 5 to 100 almost instantly. Perhaps this caused the process to only seem as though it took longer than it did.
If anyone can test these out using the Duel Adapter, a laptop PCMCIA slot, or the Panasonic USB P2 reader, that would be awesome!
I tested each method with the same clip.
Clip Length: 01:05;15
Settings: 1080i/23.97p
Codec: DVCProHD
File Size: 968.6 MB
Test 1 - Firewire (HVX200 to Mac Snow Leopard)
Copy & Paste: 00:01:45
P2CMS ingest: 00:01:50
Adobe Prelude: 00:01:36
Test 2 - USB (HVX200 to Windows Vista 64bit)
Copy & Paste: 00:01:20
P2 Viewer: 00:00:35
Adobe Prelude: 00:00:38
All in all, it seems that P2 Viewer via USB is still the faster direct-from-camera ingest method.
As far as my earlier complaints about Prelude's ingest speed, I have noticed after my testing that the progress bar seems to hang for a while between 1% - 4% and then goes from 5 to 100 almost instantly. Perhaps this caused the process to only seem as though it took longer than it did.
If anyone can test these out using the Duel Adapter, a laptop PCMCIA slot, or the Panasonic USB P2 reader, that would be awesome!