Weird, I am also on a really fast SAN and my files are 5k HD which are smaller than yours.

I have mine in a 1920x1080 comp so I am scaling too which could be part of the problem.

Were you rendering 5k or 1080?

Are you using CS5.5 or CS6 ?

I would LOVE to get to the bottom of this...... 

Thanks Jack

Phil

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On Oct 15, 2012, at 5:24 PM, Jack Tunnicliffe wrote:

Okay, just did a quick test with the same keys etc you are using but my Epic 5K footage is 5120x2160 so 2.37 aspect. Set a key to render out a 10 second clip and estimated time is 4 minutes on a 12 core Mac with 32 gigs of ram. You have something that's really slowing down your system. I am accessing files through fibre on a very fast SAN, but there is definitely something going on. In fact it rendered out and finished before I could finish typing this email. 

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On Oct 15, 2012, at 6:09 PM, Phil Spitler <phil@bonfirelabs.com> wrote:

Wow, working with 5k HD Red footage in CS5.5 is REALLY painful.

Has this been improved in CS6? 

It must be the RED decoding that is taking the time as I use 5k plates from our 3d guys without this issue at all.

I did a simple garbage matte / Primate key and resize and it is saying 2.5 hours to render a 10 second clip.

Plus the machine is really un-responsive....

This is on an 8 core Xeon with 16GB RAM running CS5.5

Any idea?

Thanks

Phil

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