From: "Chris Zwar" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
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Subject: Re: [AE] HQX codec killing machine
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2018 14:06:22 +1100
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Thanks, yes I just transcoded it to Prores.  My current machine is =
pretty hefty and so I=E2=80=99m always curious when something affects =
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> On 8 Mar 2018, at 1:16 pm, Stephen van Vuuren =
<AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:
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> I had one HQX codec DCP come through a few years back and it only "CPU =
efficient" in Edix. It brought AE to it's knees and had to transcode.
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> Best,=20
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> stephen van vuuren
> 336.202.4777
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> http://www.insaturnsrings.com/
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> A film is =E2=80=93 or should be =E2=80=93 more like music than like =
fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, =
what=E2=80=99s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.
> =E2=80=93Stanley Kubrick
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 8:20 PM
> To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
> Subject: Re: [AE] HQX codec killing machine
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> Grass Valley seems to think it is a CPU-effiecient codec:
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> https://www.grassvalley.com/products/hqx_codec/
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> Any chance the files got corrupted?  Corrupt video files bring Pr to =
its knees, and probably Ae, too. =20
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> If so, Tim=E2=80=99s suggestion of transcoding is a good workaround.
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>> On Mar 7, 2018, at 6:26 PM, Chris Zwar <AE-List@media-motion.tv> =
wrote:
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>> Hi all,
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>> I=E2=80=99ve been given some assets in the HQX format, which is a =
Grass Valley codec used by Da Vinci Resolve.  I=E2=80=99ve installed it =
and everything imports into After Effects but performance is incredibly =
slow.  I=E2=80=99m getting content hangs, the composition window takes =
seconds to update, and it=E2=80=99s generally very painful to work with.
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>> Is this normal - has anyone else experienced this?  It=E2=80=99s not =
like my machine is slow or anything, it has two GTX 1080s in it and =
boatloads of RAM=E2=80=A6
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>> Don=E2=80=99t know what I can do to make it better=E2=80=A6
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>> -Chris
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