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FCPX transcoding for eternity (i7 4790k, GTX 750ti)
Hi, I am using FCPX and am noticing a huge improvement all over with my editing coming from a Mac Mini 2012 which obviously only has integrated graphics. One thing I have noticed though, videos that would take about 5 minutes to export on the Mac Mini are taking for eternity on my PC. I have background rendering turned off, as I always prefer selecting all and then telling it to render, I have always used H.264 for exporting so I am using that option. I do not use optimised media as from how it worked on the Mac Mini, I just never had any need to as the hiccups it had was only because I had limited graphics power, which isn't the case now. My videos are 1080p Elgato HD/ShadowPlay recordings which I usually am putting to average 20 minute episodes. It took under 5 minutes on the Mac Mini, and it should be far quicker with the hardware differences.
I read that the culprit could possibly be the GPU with the Nvidia alternative drivers, but switching it to OS X's default driver doesn't change anything. The other culprit I guess is the CPU which I would believe a lot more is the culprit as when it is exporting, I cannot here the CPU and fans etc working at full speed like I can hear when it is when I am on windows. Every now, it has got stuck with shutting down, and sleep doesn't work as it freezes up when I start back up. I am assuming this means the CPU power management isn't working properly?
Does anyone know what I can do to fix this as I seriously cannot stand having to keep it on to export for so long when it should be doing it even quicker than what my Mac Mini did.
Thanks
Jase
Hi, I am using FCPX and am noticing a huge improvement all over with my editing coming from a Mac Mini 2012 which obviously only has integrated graphics. One thing I have noticed though, videos that would take about 5 minutes to export on the Mac Mini are taking for eternity on my PC. I have background rendering turned off, as I always prefer selecting all and then telling it to render, I have always used H.264 for exporting so I am using that option. I do not use optimised media as from how it worked on the Mac Mini, I just never had any need to as the hiccups it had was only because I had limited graphics power, which isn't the case now. My videos are 1080p Elgato HD/ShadowPlay recordings which I usually am putting to average 20 minute episodes. It took under 5 minutes on the Mac Mini, and it should be far quicker with the hardware differences.
I read that the culprit could possibly be the GPU with the Nvidia alternative drivers, but switching it to OS X's default driver doesn't change anything. The other culprit I guess is the CPU which I would believe a lot more is the culprit as when it is exporting, I cannot here the CPU and fans etc working at full speed like I can hear when it is when I am on windows. Every now, it has got stuck with shutting down, and sleep doesn't work as it freezes up when I start back up. I am assuming this means the CPU power management isn't working properly?
Does anyone know what I can do to fix this as I seriously cannot stand having to keep it on to export for so long when it should be doing it even quicker than what my Mac Mini did.
Thanks
Jase