Editing and previewing All Intra (All-I) footage

[christangey]

This is why I still haven't bought the Mavic Pro 4, even though DJI in Australia offered me a discount, we need answers on an All-I workflow from somebody, but as DJI effectively caused the problem it's up to them to lead the solution.

 

[Dave Pitman]

DJI really blew it with All-I simply (I assume) to avoid paying the ProRes license. We'll see if they fix this with a firmware update but as it stands there are very few people with Macs that would be willing to take the time to convert the All-I files into something workable.

I have read mac users rolling back the OS to an older version is the solution. Not a great solution, but at least it works.

 

[christangey]

I have read mac users rolling back the OS to an older version is the solution. Not a great solution, but at least it works.

yeah, all gets a bit messy Dave, it would be fixed tomorrow if we got the issue onto both DJI and Apple's radar.

 

[GadgetGuy]

I have read mac users rolling back the OS to an older version is the solution. Not a great solution, but at least it works.

"Get a PC." —Bill Gates
LOL!

 

[akdrone]

I completely understand your frustration at the All-I situation. I can't imagine an All-I or even a ProRes workflow and the ungodly amount of storage it would take. I have over 20TB of storage just for my home video and I am trying to figure out how to add more - and that's just for my video.

 

[christangey]

I completely understand your frustration at the All-I situation. I can't imagine an All-I or even a ProRes workflow and the ungodly amount of storage it would take. I have over 20TB of storage just for my home video and I am trying to figure out how to add more - and that's just for my video.

I have over 100tb and that's after a huge consolidation of data. It's impossible to run a stock footage library on the cloud so I have two physical copies of every drive in the edit suite and another physical copy in a separate building in case of fire.

 

[akdrone]

I have over 100tb and that's after a huge consolidation of data. It's impossible to run a stock footage library on the cloud so I have two physical copies of every drive in the edit suite and another physical copy in a separate building in case of fire.

Please don't mention fire. I have no offsite backup.

 

[christangey]

Please don't mention fire. I have no offsite backup.

Ok, I meant a jello avalanche

 

[Olli_M4P]

Hi, I use FCP for editing and IF I really want to use AI-Stuff, I simply use Proxy-Files for editing. I really don‘t see a difference.
And to be honest, there is not really a difference for me ( as a hobby ) of using AI or the H265 File. Because of the better quality in F-Stops it‘s better to use DLog-M, as you may know.
I started the Blackmagic-Test with the Creator M4P and have much better results than the guy in the video as you can see. It‘s not super fast but really fast enough.
System is a Mac Studio M1.



Greetings,
Oliver

 

[akdrone]

Hi, I use FCP for editing and IF I really want to use AI-Stuff, I simply use Proxy-Files for editing. I really don‘t see a difference.
And to be honest, there is not really a difference for me ( as a hobby ) of using AI or the H265 File. Because of the better quality in F-Stops it‘s better to use DLog-M, as you may know.
I started the Blackmagic-Test with the Creator M4P and have much better results than the guy in the video as you can see. It‘s not super fast but really fast enough.
System is a Mac Studio M1.

View attachment 183706

Greetings,
Oliver

So that's the reading you get with your M4Pro connected to your computer and pointing BM Speed Test at it?

 

[akdrone]

I copy all the files to my drive, create panos or AEB in Lightroom and then move to FCP. I work from my NVME.

 

[Olli_M4P]

So that's the reading you get with your M4Pro connected to your computer and pointing BM Speed Test at it?

Yes, exactly.
Let me check, if there‘s a difference between the original cable and a normal one….

Oh yes it is, with a Apple-USB-C cable , which I got with my iPhone or so, it is beginning at 300 and going down to 77MB/s Write and around 40 MB/s read.

Changing cable again…

Yes, again about 344MB/s write and read 568 MB/s. So cable matters.

Greeting,
Oliver

 

[Olli_M4P]

View attachment 183707I copy all the files to my drive, create panos or AEB in Lightroom and then move to FCP. I work from my NVME.

To be clear - Thats your reading with your M4P directly connected to your Mac ?? Or is it just the NVME ?
Greetings,
Oliver

 

[akdrone]

Yes, exactly.
Let me check, if there‘s a difference between the original cable and a normal one….

Oh yes it is, with a Apple-USB-C cable , which I got with my iPhone or so, it is beginning at 300 and going down to 77MB/s Write and around 40 MB/s read.

Changing cable again…

Yes, again about 344MB/s write and read 568 MB/s. So cable matters.

Greeting,
Oliver

When I use the 5GB stress test I get 500 Read and 270 Write. When I use the 1GB test I get 500 Read and 480 Write. That tells me that SSD in it has a small cache or for whatever reason it doesn't enough speed to continue writing. To me that's an indication of a mediocre ssd and actually a fairly disappointing speed. I tried to do a test on the SD Card but Black Magic just froze and became unresponsive. This is on an M4 Studio Max.

 

[Olli_M4P]

Well, measuring takes time and I bought the M4P, can‘t change anything. So I enjoy flying and I‘m happy not having to use a SD Card. So the combination SSD and M4P is fast enough to do everything I want, no need to do speed tests any more.
Greetings to .. North Pole from Germany… Really ?
Oliver