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pianokeys8807
31 Jan 2012, 00:53
Hello fellow broadcasters. I have exciting/ maybe obvious news:

Lately I have been trying to optimize my "vidblaster workflow". My setup is:

HP Z600 Workstation Xeon 6 Core (2proccessors) , 12g Ram, SSD
3 BM Intensity Pros
3x Canon HV30 (1080 being down-converted to SD by BM card)

My PC handles this fine, especially since the recent HD improvements of 2.10

The only time my computer starts to choke is if I use a high global resolution like 1280x720 or higher. Everything begins to be LESS zippier. Also, the recorder module sends my CPU (when in 1280x720) to about 90%.

ALL THAT HAS CHANGED. I was playing around in the Bios and stumbled on HYPERTHREADING. It was disabled. After enabling it and doing some tests...the improvements are amazing.

I no longer need to downscale to SD (I now feed vidblaster 3 1920x1080 streams). Also, I'm using a global res of 1280x720, the recorder, streamer and about 10 other modules. CPU= 40%!!!!!

CHECK TO SEE IF YOU HAVE A "HYPERTHREADING" option.

Mike
02 Feb 2012, 12:54
Thanks for reporting, although I would assume this never happens as I cannot see any reason why HT would be disabled.

pianokeys8807
03 Feb 2012, 02:15
Yeah, for whatever reason....my workstation came out of the box with this disabled.