DNG playback on laptop

Hi everyone,

Davinci Resolve runs very sluggishly on my 15" Retina MacBook Pro (to an unusable extent), so that's not an option, but I was wondering if there is any way at all to preview DNG shots, considering the camera itself seems to handle playback totally fine? It doesn't have to be great quality, I just need a way to preview the takes before editing in Lightroom.

BM media express maybe ?

I'm not sure if it works with dng but it would be reasonable solution maybe ?

How much RAM do you have?

You could try doing a RAM preview in after effects. Adjust the res lower and lower until it plays smoothly.

BM media express maybe ?

I'm not sure if it works with dng but it would be reasonable solution maybe ?

Nope, I've tried that.. it doesn't seem to support DNG files. BMD should really have a playback solution

How much RAM do you have?

You could try doing a RAM preview in after effects. Adjust the res lower and lower until it plays smoothly.

8GB RAM, is that enough for a RAM preview in AE?

They have and it is called Resolve and it is free with your camera.

Question is if you have machine that can run it.

But i see your point having low rez option just to playback.

the camera plays back the files just fine. hook it up to an sdi monitor and preview away.

They have and it is called Resolve and it is free with your camera.

Question is if you have machine that can run it.

But i see your point having low rez option just to playback.

the camera plays back the files just fine. hook it up to an sdi monitor and preview away.

As I said, Resolve doesn't run well enough on my MacBook Pro, so that's not an option. I don't have an SDI monitor, so that's not an option either. Also, the camera doesn't tell me the file names when previewing on-screen.

I don't get how the camera can handle direct playback and a laptop can't? Surely the laptop is much more powerful... BMD needs to give the option of playing back low-res previews in Davinci Resolve. Why advertise that the product can run on a MacBook Pro if it's not really usable?

I would try to upgrade to 12 or 16 gigs of ram if you can. 8 should be enough for a RAM preview though yes. The preview stops when you run out of ram - so if you set it to half resolution you should be able to preview 20-30 seconds.

I don't get how the camera can handle direct playback and a laptop can't? Surely the laptop is much more powerful... BMD needs to give the option of playing back low-res previews in Davinci Resolve. Why advertise that the product can run on a MacBook Pro if it's not really usable?

Resolve has exactly that build in, and it's called instant proxies (or so) - it's under the options menu.
It does low res preview (without rendering actually proxies).

Hi,
you may use Adobe SpeedGrade instead of DaVinci Resolve. Speedgrade provide a fluid .DNG playback on every machine (before and after grading). It can also make a DaVinci-like workflow with Adobe Premiere Pro. I Have a MackBook Pro early 2011 with 16gb and an Imac 2010. Bot machines work well.

I have resorted to just exporting every single shot as a ProRes proxy to preview the footage. The "proxy on the fly" option doesn't seem to have any effect on playback speed in my case...

I have now checked what Mac Pro my university has in their colour grading suite. It's a 2010 Mac Pro with 8-core (2x 2.4GHz Quad-Core) Intel Xeon processors, 8GB RAM and ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB GPU. Would this Mac Pro handle grading/playback better than my 2012 Retina MacBook Pro with 2.3Ghz i7 Quad-Core processor, 8GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce GT 650M 1GB GPU?

I have now checked what Mac Pro my university has in their colour grading suite. It's a 2010 Mac Pro with 8-core (2x 2.4GHz Quad-Core) Intel Xeon processors, 8GB RAM and ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB GPU. Would this Mac Pro handle grading/playback better than my 2012 Retina MacBook Pro with 2.3Ghz i7 Quad-Core processor, 8GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce GT 650M 1GB GPU?

I have the same (well, not retina) with 16gb andgoes fluid. True that at this moment i dont have very long clips so maybe is easier for the mb.

I have now checked what Mac Pro my university has in their colour grading suite. It's a 2010 Mac Pro with 8-core (2x 2.4GHz Quad-Core) Intel Xeon processors, 8GB RAM and ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB GPU. Would this Mac Pro handle grading/playback better than my 2012 Retina MacBook Pro with 2.3Ghz i7 Quad-Core processor, 8GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce GT 650M 1GB GPU?

I have the same (well, not retina) with 16gb andgoes fluid. True that at this moment i dont have very long clips so maybe is easier for the mb.

You are saying you have a 2012 MacBook Pro with 16GB RAM and your RAW footage plays back in realtime in Resolve?!