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Question about creating best quality video
Hi,
I'm trying to create a video with the best quality option and at the highest resolution option but it won't work out with my current computer. When I try it , it keeps saying that " 3500 image to generate - video duration 3mins ". I have been waiting for it an hour but nothing change, probably need a lot more time to work out.
My question here is that if I want to create a video with all the highest options in a short time ( an hour for example ), what graphic card is required for my case , or any other things for the computer to push up the time for creating a video.
Bellow is the details of my current computer:
Component Details Subscore Base score Processor AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1090T Processor 7.5 5.9 Determined by lowest subscore
Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB 7.5 Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 7.5 Gaming graphics 4095 MB Total available graphics memory 7.5 Primary hard disk 539GB Free (596GB Total) 5.9 Windows 7 Ultimate
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Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Model GA-770T-USB3 Total amount of system memory 8.00 GB RAM System type 64-bit operating system Number of processor cores 6
The gaming graphics score is based on the primary graphics adapter. If this system has linked or multiple graphics adapters, some software applications may see additional performance benefits.
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Re: Question about creating best quality video
Anne,
If you want to make a video of 3 minutes at the highest resolution, you should be prepared to wait anywhere betweeen 1-2 days and a month (or two) for your computer to finish making the calculations. Seen the fact that these calculations are done in Java, a faster graphics card would not speed up this proces.
Try to make one or two testruns of your video at lower resolutions. That way you get an idea of how long it might take.
Let's make a calculation: - lowest resolution 176 x 132 x 12 = 278.784 pixels per second - highest resolution 1920 x 1080 x 25 = 51.840.000 pixels per second
That means that at the highest resolution your computer will have to calculate 185 times more pixels. That means, that what takes 1 hour at low resolution, takes slightly over a week at highest resolution.
EDIT The above is apart from several other factors that strongly influence the time it takes to render your design: - number and complexity of models - number and size of textures - number of light sources (example1example2) - number of glass and/or shiny objects
Now, who said that patience is a virtue?
Hans
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Re: Question about creating best quality video
Anne,
After reading their website, I'm pretty sure that MyFasterPC won't speed up Java: it looks like any old program that meddles a bit with your Windows registry, promising that a cleanup makes your computer faster. You have a pretty modern computer, enough memory, so that isn't the problem.
I also searched Google with "Java accelerator" and "Java acceleration" and that gives results that seem more promising. Especially this link points to a page that may be interesting. Now, I know it's about Linux, but generally, what is available for Linux is also available for Window. And if not, just install Linux (Ubuntu?) as a second OS on your computer. Both Linux and the Java accelerator are free, so cost can't be the problem.
It's now bedtime for me, but tomorrow I'll check the above link and see if I can learn more. Apart from that, Emmanuel (our genius) may know more about this topic.
Hans
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Re: Question about creating best quality video
Anne,
As promised, I delved into the Java Accelerator topic.
It seems this kind of technology is now obsolete. I found a few programs, but no references younger than approx. 2005. If really interested try these searches:
number one - references end around 2005. number two - this one still might be active, but only for Window (not bad for you), and is a paid program number three - Metrowerks (the link I gave last night) made a product dedicated to Apple computers.
For the rest I can't find much. I asked a friend who's good with computers, but he never heard of a Java accelerator.
So... maybe you should start practicing patience? Why don't you take up yoga?
Hans
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Re: Question about creating best quality video
Thank you Hans for searching how to accelerate a Java program, but pointing to an article which is 13 years old (an eternity in computer programming) couldn't lead anywhere. Java has made leaps in performance since that time.
Anne, you should check first that when a photo is rendered at one of the two best quality levels, there appears 6 colored squares during the rendering process since your processor has six cores. Then, you should try to increase the max memory used by Sweet Home 3D to 1 or 2 GB; this should really help. Finally, you could try the Java 7 as soon as a beta version will be available (this should happen in February).
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Re: Question about creating best quality video
Hans and Emmanuel,
Thanks for the great information and I should start practicing patient . Since it is so cold now in Toronto, Canada, I will wait till summer for yoga class, hihi.
. Since it is so cold 
now in Toronto, Canada, I will wait till summer for yoga class, hihi.
