Raylight Typical Performance
Each test used the Windows Task Manager to display CPU utilization
averaged over approx 5 seconds of playback in a 1 minute loop.
Both MXF files in the timeline and Raylight AVI files were used.
A percentage less than 50% means that multiple layers/streams,
or real-time transitions, are possible without rendering. A percentage
less than 70% means a real time effect such as color correction
is possible without rendering.
Legend: % = Percent Load across all CPUS; NS = Not Supported; NRT = Not Real Time
Note: some test results have been updated with Raylight 3.0, which
introduces
a new quality level known as Raylight Green.
Test One:
The benchmarks below were run on a dual-core AMD 64 2.2 GHz system
with a single, 3GB/sec SATA 7200 RPM disk drive, display adapter
Diamond Stealth PCI Express, 32 bits/pixel 1920 x 1050.
720/24P in Premiere Pro 2.0
Monitor Window Settings: Quality = Draft or Auto,
50% normal size
| File Type |
CPU Utilization
|
|
Blue |
Green |
Yellow |
Red |
| MXF |
70% |
27% |
30% |
NS |
| AVI |
NRT |
41% |
43% |
30% |
720/24P in Sony Vegas 7.0d
Settings: Preview, Full Size
|
Blue |
Green |
Yellow |
Red |
| MXF |
NRT |
42% |
45% |
NS |
| AVI |
NRT |
45% |
47% |
30% |
720/24P in Sony Vegas 7.0d
Settings: Preview, Half Size
|
Blue |
Green |
Yellow |
Red |
| MXF |
75% |
26% |
31% |
NS |
| AVI |
77% |
30% |
34% |
15% |
1080/24P in Sony Vegas 7.0d
Settings: Preview, Secondary Monitor Full Screen, Half Res
|
Blue |
Green |
Yellow |
Red |
| MXF |
NRT |
42% |
45% |
NS |
| AVI |
NRT |
45% |
47% |
30% |
720/24P in Windows Media Player 10
Settings: Full Screen, Hardware Acceleration ON
|
Blue |
Green |
Yellow |
Red |
| AVI |
74% |
21% |
19% |
10% |
Test Two:
The benchmarks below were run on an older system and Raylight
2.02:
single-core Pentium 4, 2.4 GHz system
single, ATA 7200 RPM disk drive,
display adapter Radeon 7200, @32 bits/pixel 1280 x 1024.
720/24P in Premiere Pro 2.0
Monitor Window Settings: Quality = Draft, 50% normal size
| File Type |
CPU Utilization
|
|
Blue |
Yellow |
Red |
| MXF |
NRT |
78% |
NS |
| AVI |
NRT |
NRT |
68% |
720/24P in Sony Vegas 6.0c
Settings: Preview, 1/2 Size
|
Blue |
Yellow |
Red |
| MXF |
NRT |
50% |
NS |
| AVI |
NRT |
51% |
31% |
720/24P in Windows Media Player 9
Settings: Full SIze (100%), Hardware Acceleration OFF*
|
Blue |
Yellow |
Red |
| AVI |
NRT |
60% |
23% |
*on these systems Windows Media Player performs better on Raylight
AVI playback with hardware acceleration turned off. This may not
be true with every system. Hardware acceleration is turned off
for WMP by using Tools->Options->Performance->Video Acceleration,
Slider all the way to the Left.
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