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[madsmeskalin]

I started using madmapper alot more seriously lately, and I´m quite happy with the mapping projects I´ve made so far. The only issue I have with it so far, is that it lags like a m***********! I have the newest Macbook Pro with 1024 Vram, 8gb ram, 2 x Vertex 2 SSD´s, so I feel my hardware should be able to do a much smoother playback. I use Modul8 + Madmapper with a Triplehead2go, exporting through syphon 5 - 10 layers of 640 x 400 h.264 clips to maybe 15 - 20 quads or triangles in madmapper. I played a gig a couple of days ago, and the machine must have went down to 10 frames a second or something at points. Am I expecting too much of my gear?

Also, I would love to hear how MadMapper handles system resources. Is it a GPU intensive program? When Madmapper makes several quads of one video, how much will that tax system resources compared to making the same amount of video files? What kind of resolutions, and how many layers do people using modul + madmapper typically use?

Long rambling, but hope to hear some responses.

[lotech]

First thing - don't use h.264 as your playback codec. You should use PhotoJPEG at 75% as it will take less processing to actually open and run the clips.

[madsmeskalin]

With my setup, could I in rease performance by altering modul8's preferences?

Oh.. and thanks for the good advice!