The End of Dual Socket Workstations?
High-End Computers and Workstations I have always been a fan of top end computer systems. Truth be told, the reason I originally got involved with digital video production back in… Read more »
Author Archives: Mike McCarthy
Hardware Accelerated HEVC in Premiere Pro
The High Efficiency Video Codec (HEVC) or H.265 is a very processing intensive codec for both encode and decode, but leads to higher video quality at lower data rates. There… Read more »
Reviewing BOXX’s Apexx Matterhorn
BOXX’s APEXX Matterhorn system is based on Intel’s Xeon W-3300 CPU architecture, and C621A chipset, and it represents the pinnacle of Intel’s single socket system performance, with up to 38… Read more »
Adobe MAX 2021 and new Premiere Pro Features
Adobe’s MAX creativity conference is being held online for the second year in a row this month. With this comes the release of new versions of many of their products. … Read more »
Networking for Post-Exceeding 10Gigabit
This article wraps up a series where I have been exploring different networking options for exceeding the bandwidth limitations of Gigabit Ethernet. 10GbE has come down in price, and has… Read more »
Networking for Post-Switches and N-BaseT
My last two articles covered 10GbE networking, and how to set up a direct network connection between two computers without using a switch. Using a switch is actually much simpler,… Read more »
Networking for Post-Sonnet Solo10G
This is the second in a series of articles about computer networking for filmmaking and post production. Last time we took a broad look at the different technologies available, and… Read more »
Networking for Post-Introduction
This is the first in a series of articles where we are going to explore computer networks, and how to get the most out of them in the post production… Read more »
Interfacing with your NLE
How do you control your editing application? Regardless of whether you are editing Avid, Final Cut, Premiere, Resolve, or even Vegas, you are basically trying to communicate with a piece… Read more »
SIGGRAPH 2021
SIGGRAPH 2021 is entirely online this year, and having attended in person in the past, this seems like one of the hardest experiences to translate into an online virtual event. … Read more »
