Hi Jbry,   After you respond to Kyle from adobe, I would gladly try and share any info I have with you.   I have been testing extensively I dont think you wasted your $$$.      There is a definite learning curve here.    But there is a definite gain without AB vs with.   Anthony ... View more

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Hi MartieB   I am running 10.15.5       I haven't been able to figure out why the gpu activity readings however, I am happy to share the following results:   -Running Ae 17.1.2 beta exporting via Me 14.3.1 export queue -the SOURCE has approximately 120 (yes one hundred-twenty) video lines of pro res 422LT 1920X1080 throughout the Ae timeline sometimes SIMULTANEOUSLY.   The time line is 4 minutes and 30 seconds long. -the EXPORT RESULT is an h264 1920x1080 using YOUTUBE 1080 PRESET with "optical flow" chosen for frame interpretation. -the difference is approximately 40% faster render time.   (see logs below) -my machine is a 2019 mac pro/3.2gh 16core/96gig ram/1tb ssd/AMD Radeon Pro Vega II Duo/apple afterbuner card (when used in test)/working drive is a raid0 4x1tb nvme ssd     screengrabs from projects for reference   - Source File: /Volumes/ThunderBlade/COS AMERICA/ATB AE FOLDER/ATB MASTER 20200605_0850_AME/tmpAEtoAMEProject-Comp 12.aep - Output File: /Volumes/ThunderBlade/COS AMERICA/exports/finals/Comp 12 422lt to youtube NO ABCARD .mp4 - Preset Used: Custom - Video: 1920x1080 (1.0), 30 fps, Progressive, Hardware Encoding, 00:04:30:00 - Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo - Bitrate: VBR, 1 pass, Target 16.00 Mbps - Encoding Time: 00:04:27 06/21/2020 12:23:07 AM : File Successfully Encoded   - Source File: /Volumes/ThunderBlade/COS AMERICA/ATB AE FOLDER/ATB MASTER 20200605_0850_AME/tmpAEtoAMEProject-Comp 12_1.aep - Output File: /Volumes/ThunderBlade/COS AMERICA/exports/finals/Comp 12 422lt to youtube WITH abcard.mp4 - Preset Used: Custom - Video: 1920x1080 (1.0), 30 fps, Progressive, Hardware Encoding, 00:04:30:00 - Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo - Bitrate: VBR, 1 pass, Target 16.00 Mbps - Encoding Time: 00:02:21 06/21/2020 10:29:40 AM : File Successfully Encoded   I also did a test where the resulting export was 422lt 1920x1080: WITHOUT AB CARD: - Source File: /Volumes/ThunderBlade/COS AMERICA/ATB AE FOLDER/ATB MASTER 20200605_0850_AME/tmpAEtoAMEProject-ATB MASTER 4_9.aep - Output File: /Volumes/ThunderBlade/COS AMERICA/exports/finals/ATB MASTER 4_20200620_0955_no abcard prores .mov - Preset Used: Custom - Video: 1920x1080 (1.0), 30 fps, Progressive, Quality 100, Apple ProRes 422 LT, 00:03:49:10 - Audio: Uncompressed, 48000 Hz, Stereo, 16 bit - Bitrate: - Encoding Time: 01:02:51   WITH AB CARD: - Source File: /Volumes/ThunderBlade/COS AMERICA/ATB AE FOLDER/ATB MASTER 20200605_0850_AME/tmpAEtoAMEProject-ATB MASTER 4_10.aep - Output File: /Volumes/ThunderBlade/COS AMERICA/exports/finals/ATB MASTER 4_20200620_0955_WITH abcard prores .mov - Preset Used: Custom - Video: 1920x1080 (1.0), 30 fps, Progressive, Quality 100, Apple ProRes 422 LT, 00:03:49:10 - Audio: Uncompressed, 48000 Hz, Stereo, 16 bit - Bitrate: - Encoding Time: 00:37:46   More feedback to come!     But thank you Adobe for a decent upgrade in hardware acceleration for us Apple users.     ... View more

  These are some examples of the discrepancy of "activity monitors".       Oh by the way my specs are:      2019 Macpro/3.2ghz/16core/96ram/amd pro 2 duo/afterburner card/1tbssd/working drive 4tb m2 ssd raid 0 ... View more

Thank you very much for this.     In AE beta, where I am using pro res 422lt as my input format, I also do not seem to be getting much gains, however, I havent done enough testing.   However, different "activity monitors" show me different numbers on what is being utilized.     Oddly enough when in "software only" vs. "metal" I see the GPU going to work (although only at 35%) when in metal it indicates 0%.   However, in XRG it shows that gpu1 is going at 65% while gpu2 is at 0%.   Like Raywood it seems I am getting false readings.     my next step is to pull the AB card and see the difference, but Im wondering if you have any insight to an "activity monitor" that would show the AB card's actvity? ... View more

Hi Adobe,   Can you tell me what application you use in house to monitor hardware activity?    I get conflicting information with Apple activity monitor and XRG.     I am considering downloading iStat , but hoping you might have some insight on what to use so that any feedback from me is as accurate as what you will see.   ... View more

Hello, Ive run a couple of tests in ME and MEbeta using 2019 mac pro with afterburner card and saw zero difference.     I just see now that there is a beta update as of TODAY and i am updating now.    Will update shortly.   The basic test I was running was transcoding 4k h264 footage to pro res 422LT at matching source resolution.    For reference, I did put Me and MeBeta against a competitor software and the competitor was running about 6x faster.        Im aware these statements are rather vague, I was going to provide logs and exact numbers, but when i went to the CC app to get the version numbers of everything, I saw there was an update in both the beta and non beta versions of Me.        ... View more