2010 MacBook Pro and Premiere Pro CS5

Report · Sep 21, 2010

Wondering if my new MacBook Pro with NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M can handle video editing with Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Report · Nov 23, 2010

Hello moose, Im running a mid 2010 17in MBP with the 2.66 i7 with 8GB RAM, 256GB Solid State HDD, HiRes Anti-Glare Screen, 30in Apple Display as 2nd monitor, 4TB RAID E-Sata external setup through ExpressCard 34 (nothing but hassle, drive corruption etc... I can see why apple hasn't added esata to the MBP's just yet)... I like the 17in models but if you need more portability the 15in i7 can be configured the same, basically you DO want to spend more cash on RAM and the Solid State Drive just adds to speed up the machine during normal use...

This works well in Premier Pro but as laptops are strangled with the amount of ram you can add and the fact we don't have a quad core MBP (thought one would have came in 2010 but hey ho, battery life comes first i guess) don't expect stellar performance in After Effects but it does work well enough if you want to use the MBP as a desktop replacement (it never will replace a workstation though really, lets be honest)

Working with the HD footage off of the new bunch of SLR's and Cams works absolutely fine, trying to work with RED footage gets a little tedious unless you convert it all to something along the lines of ProRes...

Any other questions just ask...

Report · Nov 23, 2010

Thanks VERY much for the detailed response! I thought the i7 was a quad-core proc, but after reading about the mobile versions of the i5 and i7 MBPs, I was amazed! How can they label a CPU as i5 and i7, but not differentiate the number of cores each has? Kind of deceptive if you ask me.

At this point, I'm leaning toward a 15" MBP with the best screen resolution, most amount of RAM, and largest SSD available. That should be good for 80-90% of my daughter's Multimedia school work. If she needs more, she will have the school's iMac lab and my i7-930 (QUAD-CORE!

Aloha!

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StuCS5 <forums@adobe.com> wrote:

Hello moose, Im running a mid 2010 17in MBP with the 2.66 i7 with 8GB RAM, 256GB Solid State HDD, HiRes Anti-Glare Screen, 30in Apple Display as 2nd monitor, 4TB RAID E-Sata external setup through ExpressCard 34 (nothing but hassle, drive corruption etc... I can see why apple hasn't added esata to the MBP's just yet)... I like the 17in models but if you need more portability the 15in i7 can be configured the same, basically you DO want to spend more cash on RAM and the Solid State Drive just adds to speed up the machine during normal use...

This works well in Premier Pro but as laptops are strangled with the amount of ram you can add and the fact we don't have a quad core MBP (thought one would have came in 2010 but hey ho, battery life comes first i guess) don't expect stellar performance in After Effects but it does work well enough if you want to use the MBP as a desktop replacement (it never will replace a workstation though really, lets be honest)

Working with the HD footage off of the new bunch of SLR's and Cams works absolutely fine, trying to work with RED footage gets a little tedious unless you convert it all to something along the lines of ProRes...

Any other questions just ask...

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Report · Feb 05, 2011

Regarding eSata on my MacBook Pro 17" I5, the Sonnet Tempo Pro eSata Express card works flawlessly, even with an old 2-drive FirmTek enclosure, on both OS X and WIndows 7. I also have CS5 installed, but I do not do heavy Premiere editing, I use it to create and test Encore projects for our BluStreak Premaster replication application.

Larry Applegate

Rivergate Software, Inc.

www.blustreak.dvdaferedit.com

Report · Mar 13, 2011

I tried this hack too and mine did not work.

OpenGL version as determined by Extensionator...

OpenGL Version 2.0

Supports shaders!

Supports BGRA -> BGRA Shader

Supports VUYA Shader -> BGRA

Supports UYVY/YUYV ->BGRA Shader

Supports YUV 4:2:0 -> BGRA Shader

Testing for CUDA support...

Found 1 devices supporting CUDA.

CUDA Device # 0 properties -

CUDA device details:

Name: GeForce GT 330M

Compute capability: 1.2

Total Video Memory: 255MB

CUDA driver version: 3010

CUDA Device # 0 not choosen because 765MB are required, and 255MB are present.

Completed shader test!

Internal return value: 7

CUDA Device # 0 not choosen because 765MB are required, and 255MB are present. I believe this is why mine and the other guys did not work. Is there any way to lower the playback quality in PREMIERE PRO to get better playback quality OR is there any way to get this hack to work with only 255MB of video memory?

Report · Mar 13, 2011

So what's your problem?

Report · Mar 13, 2011

My problem is is that i was wondering why the hack didnt work and if there is any way to lower the playback quality in premiere pro so that it wont be as laggy when I playback my video.

Report · Oct 30, 2011

Hi Stu,

Thanks for the hack. It works on my 2010 MacBook Pro.

Cheers,

Report · Oct 30, 2011

What are the stats of your computer?

Report · Nov 01, 2011

MacBook Pro 2010

Intel Core i7

2,8 GHz

L2-Cache: 256 KB

L3-Cache: 4 MB

RAM: 8 GB

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

Type: GPU

Bus: PCIe

VRAM: 512 MB

Version-ID: 0x00a2

ROM-Version: 3560

gMux-Version: 1.9.21

I did this, except I typed CS5.5 and CS5.5.app becuase I have version 5.5

CODE

/Applications/Adobe\ Premiere\ Pro\ CS5/Adobe\ Premiere\ Pro\ CS5.app/Contents/GPUSniffer.app/Contents/MacOS/GPUSniffer

And then I did this just as Stu advised

DO NOT CLOSE THE TERMINAL

ADD YOUR CARD TO THE LIST OF SUPPORTED CARDS.

On the terminal type:

CODE

sudo nano /Applications/Adobe\ Premiere\ Pro\ CS5/Adobe\ Premiere\ Pro\ CS5.app/Contents/cuda_supported_cards.txt

A new window appears, here, simply paste, at the end of the file, the name you copied earlier for your graphic card (GeForce 330M)

NOW

PRESS CTRL + X
ANSWER "Y" (stands for YES, I want to save the file)
Press enter until you get out of the editor.

NOW YOU ONLY HAVE TO FIRE UP YOUR PREMIERE AND CHOOSE YOUR HARDWARE ENABLED MERCURY ENGINE.

ENJOY.

Report · Nov 01, 2011

When I create a new project I still am not able to choose the mercury render engine. I am unsure why. I have a 2010 MacBook Pro too. Here are my stats:

Model Name: MacBook Pro

Model Identifier: MacBookPro6,2

Processor Name: Intel Core i5

Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz

Number Of Processors: 1

Total Number Of Cores: 2

L2 Cache (per core): 256 KB

L3 Cache: 3 MB

Memory: 4 GB

Graphics cards:

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M and Intel HD Graphics

Report · Nov 02, 2011

Kenny can you go into system profiler and post a copy of your graphics tab in full please, like i have above

Report · Nov 02, 2011

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M:

Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

Type: GPU

Bus: PCIe

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 256 MB

Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)

Device ID: 0x0a29

Revision ID: 0x00a2

ROM Revision: 3560

gMux Version: 1.9.21

Displays:

Color LCD:

Resolution: 1440 x 900

Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

Built-In: Yes

E2241:

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz

Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)

Display Serial Number: 103TPPB3G328

Main Display: Yes

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

Rotation: Supported

Television: Yes

Intel HD Graphics:

Chipset Model: Intel HD Graphics

Type: GPU

Bus: Built-In

VRAM (Total): 288 MB

Vendor: Intel (0x8086)

Device ID: 0x0046

Revision ID: 0x0018

gMux Version: 1.9.21

Displays:

Display Connector:

Status: No Display Connected

Report · Nov 03, 2011

Your card only having 256 VRAM might well be the issue, I think from the people that have it working (in the most part) have 512Mb of VRAM, I didn't think any of the MBP's with the 330m had 256 of VRAM....

Report · Nov 04, 2011

Ya thats what I had originally thought.

Report · Nov 02, 2011

Model Name: MacBook Pro

Model Identifier: MacBookPro6,1

Processor Name: Intel Core i7

Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz

Number of Processors: 1

Total Number of Cores: 2

L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB

L3 Cache: 4 MB

Memory: 8 GB

Processor Interconnect Speed: 4.8 GT/s

Boot ROM Version: MBP61.0057.B0C

SMC Version (system): 1.57f17

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M:

Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

Type: GPU

Bus: PCIe

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 512 MB

Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)

Device ID: 0x0a29

Revision ID: 0x00a2

ROM Revision: 3560

gMux Version: 1.9.22

Report · Feb 19, 2015

I think I found what might be wrong – I was inputing wrong card name on cuda supported cards list . Insted of "GeForce GT 330M" I've had "GeForce 330M".

It might comes out of this sentence and leazyness – I didn't check it.

"A new window appears, here, simply paste, at the end of the file, the name you copied earlier for your graphic card (GeForce 330M)"

I hope this might help somebody. Take care!

Report · Nov 02, 2011

No Probs, it is a workable hack, im still trying to reason why some work and some dont.. we all have basically the same graphics...

Report · Feb 03, 2011

Hy Angus!

I've just started working with premiere CS5 on my top top top expensive macbook pro(the best there is on the market). I even have a SSD.

Im working with hdv movies shot with Canon 5d mark ii. After importing 4 clips of about 200mb each and putting together 4 seconds of timeline editing(nothing fancy...an audio, a fade effect and a zoom effect) my playback is just garbage. It's delayed, it skips frames and it's really unworkable.

I have a 64bit Snow Leopard 10.6 version. My scratch disk allows my project to use up to 60Gb of SSD aand the avaible ram for this is 6.5 out of 8.

The mercury playback engine is absent.

Now, I really got to know this:

I'm a beginner in movie editting and to premiere. Is it my fault? Did I mess up some settings?

if NOT...

Even without mercury acceleration, how is it possible, with this kind of top configuration, not to be able to playback 4 seconds of editing work?

The reason I've spent 3000euros on this machine was to be able to do photo and video editing. What is there to do?

Please help!

Thank you!

Report · Feb 03, 2011

The reason I've spent 3000euros on this machine was to be able to do photo and video editing. What is there to do?

Get a refund and get a Sager for the same amount of money and at least triple the performance.

Report · Feb 03, 2011

That's not an option now. I bought it in September 2010. Also, I wanted a more reliable,stable operating sistem. I'm kinda tired of windows crushing and being infected by all kinds of new viruses. Antivirus softwares are always one step behind.

Report · Feb 03, 2011

No alternative in that case. Live with your decision, the funds spent, and the limitations of the platform.

Report · Feb 03, 2011

For better performance, you can try lowering the display qualities for your source and record panels. More info here: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/premierepro/cs/using/WS40D098AD-37B2-4a0e-A46C-2C27F2CD0864.html

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community & Engagement Strategist – Pro Video and Audio

Report · Feb 03, 2011

Thank you Kevin! Unfortunately nothing changed. The Cuda accelerator did not work either due to the lack of ram(same problem).

Now I'm thinking of converting my H264 format to something less pretentious but without loosing too much quality. Prores was mentioned here but,ive read on other forums, that it makes the file 5times bigger and that's another issue.

Is there a reasonable format I can convert the H264 to? What software conversion should I use?

Report · Feb 03, 2011

I use my 2010 Macbook Pro to edit 5d Mk ii footage with no problem, usually large complex projects, so something is wrong. Are you using a separate drive for your video files?

Report · Feb 03, 2011

Nope, I'm using the same drive. I've started a new project more complex and it seems to work ok now. Something must have went wrong in the previous project. We'll see...

Thanx guys!