System requirements

[Jacob Kauffmann]

Hi,

Just another user here, I wanted to chime in that the Ryzen Chris mentioned would be great for rendering because it has a lot of cores, and MLT/Kdenlive usually takes advantage of multithreading fairly well while rendering. My 8-core Ryzen is definitely faster at rendering in Kdenlive than my 4-core i7 at a higher clock speed.

I wouldn't go with a Quadro or FirePro. Unfortunately/fortunately, most open-source apps work best with consumer-level graphics cards (GeForce/Radeon). My understanding is that the developers are more likely to have these cards and their APIs are more likely to be open. Workstation-class cards will still work, but it will just end up being slower without the optimized drivers/API.

At any rate, Kdenlive (and any other MLT-based editor) doesn't utilize GPU processing nearly as much as, say, DaVinci Resolve, so even though you might have a slightly better experience with higher-end graphics, you won't see dramatic improvements in rendering times or effect previewing. CPU is much more important right now.

I'd love to be corrected by devs if I'm wrong on any of this.

- Jacob Kauffmann

On Wed, Mar 6, 2019, at 2:40 PM, Jogchum Reitsma wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I don't know the minimum requirements, but I have good experiences with this combination:
> 
>  * MSI GeForce GTX 1050 TI GAMING X 4G - Graphics
>  * AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X - Processor
>  * ASRock X399 TAICHI - Motherboard
> It should be sufficient to render 4k video in reasonable time, but I didn't render 4k so far, so I can't review on that.

> While I assemble my hardware mostly myself, in this case I had the supplier install the processor on the motherboard; with the many contacts the processor has it's a bit risky.

> regards, Jogchum 

> 

> Op 06-03-19 om 19:50 schreef CCE:
>> Hi, 
>> 
>> I am just in the process of choosing a new bare-bones PC to replace my 9 year old system. Does Kdenlive have any up to date published system requirements? 
>> 
>> I know some NLEs recommend particular GPUs like Quadro or require technologies like Open GL. Does Kdenlive recommend or require anything like this? 
>> 
>> Are there any technologies that have known problems with Kdenlive (on Linux, Ubuntu Studio) thatxI shoukd avoid? I quite like the look and price of AMD Ryzen 7 1700. How does this perform with Kdenlive?
>> 
>> Any guidance appreciated.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Chris 
> 
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