Can windows xp actually run this app?
I have a 2 station license (W7x64 each) and need to purchase a 3rd for the remaining xp machine. The trial version is on the xp machine now but runs horribly. Initially it seemed ok. Nothing was changed but now the app is hanging so much that I can't use it.
The machine is an AMD X4 945 with 4gb ram (3.2 detected). The catalog file (450 mb) is part of "offline files" and I only ever access it after breaking the network connection. That way the app reads a cached local copy only.
The image files are all on various mapped network drives. They are all cached in offline files and so only local copies are ever accessed by the app.
Would really like to purchase another license for this machine but it doesn't work. Is there some memory configuration or other optimizations that would ensure the app runs in its ideal environment. I can change anything on that machine since it is only earmarked for Media Pro.
The machine is an AMD X4 945 with 4gb ram (3.2 detected). The catalog file (450 mb) is part of "offline files" and I only ever access it after breaking the network connection. That way the app reads a cached local copy only.
The image files are all on various mapped network drives. They are all cached in offline files and so only local copies are ever accessed by the app.
Would really like to purchase another license for this machine but it doesn't work. Is there some memory configuration or other optimizations that would ensure the app runs in its ideal environment. I can change anything on that machine since it is only earmarked for Media Pro.
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okay, here is something on this. Maybe already covered somewhere on this forum?
Media One really needs a fast processor. I just updated one W7 workstation bios (overlooked, was running initial ver. 1) and lots of the hanging was eliminated. Still not fast but now quite workable. It is a board from 2011 so I am going to replace cpu (doubling benchmark score) and upgrade ram from 4 - 8gb and 1600.
As for XP x86, that os is really unworkable unless you have a tiny catalog. Max memory of 3.2 with only a small portion of that available to Media One. Also unlikely that the CPU running xp is up to the task.
Soo... Replace XP machine prior to adding extra workstation license ☹️
Important that network storage with synchronization is very workable (offline files and the like to sync catalog file and all images) if you adhere to the requirement: Sync, disable network adapter, use catalog, re-enable adapter, resync. This is really quite easy. Just cannot forget.
So full catalog and all original images are now available on laptop and one desktop - soon another.0 -
For my $, NOTHING runs this app. If the mgmt @ Phase One had any dignity at all, they'd make the whole thing go away. As far as I'm concerned, they flat-out robbed me of $200 on this rubbish and I've never let it go.
Held true to my word, too. When I raised hell I was shooting a Nikon D3s/D700. But based on their despicable tech support and their refusal to admit they built a farse, nothing was ever done to make this software anything short of rubbish. As far as I'm concerned, Phase One owes me $200 bucks for even bothering with Media Pro.
Today: I jumped into MFD and bought a 50MP Hasselblad. Phase One can't be trusted in the software side they need to clean house on that end. Absolute rubbish.0 -
Okay they have to be working furiously struggling to straighten this out. That would surely explain the silence.
On the other hand, I have maybe 60+ hours into configuring this 3 machine setup and our server. Is it possible the company painted itself and incoming customers into a corner? Maybe they shouldn't be selling the product knowing how unreliable it is. Lots of money and for my purposes, tons of hard work! Wasted?
Can anyone say anything about why I should not cut my losses and jump off of this train???
UPDATE:
Just finished updating the W7 machine. Raised CPU benchmark from 1800 to ~3600. http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu ... +APU&id=39 Ram now 8 gb tweaked to run at 1600. Now all seems quite good on this machine. Very rare delays under 10 seconds.
Maybe the biggest problem is the program is a resource hog. It absolutely needs 8 gb and a 64 bit os. Windows xp is out of the question unless you have a tiny catalog and small thumbnails. Forget server storage unless you religiously follow my suggested procedure.
I'm staying with the app. Hopefully 1.5 is on the way. Way too many brilliant features to give up on this. Much more optimistic now that tweaking the machine has really helped.0 -
[quote="Nick" wrote:
Maybe the biggest problem is the program is a resource hog. It absolutely needs 8 gb and a 64 bit os. Windows xp is out of the question unless you have a tiny catalog and small thumbnails.
I have not used Media Pro on Windows, but on Mac OS X, it seems to be more moderate. It does work very well on my Laptop with 8GB and a 2GHz Core i7. But to my surprise it was a bit slow but still usable on my old CoreDuo with 2 GB Ram Macbook Pro from 2006. My catalog is around 900 MB, on local disk.[quote="Nick" wrote:
Forget server storage unless you religiously follow my suggested procedure.
That is a long standing problem, especially when catalog and images are distributed on different network drives. PhaseOne probably needs to reduce the amount of file access operations very significantly, and I wouldn't count on that happening anytime soon.0 -
[quote="Chawn_Crawley" wrote:
As far as I'm concerned, they flat-out robbed me of $200 on this rubbish
Probably should have trialled it first then, eh?0 -
I think the problem is that you have to do gads of work to set up a catalog. When the app starts using resources (after all your work) you start encountering increasing problems. Kind of late then.
Also consider that the app is fantastically amazing in principle. Feature wise, nothing else offers more. I ran myself into the ground struggling to get it to work. Finally there but maybe 100 hours committed... Still have to close down a longstanding XP machine and get its replacement online since that OS performs so poorly with this app. Another 10 hours?
Too late to back out now. Hope no new problems 😄 . I meant "Yikes!"0
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