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Is Media Pro 1.3.x as fast as Expression Media yet?

Frez
Hi there,

I've been hoping to upgrade to Media Pro (from Expression Media) to get the larger catalog size support.

I've been evaluating the new versions of MP as they come out, but they have been unusably slow to show images.

It displays them very pixelated at first and then finally full res, but it takes several to dozens of seconds per image. In Expression Media it is almost instant. I've tried the various preview rendering options - but they do not help.

I'm unable to install the trial of the latest Media Pro (1.3.x), since I already trialed Media Pro 1.3 and support was unable to help me.

Can anyone confirm whether the slowdown issues have been fixed yet?

Thanks,
Frez
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  • Wolfgang Plattner
    Hi,

    no, they haven't really ...
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  • Drew Altdo
    Media Pro 1.3.1, when using the following settings is as fast as Expression Media 2.
    - Windows Rendering Component as Render Engine
    - Enable Full Screen Preview and Display Preview at all times in Thumbnail and Preview Options.

    The import is as fast as Expression Media 2 and the Media Preview is instant.
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  • Frez
    Thanks for the response Drew.

    I have a couple of questions:

    1. Does this speed up also include the light table? In 1.3 it was very slow to come up, add images and switch between them.

    2. Is there a way that I can test 1.3.1 on my end? I installed the trial, but it says that I've used up it up (having installed 1.3 previously).
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  • Frez
    Dear Drew,

    Would love a response to my questions above.

    Thanks.
    Frez
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  • rmoorlag
    2. Is there a way that I can test 1.3.1 on my end? I installed the trial, but it says that I've used up it up (having installed 1.3 previously).


    I managed this once by removing all MediaPro entries from my register first. It was a lot of work...
    Roelof
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  • rmoorlag
    1. Does this speed up also include the light table?

    Don't count on it (If it was, Drew had reacted already)...
    Roelof
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  • Frez
    Coming back to this thread.

    I'm on a Mac - so I'm not sure what I'd have to clean out to make this work.

    Would still love an answer from Phase One for my questions above.
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  • Drew Altdo
    [quote="Frez" wrote:

    1. Does this speed up also include the light table? In 1.3 it was very slow to come up, add images and switch between them.

    Yes... I believe so. I wasn't a prolific user of Expression Media 2 but Media Pro, set with the settings I suggested (in your case using the Apple Render Engine is fastest) is instant when using the light table.

    [quote="Frez" wrote:
    2. Is there a way that I can test 1.3.1 on my end? I installed the trial, but it says that I've used up it up (having installed 1.3 previously).

    If the trial has been used, the trial has been used.

    [quote="Frez" wrote:
    Would still love an answer from Phase One for my questions above.

    In the future, please create a support case which goes direct to Phase One Support who can (and are obligated) to answer your questions within 24 hours (excluding a 72 hour window on the weekends). The Forum is a User to User forum and although I do my best to monitor it consistently the support cases get priority.
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  • rmoorlag
    If the trial has been used, the trial has been used

    pfft, what an answer...

    When you have tested one of the earlier releases of this software it's not possible to test it again?
    How customer unfriendly does it get?

    In the future, please create a support case which goes direct to Phase One Support who can (and are obligated) to answer your questions within 24 hours (excluding a 72 hour window on the weekends). The Forum is a User to User forum and although I do my best to monitor it consistently the support cases get priority.


    Please keep posting your questions here so everyone can profit from it. This user-to-user forum [color=#FF0000:1kjj7ua8]********[/color:1kjj7ua8] is such a default reaction. Phase One, listen to your customers and potential customers and take them serious.

    Roelof
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  • Oriol2
    [quote="Drew" wrote:
    Media Pro 1.3.1, when using the following settings is as fast as Expression Media 2.
    - Windows Rendering Component as Render Engine
    - Enable Full Screen Preview and Display Preview at all times in Thumbnail and Preview Options.

    The import is as fast as Expression Media 2 and the Media Preview is instant.


    With this system the catalog grows to unusable limits. In my case (Professional photographer), with around 85.000 photos, from 1,2GB without Full Screen Preview, to lots and lots of GB with it. Why is so difficult for MediaPro to behave like Expression Media or iView? The visualizing was instant then without the need to make the big Full Screen Previews.

    This is my only reason to continue to work with Expression Media and do not but MediaPro
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  • Drew Altdo
    [quote="rmoorlag" wrote:


    Please keep posting your questions here so everyone can profit from it. This user-to-user forum [color=#FF0000:24i7pzpz]********[/color:24i7pzpz] is such a default reaction. Phase One, listen to your customers and potential customers and take them serious.

    Roelof


    We absolutely do, that's why I suggest contacting Phase One directly for a guaranteed answer within a time frame as appose to asking a question on the forum and hoping someone at Phase One reads it and address' it.
    If you have a question for a Phase One Employee there are avenues available to you, technical queries go to support via a support case. Plain and simple.

    If you'd like to share that support case on the forum so others can benefit you are more than welcome.
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  • Drew Altdo
    [quote="Oriol2" wrote:
    ...Why is so difficult for MediaPro to behave like Expression Media or iView? The visualizing was instant then without the need to make the big Full Screen Previews.

    This is my only reason to continue to work with Expression Media and do not but MediaPro


    I suppose in this example the main difficulty is that Media Pro is not Expression Media or iView. Media Pro is Media Pro.
    That is not to sound obtuse but please understand that Media Pro is a continuation of these softwares. It is a New Version that is based on previous software owned by Microsoft. When Phase One began to "update" Expression Media 2 to build Media Pro we were given only what Microsoft decided to provide. In this case the "Manufacture" render engine that is in Expression Media 2 (as well as iView I believe) was not among the received components. This is the Render Engine that allowed for the "Instant" view of previews, this feature is still available by using the options in Thumbnail and Preview.
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  • NN202245UL
    [quote="Drew" wrote:
    ...with the settings I suggested (in your case using the Apple Render Engine is fastest) is instant when using the light table.


    This is not true, unless you are talking about JPG's and not RAW files or your idea of instant is several seconds (and yes, this is on a quad core i7 Macbook pro with Apple Render Engine selected!
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  • Drew Altdo
    [quote="NN202245UL" wrote:
    This is not true, unless you are talking about JPG's and not RAW files or your idea of instant is several seconds ...

    Instant is instant and it is True. If you reference the original response the Apple Render Engine was not the only setting I said was necessary.
    [quote="Drew" wrote:
    ...
    - Windows Rendering Component as Render Engine
    - Enable Full Screen Preview and Display Preview at all times in Thumbnail and Preview Options.
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