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Capture One via Remote Desktop

BeO
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Hi.

Given the fact the Capture One needs a lot of computational power and resources (and the fact that I can't upgrade my Dell mobile workstation beyond 8 GB of RAM), I thought about a low cost alternative via a powerful server or desktop PC, but preserving the convenience of a mobile notebook...

... via WIFI

Has anybody tried to use Capture One via Remote Desktop with full functionaltiy i.e. edit images incl. using layer brush?

Such a remote server or desktop PC could have much more cores and RAM for a fraction of the price of a mobile notebook.

Thanks for sharing your experience...

Cheers
BeO
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  • harald_walker
    Don't think that is going to be nice to work with as there will be too much lag between input (like moving a slider) and response (seeing the effect of the slider change on the image).
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  • Rodast
    Hy,

    I cannot see any chance of using C1 in a comfortable way in a RDP-Session.
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  • Andreas Siegert
    I do use C1 via RDP from my Laptop to my Desktop.
    But only for simple first culling activities while watching TV.
    C1 has no way of explicitly setting a monitor profile. So there is no way to tell it to use the laptops profile.
    And depending on your WiFi connection, it can be a bit laggy.

    cheers
    afx
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  • Christian Gruner
    Short answer, don't do it.

    Longer answer, you will be able to see and run CO. However, it will be far from a good experience. Even over gbit wired ethernet it's a bad experience with significant lag.
    Stuff like rating, masking, and adjusting will be giving those grey hairs a reason to grow, if using it over RDP, Teamviewer or likewise!
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  • NFGphoto
    Like afx, I do use C1 a lot via RDP, from a laptop to the desktop in another room. I don't really have any problem doing this for very light work, like tagging or selecting images to render.

    For anything more substantial I find the slower speed on the laptop machine is more tolerable working on live files. The desktop shares the photos dir, and so long as I shut down the desktop copy of C1 first (this is f**king important, it'll completely screw you if you forget this!) I can edit the files on the laptop.

    I do have a beefy laptop though, YMMV.
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  • BeO
    Top Commenter
    Thanks a lot for all your answers!

    Seems that there is no way around a decent notebook if I want to be mobile with full edit functionality.

    Cheers
    BeO
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  • SFA
    [quote="BeO" wrote:
    Thanks a lot for all your answers!

    Seems that there is no way around a decent notebook if I want to be mobile with full edit functionality.

    Cheers
    BeO


    Apart from anything else as far as my observations are concerned you only get a decent screen, in quality photo editing terms, with a decent notebook.

    Some years ago I bought a Netbook to take on the road - mainly as a storage device with a screen, It offers some potential for seeing what one has captured and maybe showing some rough edits (using Portable FastStone in my case) to interested parties. I can also use it to make a second backup to an external disk. There is no way it would ever impress as an editor or be usable for serious quality editing. The screen just is not up to it even if there was suitable processing power available.

    I have yet to spot a low cost notebook with a high spec screen. I guess it might be possible to configure one that way form some vendors but personally I think it would be a disappointing investment.


    HTH.


    Grant
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  • BeO
    Top Commenter
    Thanks Grant,

    If I remember right from some former posts you have a Dell mobile workstation? I have a Dell M4500 with Nvidia Quadro FX 880M, 1600x900 screen, 8GB RAM (maxed out), 4 cores i5, SSD. For serious work a wide gamut monitor is desired (or essential), but I meant rather CPU, no, actually RAM.

    The notebook was expensive enough, what's the point to upgrade to v9 for 100 bucks but buy new hardware for 2000+?

    Stability of C1 8 has improved (since version 8.2 I think, only rarely the process is still running after closing the C1) but memory consumption is quite heavy. Sometimes C1 releases memory e.g. after processing output files, more often it doesn't.

    The system requirements (minimum) say 4 GB RAM. This is a joke, isn't it?

    Cheers,
    BeO
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  • SFA
    I've got an M4700.

    I was lucky enough to get it through the Dell outlet for considerably less than the spec. would have cost from the regular site.

    I bought it to go 64bit for V7 C1 but also because I had a beta testing job to do for a business software developer and needed something that could handle some large database test files. My existing systems were really too old for that.

    It came with i7 3820QM, 512GB SSD, 8GB RAM and the better 1920 screen. 2 USB3 ports as well pluse the usual other stuff. Importantly these Precision workstations tend to have the best available buses and general internals available at the time. The exception, perhaps, is the GPU. Quadro K1000M doesn't offer much for my use and C1 ignores it.

    I added 16GB of RAM since the 4700 has 2 spare slots available. Later I added a 1Tb mSATA SSD in a spare slot intended for a comms card.

    I have not found a good way to to run my Eye 1 successfully for screen colour management needs but in general the screen is close enough on colour for my needs and the resolution is a good match for using a 15" real estate.

    At the lower than list price I think it was great value over all. It's tough and even after 3 years of use it still feels fast enough - although I will admit that I am not stressing it with the large file sizes of the more recent camera bodies.

    On the other hand I have several applications open most of the time and usually Firefox has a large number of tabs in use.

    I often have several C1 sessions open at the same time although I think it best to limit it to 2 or 3 for practical purposes.

    I have not particularly noticed problems with unreleased memory but then as I said I'm not pushing huge files around. In terms of the output process I would imagine there may be a design concpet that keeps the batch in memory for as long as viable after processing - or at least the last 100 files - so that re-runs can be undertaken quickly if desired. The effect of that, if I am right, may be more significant when lesser amounts of memory are available overall.

    Yes, 4GB RAM is probably optimistic at the lower end BUT I would think it is a true minimum spec just not a minimum that is also to be advised or most users. And that not so much because of C1; rather that having plenty of memory (and processor) means that the whole system and the applications we want it to run side by side will be more capable with more memory.

    Sadly I don't see that there is much one can do to successfully resist the march of technology and the unavoidable step changes that seem to arrive every 5 years or so. Sticking with older cameras seems to work in some ways of course!


    Grant
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