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Will it be like this for some time?

Yep, and I do make tests. But sometimes I feel it is important to ask others so as to know their methods and results. Especially with so many variables. Like for example in my situation, the Mercury Playback Engine has always caused issues on my system so I go with OpenCL. With Don Kotlos comments on ProRes being a more friendly codec on systems not using a GPU, it helps me understand and make important choices above and beyond my on knowledge and tests. But yes, test!

I'm thinking of upgrading both system and editing software and I'm a little curious what Mac users here are currently using and WHY? In the past there has been combinations of OSX and Premiere Pro that have been buggy and this is what I'm trying to avoid in my next move forward. Moreover, gsenroc has just made a comment that doing a 'clean install' can be a way around the buggy-ness-ness of upgrades. Interesting. I myself have been sitting at OSX 10.8.5 - Premiere Pro 8.2.0 for quite some time. Thoughts? Opinions?

Well said M Carter. I cloned my current boot drive earlier today in preparation for this approach. Thanks again for the no nonsense, straight forward way.

Absolutely. Good points all around. Thanks!

Good to hear Xavier. Thanks.

What are you... the forum police? I wanted to know what someone in THIS forum recommends. Now go hump someone else's leg.

Very well Bror... thank you!

Can anyone point me towards a decent adaptor that will allow me use this lens on this camera?

I don't have experience with anything other than the C100 MkII for 1080 60p... but I absolutely love what I'm getting from this camera!

Nice breakdown Axel. Thanks!

Now could be the time to get... a girlfriend. Or wait, not you... me.

Drag and drop a file (any file) from one folder to another. I know it sounds ridiculous, but I could see Apple doing this. We need a new Apple.

Thanks for the note Xavier. I've read a comment about El Capitan that the ability to drag and drop files - something that has been a Apple benchmark - has been disabled. Can you confirm?

Thanks again for the extra insight on all things Policar. Scratch disks are on a thunderbolt 5 bay JBOD. Actually the project harbours about 6 TB of material, so it's getting up there for sure. But better to have too much material than not enough. Although one might say the opposite is equally true.

Policar: It's a feature doc for theatrical and broadcast. My plan was to to transcode the 1.25TB to a 4TB HGST drive., converting to ProRes (standard) it should just about fit. Good to hear that one will not lose the super whites as I see that there is often detail hiding up there. Don: I remember seeing your post when it first appeared. Thanks for putting that together. I don't use the Mercury Playback Engine GPU as it has been nothing but trouble since I switched from FCP7 to PPro in 2013. Maybe there is a fix but everything I've tried over time never worked so it's been OpenCL all the way. In the project I'm building, I already have XDCam, H264 and Prores and I agree with you that I haven't see that big a difference working with that material except maybe in simple things like scrubbing. Thanks for the straight and narrow.

Anyone know the ideal 5DtoRGB settings for the Canon C100MkII?

I pointed ClipWrap at the single folder containing 1.25TB of AVCHD files in multiple folders... it hung for 30 seconds and then quit. I don't think it could handle a large batch like this. Maybe I could do one folder at a time, but this going to take a long time. For FilmConvert, I have the the PPro plugin.

I use Data Import Utility which is very good for copying the AVCHD files off the cards and places them as easy accessible files in an easily accessible folder. So no issues there. My Macbook Pro can already handle editing full res AVCHD without issue. It's only when I apply an effect (ie. FilmConvert) that it starts to bog down. No issue at 50% resolution. So my lingering questions are: If I transcoded to ProRes, can I expect my system to bog down less? If I transcode, would I want to use 5DtoRGB which is said to have a very good 10bit conversion processor? I already have ClipWrap and 5DtoRGB

I've read that 5DtoRGB uses a 10bit encoder and bypasses Quicktime to do the encoding. "5DtoRGB takes a no-compromise approach to quality. 5DtoRGB bypasses QuickTime decoding altogether, works internally at 10 bits and uses your video card’s GPU for its YCbCr to RGB conversion. It also recognizes Canon’s full range 8 bit YCbCr values (0-255), avoiding clipping and the resulting loss of picture information. The resulting files are the absolute highest quality you’ll ever get out of the camera. In fact, you could argue that they’re even better than the camera originals since they’ve undergone high quality chroma smoothing." Can anyone comment on if this software renders better quality than others for transcoding?

'...while I unpack or do invoicing or snort coke off a hooker's.." Absolutely. Thank you for providing rational and reasons behind why you transcode the way you do. This makes sense. Is transcoding to ProRes HQ overkill for AVCHD? *Sorry but I forgot to mention in OP that I am editing with PPro 8.2.0

Hello Folks. I've been working towards a feature doc for some years. The project was organized and pre editing done using this set up: 2013 MacBook Pro (16Gb) - OSX 10.8.5 - Premiere Pro 8.2.0 I'm just back to home base with a small mountain of new AVCHD material that I want work into the project. I am and have been wondering if I should update my operating system and Premiere Pro before continuing forward? I will be editing for the next 1-2 years. I am not up to speed on what build of OSX (Mavricks, Yosemite, El Capitan) runs best with what build of PP? Can anyone in the know suggest the best bug free combo? Would really appreciate some well placed expert advice!

I have 1.25 TB of AVCHD from the C100MkII that I want to edit. I'm working on a 2013 Macbook Pro 16GB Ram. I'm curious to hear if anyone thinks it's worth transcoding the AVCHD to ProRes for editing? I can view the AVCHD material with an effect (Filmconvert) at half resolution smoothly. Would I be able to be able to view at 100% if it were ProRes? What program would you use to transcode the material? I have 5DtoRGB. People say good things about EditReady. Any thoughts?

Hi Brian, I've never laid my hands on SpeedBooster, but if what you've mentioned is true then this would be interesting to me. Only downside is the non-constant aperture when zooming but that wouldn't be the end of the world. And I seem to remember that on the Cx00 line there is some kind of auto-illumination/ compensation feature no? Does the SB adapt a Canon mount to a Canon body? For sure it must or you wouldn't have mentioned it right?

https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/products/details/lenses/cinema/compact-servo/compact-servo-18-80mm-t4-4-ef Thoughts?