Aurora on Laptops

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   I was wondering how Aurora runs on Laptops.  Does playback in sequencing run smoothly?  I know Spectrum is always kind of choppy.
What are the recommended computer specs for sequencing efficently with Aurora?

Edited by ChrisL1976 - 01 Sep 2008 at 9:11pm

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ChrisL1976 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Beta Testers Joined: 01 Sep 2008 Location: Kankakee, Ill Online Status: Offline Posts: 1341	Quote Reply Topic: Aurora on Laptops Posted: 01 Sep 2008 at 9:09pm
	I was wondering how Aurora runs on Laptops. Does playback in sequencing run smoothly? I know Spectrum is always kind of choppy. What are the recommended computer specs for sequencing efficently with Aurora? Edited by ChrisL1976 - 01 Sep 2008 at 9:11pm
	Chris www.lightsonsixth.com

deweycooter Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Development Joined: 14 Oct 2007 Location: League City, TX Online Status: Offline Posts: 674	Quote Reply Posted: 01 Sep 2008 at 9:14pm
	I've never run it on anything other than a laptop, no choppiness issues. Edited by deweycooter - 01 Sep 2008 at 9:15pm
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MrChristmas2000 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Beta Testers Joined: 06 May 2008 Location: Georgia Online Status: Offline Posts: 344	Quote Reply Posted: 01 Sep 2008 at 9:26pm
	Aurora is not as a resource HOG as Spectrum was. You would be surprised what low power hardware it will run on. Boy do I know about spectrum choppy.
	Holding breath for DMX.

LightChristmas Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Beta Testers Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Location: Equality, IL Online Status: Offline Posts: 993	Quote Reply Posted: 01 Sep 2008 at 9:34pm
	All my beta testing of Aurora is being done on an "obsolete" 1.8Ghz dual-core under Vista. Have also tested on an old IBM R32 notebook (used to run Spectrum on it before the performance issues) with no ill effects. Aurora is THE solution to jumpy progress bars and the like.


Bubba Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List DMX Joined: 27 Dec 2007 Location: Georgia Online Status: Offline Posts: 41	Quote Reply Posted: 02 Sep 2008 at 4:45am
	Aurora runs perfect on everything I have even the below spec junk computers!
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LightsOnLogan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3187	Quote Reply Posted: 02 Sep 2008 at 7:35am
	I can't speak for Vista requirements as Vista alone tends to be sluggish on anything less than 2GB of RAM, but these are the XP requirements: Scheduler: P3 700MHz 256MB (this means you can have a really low spec "show computer") Sequencer: I don't have an official CPU spec yet, but pretty much anything Intel/AMD 1GHz+. RAM requirements are a bit more for the sequencer portion due to all of the graphic and audio processing. While Aurora will run on less by automatically switching to disk rendering instead of RAM rendering, having at least 1GB RAM is preferred for a less sluggish editing experience (particularly with the wait for "generating preview frames" at higher zoom levels). Playback will not chop without the higher RAM, but you'll enjoy life a lot more with it. As an aside, while it is not an officially supported configuration, one end user has reported success runing Aurora on a Mac under Parallels. Edited by LightsOnLogan - 02 Sep 2008 at 7:37am


ChrisL1976 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Beta Testers Joined: 01 Sep 2008 Location: Kankakee, Ill Online Status: Offline Posts: 1341	Quote Reply Posted: 02 Sep 2008 at 3:17pm
	Basically I'm considering picking up a new laptop here soon for my BS degree program. So the dual core 3g ram machine I'm looking at should work fine then?
	Chris www.lightsonsixth.com

Pony_God Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01 Sep 2008 Location: Naples, FL Online Status: Offline Posts: 551	Quote Reply Posted: 02 Sep 2008 at 3:20pm
	I'll tell you after I put it on my P4 (single core, single thread) 1.somethingGH, 1G ram, XP Gateway Tablet tonight.
	Fine. You're so smart you rig up the lights. D-Light users Unite!

peteandvanessa Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Beta Testers Joined: 11 Dec 2007 Location: Rocklin, CA Online Status: Offline Posts: 206	Quote Reply Posted: 02 Sep 2008 at 3:22pm
	Absolutely, I'm running a 2Gig Dual core T7200 dual core at 2GHz and in playback (XP Pro) it uses about 50% of the CPU (but I also have a high resolution pic of the house). Compared to Spectrum Aurora kicks serious butt in the low CPU stakes.

LightChristmas Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Beta Testers Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Location: Equality, IL Online Status: Offline Posts: 993	Quote Reply Posted: 02 Sep 2008 at 3:51pm
	Ran just fine on my "ancient" R32 Thinkpad. 1.6Ghz P4 720Mb RAM