Maximising Performance

Many factors drive the capabilities of a Hippotizer. Here are some best practice tips to get the most out of the server.

Use the least number of viewports possible.

Rendering a viewport is computationally heavy; aim to use as few as possible.
While there is no set limit, using more than two viewports per output will noticeably impact performance.

Tips to reduce viewports:

• Use Videomapper instead of viewports to transpose from a single mix to a single output.
• Use sub-mixes and relays when compositing lots of mixes onto a single output. (eg. Run several mixes, patching only one ‘main mix’ to the output and use relays to composite onto the main mix).
• Use the overlapping viewport function in Output Manger to create ‘frames’ and other complex shapes thus requiring viewports.
• Make sure to use Virtual Viewports when there are five or more viewports.

Use High Performance Mode

High Performance Mode disables previews and the visualiser offering a significant boost to performance and smoothness. NDI Send is disabled in this mode.
Systems with lots of mixes and layers and/or very high resolution mixes will benefit the most from using High Performance Mode.

Run Zookeeper on a Remote Machine.

Zookeeper, like any program, uses some of the computer’s resources; running it on a separate machine will improve performance.