Aurora on Laptops
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Category: Aurora Sequencer Software
Forum Name: Aurora 1.0
Forum Discription: This is the place to discuss (and report bugs) the 1.0 version of Aurora
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Topic: Aurora on Laptops
Posted By: ChrisL1976
Subject: Aurora on Laptops
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2008 at 9:09pm
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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? ------------- Chris www.lightsonsixth.com |
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Posted By: deweycooter
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2008 at 9:14pm
I've never run it on anything other than a laptop, no choppiness issues. 
------------- http://www.deweycooter.com/wiki/index.php/Aurora - Aurora Lights Wiki http://www.aurorashow.com/"> 
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Posted By: MrChristmas2000
Date 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. ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/"> 
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Posted By: LightChristmas
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2008 at 9:34pm
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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. ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/"> 
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Posted By: Bubba
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2008 at 4:45am
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Aurora runs perfect on everything I have even the below spec junk computers! ------------- www.brightonbrittain.com |
Posted By: LightsOnLogan
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2008 at 7:35am
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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. ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/"> 
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Posted By: ChrisL1976
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2008 at 3:17pm
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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 |
Posted By: Pony_God
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2008 at 3:20pm
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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. http://www.frappr.com/dlight - D-Light users Unite! 
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Posted By: peteandvanessa
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2008 at 3:22pm
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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.
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Posted By: LightChristmas
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2008 at 3:51pm
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Ran just fine on my "ancient" R32 Thinkpad. 1.6Ghz P4 720Mb RAM ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/">
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Posted By: JonB256
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2008 at 3:59pm
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Expect no more than 5 to 10% CPU usage if you don't run the visualizer. A relatively new Celeron or better will be fine. If it runs WinXP smoothly, it can handle Aurora. ------------- JonB - D-Light user |
Posted By: ChrisL1976
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2008 at 4:15pm
 I wish I could still get XP Everything now has  Vista on it.------------- Chris www.lightsonsixth.com |
Posted By: LightChristmas
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2008 at 4:20pm
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While Vista can be a PITA, its slowly getting tweaked and fixed. At least its not anything like Windoze ME.
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Posted By: ChrisL1976
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2008 at 4:22pm
I remember complaining about XP when it first came out....
------------- Chris www.lightsonsixth.com |
Posted By: Pony_God
Date Posted: 03 Sep 2008 at 7:10pm
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Well, I'm just now able to report that Aurora installed perfectly on my tablet, and runs perfectly fine.
Creating a new sequence from nothing takes a bit to init though. ------------- Fine. You're so smart you rig up the lights. http://www.frappr.com/dlight - D-Light users Unite!
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Posted By: Pony_God
Date Posted: 03 Sep 2008 at 7:14pm
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Damn! Spoke too soon! It was taking a while to load and parse all of the data, so I came in here send the last note, when when I went back it was just black... Putting in another bug note now. ------------- Fine. You're so smart you rig up the lights. http://www.frappr.com/dlight - D-Light users Unite!
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