{"id":6944,"date":"2017-06-30T00:35:29","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T00:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=6944"},"modified":"2017-06-30T00:35:29","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T00:35:29","slug":"rants-why-isnt-final-cut-pro-using-every-computing-resource-in-my-5k-imac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/06\/30\/rants-why-isnt-final-cut-pro-using-every-computing-resource-in-my-5k-imac\/","title":{"rendered":"Rants: Why isn&#8217;t Final Cut Pro using every computing resource in my 5K iMac?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>4 Physical Cores, 4 Virtual running at 4Ghz with 4 Gigabytes of VRAM in a Radeon R9 395X and I\u2019m encoding a 4K video and for some reason, the system is only 30% utilized in CPU and 5% utilized in GPU:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Why doesn't Final Cut Pro take advantage of all CPU \/ GPUS?' on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/35619808605\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"Why doesn&#039;t Final Cut Pro take advantage of all CPU \/ GPUS?\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Why doesn&#039;t Final Cut Pro take advantage of all CPU \/ GPUS?\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"503\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4009\/35619808605_d18c4ed680_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why doesn\u2019t it utilize everything I have? 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