• Blackmagic Design

  need information about Multibridge Extreme

  Posted by Zechariah on November 25, 2006 at 1:43 pm

  Hi

  I have Decklink Extreme and want to build a new HD system and looking for Multibridge Extreme and have questions about it

  1- did it support 2K editing under PPro
  2- did 3DBoxx 8300 is suitable workstation for it
  3- can I use Apple Cinema HD 23-inch or Dell Ultrasharp 2405FPW for 2K

  thanks

  Miles Blow replied 19 years, 5 months ago 4 Members · 8 Replies
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  Deleted User

  November 26, 2006 at 4:09 am

  Hello,

  The 2k support is within Adobe Premeire Pro 2 and the Multibridge Extreme as you have projetc settings for this.

  I have not used Boxx so I am un-sure if it would be suitable best to contcat Black magic direct.

  The 23″-24″ screens would not work, you need a 30″ display to view al the 2k images as stated on Blackmagic’s website.

  I bought a Multibridge Extreme great host of inputs, outputs and using DVI is really good for low cost monitoring.

  Thanks,

  Leo
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  Zechariah

  November 26, 2006 at 9:17 pm

  Hi Lio

  thanks for information

  in your profile I notices that your system configuration include 4x250GB SATA 1 drives (RAID 0) for storage
  did you use it for HD editing “only 4 drives SATA 1” ?

  waiting for Boxx user with Multibridge Extreme

  thanks
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  Deleted User

  November 27, 2006 at 2:55 am

  Hello,

  Yes I can use MJPEG or HDV captured via to the SATA 1 drives no problem as the data rate is quite small.

  However for uncompressed HD I would need a suitable raid array to cope with the huge data throughput. I am looking into the Caldigit 10 bay drive http://www.caldigit.com these look very good and are good priced.

  Thank you,

  Leo
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  Bob Zelin

  November 28, 2006 at 1:05 am

  the CalDigit will ABSOLUTELY do uncompressed HD. I have just tested it with both AJA and Blackmagic hardware on both a MAC G5 dual 2.7 and MAC Quad.

  Bob Zelin
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  Deleted User

  November 28, 2006 at 4:06 am

  Hello Bob,

  What type of performance was you getting with the drive? How many streams, what quality, and was it running in protected mode the Caldigit unit or raid zero? I am interested in the s2vr pro the (10 bay drive). I want to work in protected mode with un-compressed 8 bit HD from the JVC HD100U via Component outs and eventually Sony HDCAM on a pilot I want to make.

  I am thinking of getting the 5 or 10 drive models. But can’t decide just yet.

  Thank you,

  Leo
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  Zechariah

  November 28, 2006 at 1:13 pm

  Hi Leo
  Thanks for replay,
  I looked to CalDigit and I think that you must get (10 bay drive “S2VR Pro 2.5TB”) to get 450MB/s data read for 2K editing as you said that “2k support is within Adobe Premeire Pro 2”

  but what about CalDigit under Windows XP ?

  Hi Bob
  Thanks for information

  Still waiting for Boxx user

  thanks
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  Bob Zelin

  November 28, 2006 at 11:34 pm

  Hi –
  this is not a Cal Digit forum, but I will be brief. I checked the 5 drive system, at RAID 0. Protected mode is RAID 1, not RAID 3 or 5, so this is mirroring, which kills half your storage. The 5 drive system writes about 210mb/sec and reads about 230mb/sec, which is fast enough for uncompressed HD. The 10 drive system is obviously much faster because you are creating your raid across more drives, but it will be a lot more money. If you are ok with RAID 1, the 10 drive system will give you the same storage capacity as a RAID 0 5 drive sysetm. Most people want to spend as little as possible, and SATA is incredibly reliable, so most people will stick with the 5 drive S2VR. It’s a great product.

  bob Zelin
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  Miles Blow

  December 4, 2006 at 11:51 am

  Hey Bob how does it compare to the sonnet fusion 500(i think that was the model you mentioned a while back) That was the one we were thing of going with in raid 0.

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