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FCS and Mac Minis
Hi All
I posted (rather angrily) a week or so ago about the inability of my new Mac Mini to run FCS. Apple actually responded to my and many other peoples’ enquiries by updating their advice, and making it clear it would (barring Motion).
I now HAVE FCS installed on my DuoCore 1.66 Mini and it runs great – much more responsive in FCP than my 1.33Ghz Powerbook, and whilst I havn’t tested DVDSP much, it certainly opens quicker than on my powerbook.
Just thought I’d clear this up once and for all. Glad I got it now, and it looks great on my Loewe LCD TV (which I use as a monitor in the living room).
Hope this helps anyone looking for a second system.
Ben
Editec Broadcast Editing Ltd
EVS and FCP specialists
Current Mac systems All Dual 2.7Ghz with Kona 2 and Digital Voodoo cards, 6Gb Ram, Sapphire, SCSI320 Medea and Huge Arrays.FCP projects include Sky TV coverage of the Ryder Cup and US Open Golf – Live OB specialists. Edit/slomo vehicle.
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Just thought I’d better make it clear – this was the 5.1 crossgrade I have installed.
A previous attempt to run FCP4.5 on my Intel Mini failed – I got a message about not having a supported graphics card.
I’ll run a few ‘benchmarks’ if anyone is interested.
Ben
Editec Broadcast Editing Ltd
EVS and FCP specialists
Current Mac systems All Dual 2.7Ghz with Kona 2 and Digital Voodoo cards, 6Gb Ram, Sapphire, SCSI320 Medea and Huge Arrays.FCP projects include Sky TV coverage of the Ryder Cup and US Open Golf – Live OB specialists. Edit/slomo vehicle.
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A note to anyone who owns FCS and was put off by the new Apple advice about Motion being unsupported:
It seems to work fine, at least in limited testing. Set up a PAL SD timeline, applied clouds gen, added 2 particles layers (bubbles and sparkles – reminds me of a night….. never mind) and it ran at 20 fps. I don’t have motion on my Powerbook to compare, as it never ran well, but it SEEMS quicker.
Perhaps someone who uses Motion more can give me a test to run that will trip it up, or a benchmark so they can compare it to their own system.
So far so good!
Ben
Editec Broadcast Editing Ltd
EVS and FCP specialists
Current Mac systems All Dual 2.7Ghz with Kona 2 and Digital Voodoo cards, 6Gb Ram, Sapphire, SCSI320 Medea and Huge Arrays.FCP projects include Sky TV coverage of the Ryder Cup and US Open Golf – Live OB specialists. Edit/slomo vehicle.
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What did you do for the US Open?
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We’ve been doing the EVS turn-arounds and editing daily highlights for Sky TV for a few years now. We always have a Mac at the US Open and Ryder Cup. I also use it to treat break bumpers and the like. Not sure, but I think we were one of the first companies in the UK to use FCP in a live environment – it’s not quite the game of chance it used to be!
Ben
Editec Broadcast Editing Ltd
EVS and FCP specialists
Current Mac systems All Dual 2.7Ghz with Kona 2 and Digital Voodoo cards, 6Gb Ram, Sapphire, SCSI320 Medea and Huge Arrays.FCP projects include Sky TV coverage of the Ryder Cup and US Open Golf – Live OB specialists. Edit/slomo vehicle.
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[Ben Holmes] “Not sure, but I think we were one of the first companies in the UK to use FCP in a live environment – it’s not quite the game of chance it used to be!”
Unlikely LOL! 😉
Peter
Editing the World Championship Snooker
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.[Peter Wiggins] “Unlikely LOL! ;)”
Well, it’s been a few years now, since the RTMac first appeared under FCP1 – then the first SDI cards, although I’m sure people used Beta versions or something. I still don’t come across many on UK OBs, so I guess we’re both STILL early adopters. Not claiming any world’s first – we plow our own narrow furrrows, n’est pas?
Ben
Editec Broadcast Editing Ltd
EVS and FCP specialists
Current Mac systems All Dual 2.7Ghz with Kona 2 and Digital Voodoo cards, 6Gb Ram, Sapphire, SCSI320 Medea and Huge Arrays.FCP projects include Sky TV coverage of the Ryder Cup and US Open Golf – Live OB specialists. Edit/slomo vehicle.
http://www.editec.co.uk
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