5DMKII Pro Res Footage, RT Extreme dropping frames “slow disks”

[Rodrigo Alva]

Elissa,

Indeed, a Macbook Pro will make your life a lot easier for this matter. Consider an external HD anyways, you will probably run out of space fast, that will down the performance of the computer.

And as Steve say if you go that way, be sure you get a laptop with a firewire 400/800 connector.

Lightroom will run nicer too! (I’m guessing you are using it for the photography?)

Hope I’m being helpfull..

Rodrigo Alva

(With no signature yet, although I do like skiing too!)

[Jerry Hofmann]

I personally would look strongly at Pro gear instead of LaCie’s offerings…

LaCie doesn’t guarantee the same drive from enclosure to enclosure they’ve told me. After all they don’t make them. They market primarily to the consumer end of the world.

So in reality, you’ve no idea what you’re actually buying from them. Just search this forum on “LaCie”… They can be just fine mind you, but they aren’t as reliable overall as those with qualified drives in them. This does matter ya know?

I’ve personally had 4 failures almost simultaineously on with them.

Jerry

Apple Certified Trainer, Producer, Writer, Director Editor, Gun for Hire and other things. I ski.

8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17” MBP, Matrox MXO2 with MAX Cinema Displays

[Elizabeth Johnson]

Thank you, Rodrigo. That was the issue and the Macbook Pro solved it!
🙂

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[Sonia Gonzalez-martinez]

Having the same annoying RT Extreme interruptions on a brand new Mac Pro. I’m running nothing else but FCP when this happens. Same deal with the footage, Canon 5D transcoded into Pro Res files. Editing off of 5 G-Raid drives. Well into a cut and can’t transfer to another more powerful drive. Is there anything else I can do in the meantime. If I see that spinning beach ball again, I will scream.

Also, for future projects since everyone’s shooting HD, what are the best drives to get that can deal with these huge HD Pro Res files?

Thanks!

Sonia Gonzalez-Martinez
Editor, LaSone Studios

Computer Specs:
Mac Pro
OS 10.6.7
Processor 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Memory: 6 GB 1066 MHz DDR3

FCP 6.0.6

[Jerry Hofmann]

Daisy chaining FW drives works OK to a point with ProRes… but a RAID setup with 4 or more drives would run circles around single FireWire drives. I like those sold by CalDigit, iStorage Pro, or G-Technology for the “middle priced” arrays. There are faster setups out there, but they get pretty pricey.

You might consider if you really need ProRes 422 or HQ and take look at the LT variety of ProRes. The files are a lot smaller, and are broadcast quality. Not good for sports or other fast action, but for talking heads and general B-Roll? Great.

Jerry

Apple Certified Trainer, Producer, Writer, Director Editor, Gun for Hire and other things. I ski. My Blog: https://blogs.creativecow.net/Jerry-Hofmann

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