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AJA, Aurora, Lacie, Media?????
I touched on this awhile ago but now its getting closer to an actual purchaseof a FCP sytem. So which storage solution which I/O solution?
We use DVCam, our deck is a DSR45 which is currently controlled through our Avid so we need deck control. Thoughts, ideas, suggestions greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
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Actually, you don’t need a capture card if all you are going to do is work in DV…
Jerry
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[frogpond1] “We use DVCam, our deck is a DSR45 which is currently controlled through our Avid so we need deck control. Thoughts, ideas, suggestions greatly appreciated.”
I’ll second Jerry, for DVCAM, all you need is the G5. Deck control and Audio / Video will pass through via Firewire.
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Having said that. If you are going to be mastering to anything other than DV, or doing colour correction, titles etc, then for online you will want to be taking footage in at 8 or 10bit. I am an AJA fan, either the firewire based AJA IO or the pci based Kona all have a lot of people swearing by them. I hear blackmagic are also excellent. I would check out the exact spec you want, there will be a wiring solution best for you.
For what it is worth, i use an AJA io with my DSR45, capturing using firewire for offline (for digital sound), then recapturing the sequence at 8bit for online. Works fine.
For offline firewire if fine, the Graid seems to be the drive of choice, although I use Lacie Big disks ( i will wait for the criticism). For online my MedeaRt3 has not skipped a beat, although SATA raids are cheaper.
nick
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[NIck] ”
For offline firewire if fine, the Graid seems to be the drive of choice, although I use Lacie Big disks ( i will wait for the criticism).”no criticism here, Big Disk Extremes from LaCie are solid.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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Hmmm..I’ll have to crawl back there and find out if the DSR45 has firewire or just dig the book out and look at the specs. Thanks for the input!
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dsr 45 does have firewire. I use it to capture offline, for the digital audio
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