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Capture to Two Scratch Disks Simultaneously
We have an upcoming project where instead of capturing to SXS cards we’ll be capturing directly to a Mac Pro via SDI. We like to have backups of all our source files as well as with this project we’re handing off a lot of our source files to contract editors.
Typically we would just spend time copying each of the captured files to other drives, but this can be time consuming, especially with the amount of content we’re filming. So, is it possible to set multiple capture scratch drives and *force* Final Cut to capture to all specified drives? Rather than using the other set drives as the overflow?
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I know one way to do it…
If you set up your drives as RAID 1, this will mirror everything going onto one drive to the other.
There might be other solutions, but I kinda doubt it.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
EPK Colorist – UP IN THE AIR – nominated for six academy awards
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.
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Raid 1 would be nice strictly for backup assurance, but I’m hoping for a solution that would leave the drives independent so that I can send the extra drives off with our contracted editors.
Essentially I would like to capture 1st-To our main Raid, 2nd-To a backup Drive (non-raid) and 3rd-To and external or hot-swap drive for our Editors; all at the same time. Otherwise I end up capturing to our Raid and then copying the captured files over to the backup and external drives. Not the end of the world, just one more step I’d like to eliminate if I can.
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[Christopher Hill] “Essentially I would like to capture 1st-To our main Raid, 2nd-To a backup Drive (non-raid) and 3rd-To and external or hot-swap drive for our Editors; all at the same time.”
Sorry, you can’t do that. You are asking the computer to send the signal to 3 drive sources simultaneously, and write to them simultaneously. And no NLE does that.
The RAID 1 solution is a slick one, as you can separate the drives and use them as stand alone drives. The CalDigit VR allows for this. I know someone who does that, and sends one drive from location to the shop…they have the VR chassey in each location.
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or have 3 separate systems on site doing capture now, all being fed the SDI connection through a multiplexer/router.
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[Chris Borjis] “or have 3 separate systems on site doing capture now, all being fed the SDI connection through a multiplexer/router. “
Hey, now there’s a cost effective solution that beats the heck out of just copying the files to another drive.
NOT!!!
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
EPK Colorist – UP IN THE AIR – nominated for six academy awards
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.
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[Chris Borjis] “or have 3 separate systems on site doing capture now, all being fed the SDI connection through a multiplexer/router.”
You don’t actually need the computer systems. You can use AJA Ki Pro recorders, or Convergent recorders.
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