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editing over ethernet – iMac
I’ve got a PowerMac G5 with G-Raids attached which works great, and an iMac G5 with a G-Raid attached by FW400 which can be very temperamental with various configurations (really annoying no expansion or FW800 on the iMac) especially what seem to be FW400 bus conflicts. Just recently got a Gigabit switch and made a home network and was very surprised to find that I could edit over the ethernet from the iMac using media HDs attached to the PowerMac. Is this setup OK in the long term? Any opinions? Great that it frees up the iMac’s FW400 for the backup drive or external burner etc. and now ahould be no FW conflicts.
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Well, I guess its possible… I wouldn’t expect to edit uncompressed or HD video unless you are using DVCPRO HD in which you might be able to edit over gigabit ethernet. What kind of video are you editing? DV?
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Wayne Carey
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Gary,
As you’ve discovered, yes this works. On one of the shows we do we have our entire story department accessing our X-SAN via Gig e. The media is at off-line RT resolution, so the bandwidth needed is not that high, but they’ve been working like this for months now… no complaints.
Your limitations are the switch and the other users on your net. If you’re just doing this at home, no problem.
Mark
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I’ve done DV multicam editing over a network with this steup:
Firewire400 drive > Powermac G5 > Gigabit Switch > Intel iMac
Working on the iMac I’ve edited 4 cameras at the same time from the FW drive. Works fine as long as it’s DV footage.
The gigabit speed switch is critical, though. Make sure you’ve got the high-speed connection all the way through the chain.
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Wayne, Mark, Jeff, thanks for your quick responses to this. yes, it is DV, and to be honest will probably only be DV for a while. My next question was going to be about multicam editing but Jeff’s already answered that one.
I just have to get another license now for the iMac as obviously it won’t let you edit with the same serial number on a network!
I was a little worried that the switch I bought was not up to the task long term – it’s a Netgear GS608 (8 port Gigabit switch). Seems fine though at the minute.
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