Editing via Remote Desktop?

[Mark Maness]

That’s what I thought, too…

I remember hear the networks using stuff like T1 lines for this kind of thing but that’s WAY too expensive for the average joe.

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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
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[Brad Bussé]

Damn. Thanks for the input.

I’ve been hearing about fiber optic connections to the net that are now available to consumers, does anyone have this or know what the monthly cost is? I wonder if I had fiber optics if the bandwidth would be preserved from home to work. If so, then I could have my IT crew possibly dedicate my connection directly to my Mac via fiber optics -> fibre channel. Any thoughts as to the viability of this?

[Winston A. cely]

[Wayne Carey] “I remember hear the networks using stuff like T1 lines for this kind of thing but that’s WAY too expensive for the average joe.”

If only I could bring in that kinda money…..

Winston A. Cely
Editor/Owner | Della St. Media, LLC

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[Zane Barker]

You will NOT get real time video, the video will stutter a LOT and there is NO audio.

I would look into a MaacBook Pro to take back and forth.

There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
Don’t let technology get in the way of your creativity!

[Brad Bussé]

I have a MacBook Pro, but it doesn’t have A/V drives. So if I’m mainly working with HD ProRes in FCS, Shake, and AE, would I be able to be productive working from the MBP using a FW800 mini RAID from Medea or LaCie, or would I more likely need eSATA? And is there a card for the MacBook Pro (core2 duo) that has eSATA ports? Thanks.

[Colin Mcquillan]

There are a few express 32 slot eSata cards on teh market out there.

I do a lot of field editing/hotel room editing on a macbook pro with FW800 drives.
Its not bad at all on simple timelines, but if you are like myself and usually work on a fast mac pro station, you will notice a big perfomance difference when you add an effect or two, especially in AE/Motion (sorry, don’t use shake.) To speed up productivity of more complex timelines in FCP, AE, or Motion, I turn down the playback resolution to half or a third and that really speeds up responsiveness and playback performance.

Colin McQuillan
Van. B.C.
;-P

[Chris Borjis]

[Wayne Carey] “I remember hear the networks using stuff like T1 lines for this kind of thing but that’s WAY too expensive for the average joe.”

Even a T1 would be inadequate for a task like that.

I used to network manage a NW region of a computer maker and we used Citrix and Terminal server. It was barely adequate just for a remote desktop on a standard T1 line.

you “might” be able to do this over FIOS (FIBER), point to point.

[Sean Oneil]

Verizon FIOS is what you would need. It’s only available in a few markets. Even then you are pushing it. Upstream is still only 15mbps. You could move to a European country where everyone is connected via gigabit ethernet. We’re very, very behind here in the US.

Sean

[Brad Bussé]

I blame youtube….

Thanks for all of the input everyone. One more question; is there a way to sync playback of Quicktime files between 2 remote computers? I’m thinking if I use an external drive and work on the MacBook Pro, I’d still need a way to preview Quicktime renders with a client via phone with both parties able to view the same movie at the same time in sync.

[John Fishback]

An associate uses Slingbox so his client’s can review edits: https://www.slingmedia.com/go/slingbox

Also, there’s https://www.syncvue.com/

John

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