Final cut ethernet Server for 100 bucks. THE TUTORIAL

[Dylan Robertson]

Since 2003, that’s back in the days of G4 and G5 systems! My hat is off to you. Seriously. That is really cool. We have done HQ, but usually we stick that on our fastest raid drives before we share.

Actually, I do have one question for someone who shares over ethernet. For our longest running projects, FCP sometimes forgets the directory if a clip goes online. If a clip goes offline it says, searching for file name (blank) in directory (blank) We manually enter the name and force it to find the file. But we have to manually enter several files before it comes back on. Have you had a similar issue?

Best,

Dylan.

[Ryan Barckley]

Hello,
I am working with a high school television studio, and currently a server is not an option for us. I am trying to find out if this is a reasonable solution for us, we have about 25 iMac computers that need to be able to access a Mac pro that we can turn into a dedicated server. Would this be a feasible solution for us? Or what would work with the mac pro we currently have.
Thanks for the help!

[Ian Liuzzi-fedun]

I have been working on something like this for three years. every time i capture DV over 30 mins or so the file does not come out well. Any ideas?

[Andrew Ryann]

This is all great stuff! Thanks for the tips.

Does anyone have any suggestions on network settings to optimize speed? We are working with PRORES422 and PRORES422HQ footage. Right now we have one MacPro and one iMac (Intel Core2 Duo) we want to use as clients…probably going to add another MP soon. Also, any brand/model of network switch recommended? Thanks!

[Ian Liuzzi-fedun]

Probably not unless you are willing to shell out some extra cash for a PCI express ethernet card with multiple ports (for link aggregation) and a fast DAS unit. I finally, literally two days ago got a solution similar to all of this working quite well. I have been working on it for the past 5-6 years with very little luck despite posting on forums and the like. Finally, usign Qos among other things I figured it out.