Im Confused

[Dan Riley]

The data rates are similar to DVCPRO HD, so 800 firewire RAIDS
are probably fine. But with any video editing, and this isn’t just for FCP,
the faster the hard drive array, the more levels of real time video
you can see without rendering. But once rendered, it looks like from
what I see so far, you could output the new ProRes to tape from either
one or more 800 firewire drives. Tomorrow down on the floor, we will all
learn the real skinny. Regardless for me, I’m going with eSATA RAIDs.
Fast, easy to set up and cheap, relatively.

And speaking of drives, if you were to purchase that new iO-HD
and hook it up to the 800 firewire port of a Macbook Pro, I seriously
doubt you could also hook up 800 firewire drives with your video files to the same bus
and it work ok. You will need to get an express card to Firewire or eSATA adapter
and hook up your drives that way.

Dan

[David Roth weiss]

[Simon Chan] “without special hardrives?”

Simon,

You already have SCSI drives. What is your definition of “special hard drives?”

DRW

[Walter Biscardi]

[David Roth Weiss] ”
You already have SCSI drives. What is your definition of “special hard drives?””

Yeah, I was about to ask the same question.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
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[Simon Chan]

Yes I have a Blackmagic System. Its about 2 years old. I have Huge System SCSI 1.2 TB Drives. Im just curious because im looking into a new system. Wondered if my drives are obsolete.

Simon Chan @ Artificial Army
G5 Dual 2GHZ 1.5 Gig Ram, Decklink HD, Atto UL4D, Huge 320R, Final Cut HD, After Effects 6

[Simon Chan]

How do I change my profile? my system has been updated since I wrote that signature.

Simon Chan @ Artificial Army
G5 Dual 2GHZ 1.5 Gig Ram, Decklink HD, Atto UL4D, Huge 320R, Final Cut HD, After Effects 6

[David Roth weiss]

[Simon Chan] “Wondered if my drives are obsolete.”

Simon,

In some ways yes and in others no. Apple no longer supports SCSI officially, but as long as your SCSI drives continue to work, they are certainly fast enough for DVCProHD, 8-bit uncompressed SD, and all the lower bitrate formats such as DV and HDV. Apple’s new HD codec that was announded yesterday should do fine on SCSI. If you get into uncompressed HD, that’s another matter entirely, that requires gobs and gobs of hard drives.

DRW

[Simon Chan]

I actually edit HD 720 and 1080 Uncompressed 10bit fine on my HMV U320RX and Decklink HD card. My question is can anyone now with the new Apple ProRes 10bit edit on standard drives that come with the Mac Pro?

Simon Chan @ Artificial Army
G5 Dual 2GHZ 1.5 Gig Ram, Decklink HD, Atto UL4D, Huge 320R, Final Cut HD, After Effects 6