Mediacenter to show my Final Cut projects to clients

[Jeremy Garchow]

AJA KiPro is essentially a ProRes hard drive based VTR that has a multitude of output connections from HDMi to composite.

If that’s too much, then I’d go with an AppleTV, but it only goes up to 720p30.

Jeremy

[Zane Barker]

[Fabrizio Rinaldi] “MediaCenter/External HardDrive that I can carry with me and just connect to the projectors or HD screen to show my stuff in FullHD”

[Fabrizio Rinaldi] “I already know some good media player that read H.264, but I’d really love a media player that reads Apple ProRes, Uncompressed 10 bit etc”

The biggest problem is that you wont always know what type of connections the projector or display will have. For example if their projector is not an HD projector then it will not have HDMI.

There is NOT going to be a out of the box media center that will support pro res or uncompressed. uncompressed HD you cant even play off a single hard drive as one drive alone is not fast enough, you need a raid.

The AppleTV is great and easy to use, but is limited on connections. You may want to consider getting a Mac Mini or MacBook that you can take around, or even a iPad. That way if they people you want to show the video to do not have a projector or screen handy you can show them on the MacBook or iPad screen.

Hindsight is always 1080p

[Fabrizio Rinaldi]

I’ll check this AJA KiPro, thank you very much!

Fabrizio

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[Fabrizio Rinaldi]

Thanks for the clarification!
In fact I really think that a Mac Mini can do the job. 🙂
Greetings,
Fabrizio

Fabrizio Rinaldi
http://www.linuz90.com

[John Fishback]

I’ve never used this, but made a note of it in case I ever needed a player like it. It’s similar to AppleTV. Check it out.

John

MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.8 QT7.6.4 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Radeon HD 3870, 24″ TV-Logic Monitor, ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID 5
FCS 3 (FCP 7.0.1, Motion 4.0.1, Comp 3.5.1, DVDSP 4.2.2, Color 1.5.1)

Pro Tools HD w SYNC IO & 192 Digital I/O, Yamaha DM1000, Millennia Media HV-3C, Neumann U87, Schoeps Mk41 mics, Genelec Monitors, PrimaLT ISDN

[Will Salley]

I use a Mac Mini for just this purpose. Just be sure to get the current higher-end model with as much RAM as you can fit in. It will playback ProResHQ from an external FW800 drive (non-raid). You can also playback from the internal HD if you want to keep it more portable.

I’ve never had any problems, even using both display ports.. Also buy the Mini Display port > HDMI or DVI adapter so you can use it on devices with that interface.

Mac Pro 2×2.8 Quadcore – 10.6.2 – QT 7.6.3 – 22 GB RAM – nvidia8800GT – SATA internal & external storage – Blackmagic Multibridge Pro – Open GL 1.5.10 – Wacom Intous2 tablet – AJA io
SONY XDCAM EX3 – Letus Elite

[Fabrizio Rinaldi]

Ok I’m checking it out, thank you! 🙂

Fabrizio Rinaldi
http://www.linuz90.com

[Fabrizio Rinaldi]

I’ll make some tests as soon as a got a MacMini, thanks a lot!

Fabrizio Rinaldi
http://www.linuz90.com

[Zane Barker]

You should be aware that the current model of Mac Mini will NOT let you use a Mini DVI to sVideo/RCA adapter with it, you can ONLY use it with MIni DVI or Mini Display adapters that do to VGA, DVI, or HDMI. And audio also runs separate fout of the headphone jack.

This is about the 09 Mac Mini but the same is true for the ones being sold today.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1928699&tstart=15

So if you are ever going to need to connect via sVideo or RCA, the Mac Mini will NOT work.

Hindsight is always 1080p

[Fabrizio Rinaldi]

Ok perfect, thank you very much.
Thank you all for help!

Fabrizio Rinaldi
http://www.linuz90.com