Working Remotely, Any Advice?

[Ben Mullins]

John Fishback
There is file transfer software that greatly speeds up internet transfers. We regularly download 6GB files from clients on the west coast who use Aspera. With an Aspera client, we can download that file in as quickly as 30 minutes using a 30mbps cable modem at our end.

Thanks for that John, I will definitely check that out, that’s exactly the sort of thing I was hoping for.

[Walter Soyka]

There was some more in-depth discussion of Aspera in the Digital Delivery forum [link] a few months ago, as well as several other non-TCP solutions.

They might be worth looking into, but depending on your use requirements, overnight shipping may still be cheaper.

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[Steve Cohen]

What about Remote Desktop?
Remotely logging into the MAC at the University and controlling that from your home computer.

That will eliminate transferring files from 1 location to the other.

I have not tried editing this way, but I have done other things remotely.

Steve Cohen

[John Fishback]

The biggest issue we’ve found with remote desktop-like software is the audio either isn’t there at all, or is out of sync. It’d be great if that could be brought together.

John

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[Ben Mullins]

Steve Cohen
What about Remote Desktop?
Remotely logging into the MAC at the University and controlling that from your home computer.

Thanks for the suggestion Steve, I had not thought of that. I will give it a go and see what happens!

[Steve Cohen]

Let me know, because I actually haven’t tried it for editing.

John Fishback said “The biggest issue we’ve found with remote desktop-like software is the audio either isn’t there at all, or is out of sync. It’d be great if that could be brought together.”

So I would like to hear how it works out for you.
I could definitely understand a lag, but the lack of audio altogether I don’t see, unless the audio was set to go to his I/O device (BlackMagic, AJA, or Matrox). I’m thinking to hear it via Remote Desktop you would have to send it to the computer speakers.

Steve Cohen