Alex Gerulaitis
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Softron OTAV (OnTheAir Video, $1995) + Movie Recorder ($995) + HD option ($995), can do that. This does not include the hardware (Mac). This is a full mini-broadcast, playlist management, recording and playback scheduling system.
I believe GV T2 DDR (about $12K) can do that too, as do most other broadcast replay systems.
Alex Gerulaitis
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What kind of an error? Does the MPG file play fine in another player (QT, WMP, etc.)?
Alex Gerulaitis
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[James McKenna] “The best case scenario for optimized video storage is a single client reading as large a file as possible. Like 4K DPX, or even better, 4K streaming formal like QT. When doing that, we get into the 900MB/sec range. The best sustained throughput we qualify through published stream count is around 700MB/sec.”
Thank you, it’s really not bad for a 10GbE link.
Do you (plan to) offer purely NAS products? Seems that eliminating Fibre and the associated SAN functionality, will shave some of the costs off both the storage unit and the client’s investment into SAN? For 15 editors working with HD dSLR footage, it seems that 700-900MB/s aggregate bandwidth should be enough, even if everyone piles on to it simultaneously. (I am just guessing of course.)
Alex Gerulaitis
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You are in the UK, looks like; head to Lenovo UK, look up Thinkpad W530, configure it with:
– Core i7-3610QM
– 16GB RAM
– NVIDIA Quadro K2000M Graphics 2GB
– 1920×1080 display
– Win7 Pro 64-bit
– 3-year warranty… that’s £1,710.67.
Same as above except:
– 8GB RAM
– NVIDIA Quadro K1000M Graphics 2GB
– 1600×900 display
… is £1,502.47If that’s still outside the budget, consider IdeaPad Y580 (US tech specs):
– Core i7-3610QM Processor
– NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX660M 2GB graphics
– 8GB DDR3 SDRAM 1600MHz
– 15.6″ display 1920×1080
– 1TB 5400 + 64GB SSD Hard drive
– Windows Home Premium 64-bit
– 1-yr warrantyAt £999.99 and with 2GB discrete graphics suitable for GPU acceleration in Premiere Pro, it’s hard to beat. My only concern is that hybrid drive with a 5400rpm main spindle – I don’t see a 7200rpm one being sold in the UK; I wouldn’t want to edit from that, and would purchase a reputable (G-Tech?) external 7200rpm USB3.0 one for media to edit from.
Alex Gerulaitis
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DV411 – Los Angeles, CA -
[Sareesh Sudhakaran] “Take it easy, Alex – a PCie eSATA adapter card costs $10-$30”
I must be dense: how do you plan to stick a $10-30 PCIe eSATA adapter into an iMac?
(Sorry.)
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Forgot: if the iMacs are Thunderbolt-equipped (the only legal way to attach PCIe cages to them, anyway) – might as well just get Thunderbolt drives.
Alex Gerulaitis
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[Sareesh Sudhakaran] “With PCI(e) adapters – isn’t that feasible?”
For the “impoverished”? You don’t really think that either, do you?
Firewire or Ethernet clearly are first choices.
(I usually read prior responses before adding my own – in a humble attempt to contribute something useful; not that anybody else has to. :))
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[Roli Rivelino] “I’m hoping that for around £5-600 custom I can get what I would pay £1000-1200 off the shelf.”
I’d love to see a custom laptop matching Lenovo W530 specs at this kind of a price delta. Well, preferably quality and serviceability, as well. 50%? Don’t think so. Components cost more, much more.
Editors who are happy with their custom laptops have been spotted in the wild but I personally have never seen one.
Alex Gerulaitis
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[Sareesh Sudhakaran] “You could use USB 3.0 or eSATA”
On iMacs?
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What about switching to FW800 drives? Maintains existing workflow, 2 – 2.5 times faster than USB 2.0, no serious cash outflow.
Or, I’d take a look at something like DS1512+. For two editors (that currently are editing via USB 2.0), it should work well even with a mediocre Gigabit switch. (This is not a solution that’s been proven for video editing though – so I’d want to be able to return it if it doesn’t work well.)
Alex Gerulaitis
Systems Integrator
DV411 – Los Angeles, CA