Andrew Kimery
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1.5/5 rating aside, wouldn’t this adapter from Apple do the trick, Bret?
https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MMEL2AM/A/thunderbolt-3-usb-c-to-thunderbolt-2-adapter
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[Jeremy Garchow] “The next generation of processors from intel that will allow 32GBs of RAM at Apple’s energy specifications (low power RAM) will probably be released in 2018.”
I thought the new Intel CPU was supposed to land mid-2017? Or are you accounting for Intel usually being late? 18 months between computer updates is now well within ‘normal’ for Apple, so it could be 2018 before the next MBP rolls out.
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Certainly looks like you have your work cut out for you. My only recent experience is with FORK and I don’t think that would fit the bill for what you are looking for. EditShare would like let you kill two birds with one stone (storage and DAM), but it sounds like they’ve already purchased the storage. Will they cut native or will everything get transcoded prior to editing into a codec like ProRes?
Besides Bill’s suggestion of Bob Zelin, I would also suggest reaching out to Michael Kammes if you are on Twitter (@michaelkammes). He’s an integrator out here in LA so NLEs, DAMs and SANs are his thing and he’s very keen on sharing info/experience.
You may have already guessed this, but I think your biggest hurdle is going to them into the habit of keeping their media organized (especially if there are no assistant editors or media managers). When I’ve done workflow development in the past I always had my ‘this it how it should work’ dream version in my head but I always had to ratchet it down (sometimes way down) to reach the ‘this is how it’s going to work in reality’ version. haha
It takes work upfront to stay organized and many are reluctant to put that work in (especially when deadlines looming and they feel the pressure to get it down NOW).
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Weird… it’s almost like your list (based on your experiences, priorities, and needs) and my list (based on my experiences, priorities, and needs) aren’t the same list… ????
I do agree though that tech has reached a point where a broad spectrum of off the shelf machines are suitable based on one’s needs which is why I bought a 2015 model at a discount instead of a 2016 model which, IMO, is overpriced. If my laptop was my main computer I might have made a different decision, but for a secondary machine I think I’m going to be very happy with the 2015 MBP (which is replacing a 2011 MBP).
-Andrew
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What are some of the features you are looking for Jeff? By that I mean, do you want the execs and managers to be able to watch the raw footage, attach notes/markers and put together string outs/selects reels for the editors? Do you want any ‘project locking’ features so that two editors can’t accidentally be working in the same PPro project at the same time? Do you want to have client review features? Do you want something that can easily work with LTO for archival? If someone is offsite should they be able to remote into the system via a web interface?
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[Scott Witthaus] “never buy the first generation of a new product or a new OS.”
That’s typically my thinking (which is one reason why I ended up buying a 2015 MBP instead of a 2016), though it made more sense when Apple released products on an annual cycle.
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If only it could fix the battery life and GFX problems people are reporting… 😉
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[Michael Gissing] “Maybe laptops will be an annual purchase by then.
I’m sure Apple would love $3-4,000 laptops to be an annual purchase, of course they’d have to actually release new hardware every 12 months to make that happen. ????
I think for the rank and file I think computer-based gear has a longer useable lifespan now than ever. With that being said, I still think that the 16gig RAM limit on the 2016’s will cut it’s usable lifespan compared to if it could max out at 32gigs.
I’ve talked a lot about hardware recently and if anyone cares to know, I decided on getting a MId-2015 MBP instead of a 2016. I hemmed and hawed a lot and was ready to buy one or the other multiple times over the last week or so. For reasons I talked about in another thread, I just didn’t think the 2016 was worth it at that price point ($500-$700 cheaper and I might have pulled the trigger on it).
For me it basically boiled down to this:
Worst case scenario of buying the 2016 (and all the new cables, adapters, and/or hubs I must buy in order to get it workflow-functional) is that I’ll forever kick myself for spending $4k (if not more) on a piece of gear that I didn’t think was worth that price but bought it anyway.
Worst case scenario of buying the 2015 is that maybe I’ll end up on a gig where it’s woefully underpowered and I’m forced to buy a 2016. If I’m on a gig like that though I’m making enough that the 2016 will pay for itself in short order (and selling the 2015 will get me 2/3 of the cash I’ll need for the 2016).
Also, since eGPUs have been brought up before (and was one of the things I was really excited about when I first heard about LightPeak) here’s a less than rosy picture of the state of eGPUs if you live in the Mac world.
https://appleinsider.com/articles/16/12/01/the-thunderbolt-3-equipped-macbook-pro-can-use-external-gpus—-but-at-a-cost -
[Herb Sevush] “The problem with the 2010 is lack of either USB-3 or Thunderbolt connectivity, making ingest from external drives slow and difficult. “
If you have an empty slot left on your cMP Sonnet makes a reliable USB 3 card. I have had one in my 2009 MP for 2-3yrs now and never had a problem with it.
-Andrew
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[Craig Seeman] “Currently it’s 50¢ per minute with a 30 minute minimum purchase ($15) I believe.
It could get fairly expensive if you’re working on a documentary. “Having a person do transcripts for a documentary is already fairly expensive (unless you find someone on Craigslist that’s willing to work for a pizza). In my experience SpeedScriber is 25-50% below the going rate for a human transcriptionist and the turnaround time is significantly faster. It’s a great deal, IMO, and I think the pay-for-use is a good business model for it.
Martin is the only one that can say for sure, but I think selling it as a standalone app might require a price point that would be prohibitively expensive for users that have modest or infrequent transcription. Another consideration is the licensing requirements/restrictions for the speech-to-text tech that’s being used on the back end.