[Bob Woodhead]

Since you’re not going to own the VTR to output onto, just take those specifications to a post facility for transfer. They’ll have everything in place, and hopefully properly calibrated. And probably cheaper than renting a VTR for a day.

[Bob Woodhead]

… lifted from an earlier post of mine…..

SO… something made me think about using Firewire, and after a bit of searching (there aren’t many articles it seems on Firewiring Mac & PC’s), found the answer. It works so well I decided to take the time to let everyone here know. Non-quantified results appear to be much faster than 100Mb lan, as actual transfer speeds through a switch, along with other random network traffic, are quite a bit slower. The firewire is on the 400 bus.

Disclaimer: I’ve no idea about Tiger, it appears there are some who were using Samba/Sharepoints combo on Panther that now have issues on Tiger, and some are OK. Also, this only works w/ WinXP, not 2000, etc.

1] Have Mac-PC sharing working already, preferrably using Sharepoints & Samba via TCP/IP [other methods *may* not work w/ this setup]
2] OSX System Prefs / Network Port Configs – add a New connection, call it whatever, select Built in Firewire. Set IP address to something like 10.0.0.1 Subnet 255.0.0.0, ignore DNS & everything else
3] WinXP: plug the firewire into the Mac. When “New Hardware” wizard appears, just cancel. In Network setup, select the 1394 connection, Properties, TCP/IP settings, set IP to 10.0.0.2 Subnet 255.0.0.0 (same scheme as Mac, natch), close.
4] OK, here’s where it got a bit “grey”… after doing the above it didn’t work right away. So I disconnected ethernet & let the Mac/XP 1394 stay connected, and waited a few minutes. Shortly I was able to use the Finder Connect command to mount a share from 10.0.0.2 (the XP), using same user/pass syntax I use on ethernet connects.
5] plug ethernet back in. I’ve found NO issues so far with anything else being adversely affected. I’ve just got a nice, permanent, 4-10 times faster than before Mac/PC connection for the price of a 1394 cable.

Bob Woodhead / Atlanta
Quantel-Avid-FCP-3D-Crayola
G5 DP 2G, 10.3.4, 3.5GB RAM, FCP 4.5, Aja IO, Huge 320R [raid3]

[Bob Woodhead]

Use this: RATOC FR1SX https://shop.store.yahoo.com/firewireshop/firfirscsico.html

[Bob Woodhead]

Thanks Mike – that’s the best description I’ve ever heard.

[Bob Woodhead]

But doesn’t the water spin the opposite direction going down??

[Bob Woodhead]

Now there’s a good thought!

[Bob Woodhead]

Depending on error correction amount used, up to 54GB.

[Bob Woodhead]

Mode 3 uses what’s called parity to give a certain amount of data redundancy. Basically, in a 5 drive RAID 3, if 1 drive fails, the data is still safe. You replace the failed drive, and the RAID rebuilds the lost drive’s data. Once it’s rebuilt, you’re back to full speed. Though it seems like voodoo, I used to edit on Quantel gear, which used RAID 5 (similiar to 3), and over the years lost a few drives, but not ONCE lost data. Sold me on the concept. Anyway, the downside is you lose space on the array to the redundant data as well as some speed. In RAID 0, the is no parity, so you lose any drive, the entire array is toast. But it’s the fastest, and no space is lost. Unfortunately I forget the specifics of mode 5, other than I believe it’s very similiar to 3 in end result. Many people only load video on their arrays, so a total crash only means redigitizing. They prefer mode 0. But I decided to keep all my project directories on the array as well, so I’d have protection for all the ongoing artwork, 3D, effects, scripts, etc etc; so I use mode 3. Any way you go of course, when you add drives to the array, the entire kaboodle gets wiped.

Bob Woodhead / Atlanta
Quantel-Avid-FCP-3D-Crayola
G5 DP 2G, 10.3.4, 3.5GB RAM, FCP 4.5, Aja IO, Huge 320R [raid3]

[Bob Woodhead]

Actually, I was looking at it mostly in terms of how to deal with archiving media from the upcoming P2 HD camera from Panny. It records HD onto flash cards, which you offload to HDD. So though the final edit would be laid to some HD tape VTR, what to do with the source selects? Too much for any current DVD (assuming some files might be larger than the media). But your points are taken about 8x burning. I wonder what that turns out to be, GB/hr? The software does allow random access of the material, though.

[Bob Woodhead]

Update – a review indicates 15GB/60minute tape is expected!
http://www.imaging-resource.com/SOFT/DVB/DVB.HTM