[Bryan Parris]

I am testing with the CatDV Pro and Calibrated trial software right now. Is there a way to get trial software of the MXF option?

[Bryan Parris]

Thanks everyone for your thoughtful responses. We have two Avid systems that will be accessing the P2 files – Media Composer 5 on NitrisDX and Adrenaline, both PC systems. The backup drive is an HP Ultrium 1840 LTO4 Drive and the software is Symantec. We will be creating a new, secondary Gigabit network between the PCs for the backup drive.
So it sounds like the workflow could go as follows (please correct me if I’m wrong)…
1. Use CatDV to “log” the P2 card – create a catalog and give each clip a descriptive name. Do I need something extra here, like Calibrated Software’s MXF reader, or will CatDV do this alone?
2. Use AMA to see the clips in Avid. The new MME widget will allow us to see the descriptive name in Avid. It sounds like I need to drag the AAF file generated by MME into the Avid bin, too. (I’m not sure exactly how this process will work with AMA and MME)
3. Edit
4. (This step could actually come right after step 1) Backup P2 card to LTO tape using Symantec backup.
5. Use CatDV to search across all our catalogs (I need server edition for this, right?) to find that must-have clip, based on its descriptive name. Note actual P2-generated name.
6. Use Symantec backup software to restore clip from LTO4 tape, based on actual P2-generated name.

Please let me know if I’m missing something, or if there are features and capabilities of CatDV I can integrate into the process.

Thank you so much!

[Bryan Parris]

Thanks Peter.

Simple enough – so it’s a two step process :0)

That does the trick.

[Bryan Parris]

I did the vertical plasma display thing about a year ago, and while it was quite a pain, it was technically pretty straight forward. We shot video with the camera on its side. Because of the size of our camera and our tripod (most pro tripods cannot tilt to 90 degrees) we rented a special mounting rig from the local grip supply place. In the edit, I turned the production monitor on its side so I could see how it looked, and with graphics in After Effects I spent a lot of time cranking my head sideways. Other than shooting sideways and editing awkwardly, everything else was straight forward. They hooked a DVD player into the plasma as normal, and turned the plasma on it’s side with a mounting bracket designed for that. As far as the plasma is concerned, it’s receiving a standard signal. Hope this helps simplify things.

Bryan