[Chris Gorman]

when i made the clone all was working good, much later unfixable problems started on my usual working drive. so i’ll try just cloning the good one over onto the erased hd. thanks.

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[Chris Gorman]

Thanks, only problem is that it’s been so long I don’t remember if it was a clean install or clone. If it’s a clone, does that mean I can’t clone it back over?

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[Chris Gorman]

Thanks, that’s great info. I found a download for the mac version 1.3. Not sure if that’s the latest version.

I’ll try it after I get done with my current project, in a few weeks. I don’t want to risk installing anything right now when I have an important project in process.

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[Chris Gorman]

New info: I checked it again after multiple tries with disk warrior. This time it sees something it calls “unknown disk”, and says “directory cannot be rebuilt due to disk hardware failure (-36, 2268).

However, maybe it just means that the raid configuration/formatting or something is broken.

When I click on the hardward test, s.m.a.r.t. diagnostics in dw, it says the drive is functioning normally.

Other info in response to your comment about power supply – all the other drives in the same enclosure are working fine. I’m not sure which “power supply” you mean.

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[Chris Gorman]

I own disk warrior and use it frequently. However, I should have mentioned that disk warrior is not seeing this raid.

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[Chris Gorman]

I think the G5 that came out immediately after mine was an Intel Mac. But mine is PowerMac. Are you sure your friend’s G5 was PowerMac?

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[Chris Gorman]

Looks like I can’t use the new mac mini as a render node with my G5. I talked with an Apple sales rep today and he said that I’d need a separate license to use the mac mini as a render node and that’s no longer available because that version of the software is longer sold. But the bigger problem is that my G5 in not an intel machine, so it could not communicate with the intel mac mini.

I don’t think I want to spend $600 for a mac mini and only use it to display my video demos at shows.

So, now I’m instead looking at the option of getting the WDTV and an HDTV. Maybe Samsung 720p 32″ LN32B360. It’s not 1080p or 1080i, but my h.264 files are not full frame anyway.I don’t have the tech expertise to know if the 720p will compromise the image/playback quality. Anybody have any thoughts on that?

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[Chris Gorman]

Thanks for the detailed response. I’m seriously considering this.

Hopefully, the mac mini slower drive won’t be a bottleneck. Seems the CPU would be the main factor.

I would want to run it in the background so I can continue editing on my G5, or, if possible, just put the source file on the mac mini and have the whole thing run from there..if that’s possible.

I hope it wouldn’t be a problem if the mac mini is running snow leopard, but my G5 is running Tiger with compressor 3.0.5

Well, I have lots to read and research, thanks for the info.

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[Chris Gorman]

Yes, I’ve seen the WD Tv before and agree it looked great. It’s a great price, until you add on the HDTV. The combo would probably cost me more than the mac mini.

Though I wouldn’t rule it out totally, the obstacle to the WD Tv plus HDTV solution is that I’m not prepared to buy an HDTV, and if I did, I’m not even sure how convenient it would be to lug around…how much heavier than my 23″ Cinema Display?

My Cinema Display has limitations with ambient light, but at least I know what to expect, and I already own it.

With an HDTV there’s so much guesswork about what will display my video best considering viewer distance from the screen, lighting, HDTV specs. etc etc. weight, best specs to get for good quality, but keeping cost down. The cheaper the better. . . if it does the job, but with so many HDTV choices, I don’t know what would be the best choice for this purpose.

For comparison purposes, I guess I’m looking at: will I get more use, more value, from the mac mini or from a WDTV and HDTV combo for same total price, eg. $600.

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[Chris Gorman]

Although this doesn’t answer your specific question, it’s a suggestion for additional safety when backing up a project. I keep a minimized window of a folder on a different drive with backups of fcp projects.

While editing I navigate to the minimized view of two folders: one is my working edit drive with the project, the other is a folder on another drive. I simply Option drag (copy) the project to the other drive.

This window arrangement lets me do it quickly and easily at brief intervals. If my project gets corrupted or the drive fails, i have a good recent project backed up on the other drive.

Makes no sense that your project is not saving when you do “save”. Ya think your scratch disk got changed and you didn’t notice?

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