[Colin Mcquillan]

I’m in the market for a new suite as-well,, but can afford to wait. Rumors I hear point to a mid-Nov hardware release.. others point to January…

As mentioned above,, if you can wait, wait.
If not, get what’s available that will suit your needs.

I just know how frustrating it can be to buy something, only to have a new, better product released a week or two later at the same price point! But such is the way with computers!

these guys keep decent tabs on what’s going on in the apple rumor realm: http://www.macrumors.com
always remember though,, this is a ‘rumor’ site!

Colin McQuillan
Vancouver BC

[Colin Mcquillan]

my 2TB G-SPEED eS should be arriving at my door any day! As I haven’t received it yet, I can’t say much from a first hand perspective. But from what i’ve read and heard, its the best bet in its league.

Colin McQuillan
Vancouver BC

[Colin Mcquillan]

Make sure all options are checked off in your render drop down menu, especially “Full”

Sequence => Render => Full and/or Sequence => Render All=> Full

this should get you going.

FCP’s render settings default has “Full” checked off in both the “Render All” drop-down and “Render Selection”. With this option not checked you will notice shifts when dissolving from GFX files to video and back.. amongst other subtle things.

Colin McQuillan
Vancouver BC

[Colin Mcquillan]

[rafalaos] “”Error: Out of memory””

Ever try “Clear Ram Preview” for that one. Has worked wonders for me. When Motion starts to lag, I go “Mark -> Ram Preview -> Clear RAM Preview” and all is fast again.

Not sure if it helps with export times, but does wonders while working in motion.

cheers,

Colin McQuillan
Vancouver BC

[Colin Mcquillan]

[rafalaos] “”Error: Out of memory””

Ever try “Clear Ram Preview” for that one. Has worked wonders for me. When Motion starts to lag, I go “Mark -> Ram Preview -> Clear RAM Preview” and all is fast again.

Not sure if it helps with export times, but does wonders while working in motion.

cheers,

Colin McQuillan
Vancouver BC

[Colin Mcquillan]

[gary adcock] “I have NEVER been able to attain that kind of throughput with less than 10 drives in an array- it cannot be done.”

Should have been more clear,, by 4 units I meant 4 GSPEEDeS stacks (each with 4 drives for a total of 16 individual drives in 4 units)

each unit/stack (4drives) in raid 0 is rated I think 207MBs write and 227ish read, but apparently you can add up to 4 stacks to the G-Tech 4-Port, PCIe x4 RAID Controller for a total of 16 drives to get the 600+MBs read speeds

Colin McQuillan
Vancouver BC

[Colin Mcquillan]

oh snap!

Sorry Bob,, I may have accidentally rated your post… low… I was going for a tab in my browser and had a premature click… The “Rate This Post” was right there…. I tried to give you 5 cows after,,, but it wont let me 🙁

Anyone reading,, could you help me out! Give bob some cows for his post just above!!

Cheers,

Colin McQuillan
Vancouver BC

[Colin Mcquillan]

Hi Guys,, thanks for all the response,

Fiber would be great,, but this particular unit is for a suite that will live in my den and the SATA raid will only be used on the one station. Might lug the system out to the truck for a few broadcasts here and there, but will mainly live at home.

For cost/performance, I’ve narrowed my search to the two units i’ve listed above. The S2VR HD and the GSPEED eS
The more I read… the more I like the GSPEED… According to them you can get write speeds up to 560MBs and read speeds over 600MB/s!! (with 4 units striped together in raid 0.) Is this possible with the S2VR? Couldn’t find anything on this on the caldigit site…

GSPEED eS is capable of RAID 0,1,5,10,JBOD, S2VR HD is RAID 0,1, JBOD

GSPEEDes is a bit cheeper than the S2VR HD.

I know of Walter’s experience with the S2VR HD, although I have read many good things about it too! (Really!?! you had 3 units go south on you?!?)
On the other hand the GSPEEDeS is new,, and I cant find any solid reviews on it,, and don’t know anyone who has tested one…

Are there other units in this range I may have missed that contend with these two?

Colin McQuillan
Vancouver BC

[Colin Mcquillan]

Hey Bob, read your review on the S2VR HD you wrote back in Jan. It might be the way I go for in a new suite:
Macpro octo (8 gig ram)
2X23″ACD
Kona LHe with breakout box
S2VR HD

Are you still liking the S2VR HD or have you seen anything else similar in price and performance spike your interest? How about the G-SPEED eS?

Caldigit S2VR HD VS G-Tech’s G-SPEED eS

Any thoughts?

Colin McQuillan
Vancouver BC

[Colin Mcquillan]

As far as jumpy playback and ugly lines go, I think you may have your fields reversed. Are you monitoring with an external CRT? and are the nasty lines you talk about what you see on your computer monitor or on a TV from the DVD after it is burnt? If it on a TV then you have your fields set wrong somewhere, If its on your computer monitor after export from FCP,, then this is normal. Make sure your field dominance in your iDVD project, Final Cut export, and Final Cut Timeline are correct.

I always use compressor to export from FCP to make DVD’s , and use the “best 90min” setting if disk space allows. I use DVDSP to author DVD’s though,, not sure about iDVD.

Do a search on in the FCP forum on DVD export settings, I’ve seen this topic come up a bunch of times over the passed month or 2.

cheers,

Colin McQuillan
Vancouver BC