Darren Kelly
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Hey Mitch, long time no chat.
I have success with 4 different cards so far.
1. Panasonic’s own cards will do the job
2 – 3 Either of Trandscends cards with a speed,rating of 3 will do it. Either one frankly
3. Pro’s cards will workSo basically, anything with the U3 speed rating that Imhave tried do a great job and I shot over 100 hours of 4K footage last summer for Oasis.
Hope this helps
Darren
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I did some research on Avids site and forum, and there is no cost saving, just a bunch of guys complaining over non working new features. . The pricing has gone back to Avids over $1000 price tag and you pay for more, and it’s system specs are either expensive or old.
I run a powerful 30TB Hackintosh, and an Air. Premiere runs well on both.
I guess I just suck it up
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Well the statement that you have to use it on your own terms and it’s not premiere or avid tells me this might be the right move for me. Maybe I need a look at Avid
Frustrating at a minimum
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Brad,
I am having issues playing back 4K video.
I am using a Hackintosh that have specs that are close to the new Mac Pro’s. An i7 4770K, a 4 GB video card – the GTX 760, 16GB RAM and a 6 drive RAID that has a throughput of over 900mbs. I am running 10.9.3
I am shooting with the BMD 4K camera.
I frequently get a stutter playback with dropped frames.
Does the Ultrastudio 4K solve any playback issues?
I can’t find a thread anywhere where people talk about the two cards as working, and as the 4K camera has so many bigs and no firmware releases anywhere close to being released….. I am afraid of giving them more money for something that may not work.
Darren
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After a conversation with Tech support at BMD, if you download and install the camera’s drivers, presets appear in Premiere, and any other software you might be using.
We ordered the camera, and I hope to be playing with it next week as I get ready for a shoot this summer.
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Premiere Pro CC doesn’t show a preset for any 4K footage except RED.
I understand you can edit it in FCPX.
The BlackMagic site shows it is compatible with windows and OSX, and shows compatibility with Avid, Premiere and FCPX, but I can’t find anything to prove that.
Does anyone own one of these cameras, do they work, and how do you edit it?
Thanks
Darren
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I did add the additional 2 drives to make a 4drive, 12TB RAID (Formats to 10.9 TB)
Doing the Decklink speed test, I recorded the following results.
2 Drive RAID
Write: 270mbs
Read: 285 mbs4 drive RAID
Write: 485mbs
Read: 585 mbs.The benchmark testing showed things to be slower, which doesn’t make much sense. I may have done it wrong.
The next question?
Will an independent RAID controller make a difference?
Will moving to a RAID 5 by adding an additional drive give me the protection that 12TB require?
WOW the performance of those SSD’s are making me jealous. How many streams can you playback in real time on the timeline?
Do you use windows to RAID, or a hardware raid card?
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Craig,
“So far, not enough time has passed to say much about accuracy.
I certainly think I’m accurate about how FCPX is growing in features and market penetration (slow and mostly younger people through attrition).”You predicted new MacPro’s 18 months ago. You predicted production grade Mac mini’s based on Thunderbolt, you predicted the industry moving to thunderbolt based technology (Intel doesn’t have MB with the technology on it yet)- you predicted the majority of editors would stick with FCP X – the list is endless. It took Apple 18 months to re-introduce the drop shadow to FCP X – this is not a software package that is moving quickly. Your accuracy is worse than if I let my Dog pick stocks by choosing which part of the paper to mess on!
“I guess you think Autodesk is drinking Apple Kool-Aid as well.”
I spend no time thinking about Autodesk. They don’t pontificate on these forums.
“Apple’s MacPro replacement will be a radical departure in design, break new technological ground. There goal will be a broader user base (as has been with everything these days). Some will love it. Other won’t. Just like FCPX. It may sell better than the MacPro did. It will be competitive as far as workstation processors go.”
Once again, this is YOUR SPECULATION. You have no knowledge or fact, hell it isn’t even a rumor, yet your statement suggests it’s fact. It is your own personal opinion. You know nothing about their plans.
Yes, Tim Cook said they would release something. Yes, they even announced they would be making them in California – that’s the only fact that exists. That it will be revolutionary – doubtful – and that’s my opinion only. At least I am not afraid to express when it’s my opinion, and not try and suggest I KNOW what Apple is doing.
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Craig has consumed so much Apple Kool-Aid that they (Apple) could commit mass murder and he would see it as a positive action.
What Gary wrote has been talked about here and other places’ and I personally believe is reality. I don’t think his motivation is anything negative, but rather an opportunity to try and help his customers, past, current and future make informed decisions as we all go into a new year.
Craig, you talk like you are some sort of authority, but you are not. I haven’t been on this forum for more than 6 months, and you are still pushing the same inaccurate information that you have been since FCP X was released. Are you capable of learning? Capable of actually seeing what’s in front of your face?
None of your predictions about Apple’s plans, products, etc have come anywhere near reality. Stop spreading your personal fantasies as anything more than that.
Happy New year everyone!
DBK
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I bought one, and tried to make a go of it.
Unless you meet the exact specs of the Black Magic website in terms of chip sets, etc DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT.
It is very finicky, and only likes certain configurations. In my case, I would have had to downgrade my mother board to get it to work. I was not prepared to do that, so I sold it.
I did buy a Decklink Intensity Pro card, and found the drivers buggy in Win 7. It just slowed everything down to a crawl. I took it out and put it in an older machine as a capture card only.
Buy a $25 video card that is compatible with your GTX. I use an Nvidea GTX210, and feed the monitor you want with that. I use HDMI, and it looks broadcast ready to my eyes.
Darren