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[Ivan Radovanovic] “Just out of curiosity, but how is TCIP for Thunderbolt connected to OP question?
As I understood Mac Mini is connected to RAID via Thunderbolt and than shared via Gigabit Ethernet.
Practically Thunderbolt is used only for storage expansion, and known Thunderbolt TCIP issues you have linked doesn’t have any impact in this scenario (he is not trying to use Thunderbolt networking).
Or am I completely wrong? :)”

Sorry Ivan, but you are wrong in this case – I understand it may seem illogical, but there are TCIP issues involved.

FYI, our Platform Studio servers have Thunderbolt-2 connectivity, however we are simply unable to get full streaming performance adequate for editing in a shared storage environment off a connected Thunderbolt array, though we can off connected SAS, eSATA, and even Firewire drives. We can use the T-bolt arrays for tier-2 backup and archive, but NOT for editing. Trust me, many have tried and failed, this a well known issue.

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[Neil Sadwelkar] “I think the problem lies in the sharing. Maybe the switch. It may improve if the Macmini were to connect with the switch over 10GigE going into a 10GigE port on the switch if it has one.”

Hi Neil,

Ethernet speed is NOT the issue, he’ll still have latency issues using T-Bolt drives, even over 10GbE, it’ll just be a more expensive failure.

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Hey Oliver,

Siri is actaully a human voice, I heard an interview just this past week with the VO artist herself, on NPR. However, I guess you’re referring to the speech recognition of user voices that generates responses from Siri, right?

With regard to speech recognition built-in to X, I am under the impression that Apple is still very much into having 3rd parties supply the majority of add-ons, so wouldn”t 3rd party software such as that from Boris suffice?

– David

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Hi Nancy,

Andy Mees’ free Elastic Aspect plugin is no longer at the old link I originally posted, but it’s still available, and still free from FX Factory at this link:
https://fxfactory.com/info/elasticaspect/

I think you’ll find it to be the ideal alternative to the four traditional (and always funky) methods of adding 4×3 material to a 16×9 timeline, as it horizontally stretches those parts of the frame that are hardly noticeable, rather than stretching the entire frame and turning your subjects into “blockheads.”

Let me know how you like it and if you ultimately use it.

– David

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ProMax Systems
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Benni,

See this post in another conversation: https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/197/860241

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ProMax Systems
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[Benjamin Graf] ”
but are those very heavy lags (1-2 and sometimes more seconds when starting Playback) common?
Does thunderbolt cause them?”

Yes sir!!! That’s exactly what you get when you don’t have the proper network protocols built-in, it’s almost identical to what many encounter when they attempt to build a home-brewed NAS for shared video storage.

As all of the storage industry professionals here will reiterate, if shared storage for video was easy, companies like ProMAX and the many others you see advertising here on the Cow would simply not be in business.

David Roth Weiss
ProMax Systems
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Sorry to tell you Benni, but what you have is all you’ll get for now. Apple has not built-in the proper networking protocol (TCIP) for Thunderbolt that’s necessary for shared storage. Without that, you will experience latency issues, and there is no fix for that at this time.

David Roth Weiss
ProMax Systems
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It’s a very nice article Herb.

FYI, I have a terrific workflow improvement for you whenever you have some time to chat.

Later,
David

David Roth Weiss
ProMax Systems
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[David Roth weiss]

The Internet Archives has a lot of public domain footage, but it’s not easy to search and much of the footage isn’t that great. Bottom line is, you usually get what you pay for in this world.

David Roth Weiss
ProMax Systems
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If you’re sticking with FCP7, why spend any money on a new workstation at this point? What are you hoping to gain?

David Roth Weiss
ProMax Systems
Burbank
DRW@ProMax.com

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David is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.