Dwaine Maggart
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Don’t worry too much about breaking it. Add a new user to play in, and you won’t affect anything already on the system. (Adding a user is described in Chapter 2 of the Ops manual).
To start using the system, turn on the 2K mainframe, the Linux PC, the control panels and the Gallery PC. Power on order not very important, but Linux PC first would be best. The Linux PC should boot up to a graphical Linux desktop. There should be a 2K icon on the desktop. Double left click that to start the app.
About the only thing you can do to break the system (assuming you have a Linux based system) is to power off the Linux PC without doing a proper shutdown. That stands a fair chance of trashing the hard drive.
What’s the proper way to shut down the Linux PC? Exit the 2K application, and at the Linux desktop, right click on an empty area of the desktop, then select Logout, then select Power Off Computer. You will see a Linux shutdown process scroll up the screen, and at the end, the PC will either turn itself off, or you will see a message to Power Off the PC. That is the only safe time to press the power switch.
Dwaine Maggart
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The issue isn’t 3D related. The issue is that the Extreme 3 card has been replaced with the Extreme 3D version. If you happen to have an Extreme 3 card already, it will work. But if you need to buy a card, the Extreme 3D is what you can buy today.
Dwaine Maggart
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I’m not an Apple user. I know little of Mac Pro systems. I don’t have one in my hands yet. But in doing some basic research on the Apple web site, it appears that there are multiple models of Mac Pro. Including Mac Pro Original, Mac Pro 8X and 2008 and 2009 models. The level of PCI-E support appears different on all these models. Only the 2009 model supports PCI-E 2.0 on ALL lanes. I imagine we are testing on a 2009 model. It seems to me that earlier models lacking PCI-E 2.0 support on all lanes could potentially have bus bandwidth issues with the Resolve app. I’m sure it will all come down to what types of cards you have installed where, and how much bandwidth they need. But I think I would want to exercise caution on expecting systems earlier than 2009 Mac Pros to work properly in all scenarios. No doubt someone with an older system will try it, and eventually we’ll have a better idea of just what will and won’t work properly as far as the base Mac Pro platform goes.
The following link is on the Apple site and explains the PCI-E stuff in good detail:
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT2838
Dwaine Maggart
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There is a Revival thread in this forum with comments by Revival Product Manager Gary Adams that you might find useful, if you have not already read it.
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/277/95#224
Dwaine Maggart
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Where do you notice that you can’t order 2 2.93Ghz CPU’s? I’m on the Apple site, and it lets me select that.
Dwaine Maggart
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I’m confused. Are you asking about Revival or Resolve? There is (as in the Grant statement you provide) a Mac version of Resolve. There is not a Mac version of Revival.
Dwaine Maggart
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I’m not sure exactly what you are looking to do. Resolve has extensive gamma control ability. It’s a color corrector. 🙂
You have manual gamma controls for RGBY and Master. You can create any sort of custom gamma curve and apply. You have input, output and monitoring LUT capabilities.
If you are looking for a switch labeled “Convert Gamma from 2.2 to 2.7”, it doesn’t have that.
Dwaine Maggart – Blackmagic Design DaVinci Support
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A comment about panels. The 2K never supported the older serial style panels. Only dui systems and older support serial panels. 2K supports network panels only. And yes, existing 2K network control panels can be used as Resolve panels, (as can existing dui network panels). But only on the Linux Resolve systems, not currently with the Mac Resolve software, as it only supports USB panels.
Switching DaVinci network panels between 2K and (Linux)Resolve use is as simple as switching or patching a CAT5 connection between the 2K Linux PC, and the Resolve GUI PC. A panel power cycle is required after switching between systems.
Dwaine Maggart
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Hi Neil,
Nope, neither Resolve version is that. There is no telecine control available with either the Linux or Mac version.
However, there may be third party products available to address this. The Corona from Film Systems might be one solution, at least for controlling the telecine to ingest into the Resolve. It allows a telecine to be controlled as a VTR.
Dwaine
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I can confirm that the Euphonix MC Color panel was NOT working on the Mac Resolve at NAB time.
What I cannot confirm is what panels may or may not be supported when the Mac Resolve software ships. The Resolve product manager, Peter Chamberlain, has stated in this forum that we plan to add support for more panels as rapidly as we can.
Looking at the MC Color panel specs just now, I will also comment that initially, only USB control surfaces will be supported. It looks like the MC Color panel has an Ethernet interface. Thus, I would speculate that you won’t see this supported upon the initial Mac Resolve software release.
Regards,
Dwaine