Eric Jurgenson
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It’s funny you say that Light Peak will be relegated to peripheral attachment, and won’t replace Ethernet for high speed storage networks, because I don’t think many people 10 years ago forsaw Ethernet taking over SCSI and Fibre Channel in that application.
Ultimately, it will be price that will determine which technology perseveres. and Lighr Peak looks like it will be very affordable.
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You could export it as ProRes. Just make sure your Quicktime player is up to date on the Windows machine (QT player now includes ProRes playback codecs. Previously they were available as a seperate install, and that may still be available on the web). You could also export a Targa or Tiff sequence if you have enough disk space available (they are uncompressed).
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There is a different camera driver for HDV and DV. The camera has to be in the correct mode when you connect the firewire cable to the computer in order for the correct driver to load. To be sure the camera is in the right mode, I will frequently connect the cable while the camera is actually playing back the footage. Maybe that would work in your situation.
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DVCPRO 50 is a standard definition format – won’t work for HD. Try DVCPRO HD instead. If you are converting frame rates (25 fps PAL to 30 fps NTSC), you may get better results with After Effects, especially if you have an older version of Premiere.
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Steve,
So you are saying that 4-1G connections between the server and the switch (link aggrigation mode – NAS configuration) is likely to outperform a 10G connection? Is this just for certain switch models?
I was thinking of going with an SMC-8926EM managed switch with a 10G module for my server connection. Any comments on this particular switch regarding 10G to 1G flow control and other issues?
Normally I’d go wth the 4-1G configuration to save some money, but I was thinking of 10G between the server and the switch as a first step toward 10G to the client (at some point in the future).
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By the way, it is Apple’s fault (not Adobe’s) you have an XDCAM file in a .mov wrapper. This happens to clips imported into FCP.
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You might want to try uninstalling and reunstalling Quicktime player (after updating Adobe software to the latest versions). This took care of a few issues for me.
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If I did go the NAS route, and forgo iSCSI (not compatable with DAVE apparently) for TCP/IP, wouldn’t I be better off with a Windows server than a Mac Pro server, since the network is using SMB protocol, and the Windows box would be cheaper?
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Thanks, Bob. Don’t know how you found me (never did fill out my Cow profile), but I appreciate the call and the advice. I might still investigate the SANmp route, because that might allow me to forgo the MacPro server, and save some money. As Caspian mentioned, SANmp also does not require a seperate metadata network. But of course I must weigh the cost of client SAN software vs. server hardware.
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I’m definately going to check it out. Eliminating the need for a seperate metadata network was the subject of my original post, so this could be the answer I’m looking for. Thanks.