[Eric Strand]

Hi Martin, thanks for the screenshots, test clip, and information. Those are the same lines of thought I had as well regarding the Telestream clip and the Media Encoder clip. I had not come across Cambria FTC yet but the results do look very nice. I may be reaching out offline. Thanks again.

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[Eric Strand]

Thanks Paul, just sent.

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[Eric Strand]

ProRes is lossy technically, but it’s visually lossless; thousands of people around the world are using and archiving with it.

Camera files that are “small” use Long GOP compression and probably 4:2:0 color subsampling. Using an ALL-I codec means you’re back in the range of ProRes data rates, in which case just store and archive in ProRes and FFV1. ProRes so you can keep using it for at least the foreseeable future; FFV1 because it’s open source.

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[Eric Strand]

Pat makes a good point about the move away from proprietary solutions; it makes logical and safe sense, in theory.

However, I will say he is the first person I’ve seen to say “it’s pretty much accepted that ProRes makes no sense going forward”

As you pointed out none of the major players/companies/etc support FFV1. If you want to be absolutely safe, then you can archive in BOTH ProRes and FFV1, yes it takes up more space, but there’s always going to be a tradeoff somewhere.

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[Eric Strand]

Thanks to the Tims’ and Neil for jumping in!

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[Eric Strand]

I understand your point and fully agree with you; Cache-A is a great example. Additionally I learned about YoYotta from your articles.

There is no right answer. I thought your original post from 2016 was interesting and decided to start a conversation given the downward trends in pricing. We live in a time of amazing, affordable technology, as your articles post NAB often highlight.

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[Eric Strand]

I love Hedge, but am slightly wary of their Canister LTFS product simply because they are a smaller company. Even though LTFS is open source, where will technology and companies be in 5 and then 10 years? What happens if a newer technology comes out meant to replace LTFS?

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[Eric Strand]

Thanks Bob, along the lines of what I thought you may say. Small production facilities, as always, are continually fighting the budget vs new technology battle.

Also interesting to note that although 20TB drives will be available in the future, the file sizes that cameras generate continues to grow. Although one could look at new Blackmagic Raw with it’s lower data rates and say that camera and codec manufacturers will also keep innovating and giving us better quality for similar or smaller file sizes.

Thanks again for your insights.

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[Eric Strand]

Thanks for your reply Bob; I meant on your exact initial post:

“I cannot help to acknowledge that as the price of inexpensive NAS products from Synology, QNAP, and Netgear
continue to drop in price, the reality that NEAR LINE STORAGE (secondary shared storage with cheaper products) is becoming a viable alternative to LTO tape backup.”

What is your and other execs thoughts two years later/the current state of near line as archive?

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[Eric Strand]

Thanks Mark, appreciate the suggestions hopefully if we get some photos of the place we’ll get a better idea. The YouTube videos show the ambient lighting varies a lot of from place to place.

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