[Francois Stark]

Hi Bob

Have a look at this barefeats review of the Highpoint Rocketraid 3522, with Raid 5; and the Intel IOP341 running at 800MHz with Multiple ADMA engines. It has 256MB DDR2 cache memory with ECC (533MHz). This “core” provides enhanced RAID 5 and 6 performance as well as improved overall Mac Pro performance due to less host CPU utilization.

https://www.barefeats.com/hard100.html

Unfortunately the mad scientists only tested raid 0 – it is the raid 5 info we want in this business!!!

It does not use port multiplication: It has special SAS connectors, and with a special cable can connect up to 8 sata drives seperately, each on their own sata channel! The drive enclosure needs to have one eSata port per drive.

Regards
Francois

Regards
Francois

[Francois Stark]

So why not just use the LHe… It seems kona 3’s hardware downconvert (The one feature I would use) is inferior to the export-HD-import-into-FCP-SD timeline method.

It will take a bit longer: Export ref HD movie, import, throw on SD timeline, render in SD… play out.

$1 000 cheaper, and better visual quality… No contest.

Regards
Francois

[Francois Stark]

I just received my map to exhibition halls at NAB, and guess what: there are two places where Avid is shown in a hall, and no Apple.

Could Avid have sucker-punched Apple to withdraw, only to come back to the exhibition at the last minute?

Michael obviously has some inside information about Apple being at NAB in some convoluted form… Please do tell as soon as you know. Especially if we can see Final Cut Server in action somewhere.

Michael, I just want to thank you and all the other producers of the NAB FCPUG SuperMeet. I was at one three years ago, and it’s the best thing to attend at NAB. I’m sure you’ll have a few surprises again this year.

Regards
Francois

Regards
Francois

[Francois Stark]

How about this old one from bob:

“Anyone who grades without a waveform/vectorscope should be taken into the street and shot.”

That was still with reference to Avid Symphony (Meridien)…

Regards
Francois

[Francois Stark]

Jerry

[Jerry Hofmann] “50 dog and ponies with say, 2 guys and a mac will cost no where near the millions spent at NAB…. and likely could reach as many or more people… that is what apple is looking at…”

My problem is: 2 guys with a mac will not show me a SAN with XSAN and 10 FCP’s – or 50 FCP’s like they normally have at NAB. They can not show me the workflow that Final Cut Server promises.

I’m talking about the medium size post facility, or large production house that needs many FCP’s and slick workflow. That part of FCP’s market sells lots of FCPs and lots of Mac Pros.

That’s the market they will not target properly unless they have a large active demo system to show. That’s where both Avid and Apple are losing it.

Do you have any idea what a whammer Avid could give if they decide to come back to Nab, with no Apple in sight? They could turn the whole tide of negative sentiment around…

Regards
Francois

[Francois Stark]

Jerry

There is a heavy price to pay for marketing like you suggested: 50 dog-and-pony shows in 50 markets can cost a lot more than one huge show that lasts 5 days at NAB. And you need either 50 well trained, slick pro tech/markting teams in 50 places, or one slick team working on it permanently…

Every three years I travel from South Africa to NAB – 24 hrs door to door – quite a trip – to make buying decisions. I have a list of areas to investigate – speak to the clever people. And this is the one place where I knew I would find them.

This year my ticket is booked. Within a year I have to recommend purchasing decisions on a HD multicam studio with video, audio, control, lighting, direct to disk recording, media servers, SAN and multiple edit suites in a broadcast environment. Final Cut Server was high on my agenda. Now it isn’t.

I will certainly not be helped by my local apple store… You see, there is a huge difference between reading about it on the internet (as I do) and seeing it in action – speaking to the people like Walter that has the knowledge to answer my questions.

Apple and Avid’s absence certainly hurts their chances for my business. And that’s a serious hit. There are many alternatives out there, at NAB.

Sad day. Very sad.

Avid lost my business 8 years ago. I had 3 Avids, now I have 10 FCP’s. Maybe I’ll have 20 Premiere systems in three years, with Ramoha Howard’s RaveHD as a central media server??? These items change, perceptions and market conditions change –

Apple must not take a rest in a comfort zone with FCS or they will lose their good name quickly. EG:
– Blu-ray won the race. HD movies need to be authored in Blu-ray. This is URGENT!
– QT 7.4 that breaks pro apps. No relief in sight. That shows serious disrespect to their own pro-community.

C’mon Apple – don’t drop the ball!

Regards
Francois

[Francois Stark]

Keith – No, sorry, it won’t fit! LOL!

No, we have several G5 systems, some with PCI-e and some with PCI-X. The older PCI-X cards work fine, the newest PCI-e decklink hd-extreme not.

Thanks
Francois

[Francois Stark]

Hi Justin

Next time you experience the slowdown – just disable external video in FCP (Apple-F12) and check scrubbing speed. Then re-enable and see if it works for you.

Regards
F

[Francois Stark]

I think one of your media files is offline or corrupted.

Try copying parts of your sequence to another timeline in another project, and see if that renders.

Always try to break down problems into smaller pieces and test each piece individually.

Regards
Francois

[Francois Stark]

FCP works best in DV resolution. 720×576 in PAL.

Very good performance, you wont get it to render much faster if you go to a lower res.

If you need a small version for the web, export your timeline to a quicktime movie and send it to compressor. There you can reduce size for distribution.

Unfortunately Motion renders slowly, there’s no way around that.

Regards
francois