[Fredy Schwerdtner]

Walter Soyka:If Apple had launched with 10.0.3 or 10.0.4, we might all be having a different conversation.

I couldn’t agree more !!!!!

iMac 2.7 GHz Intel 4 Core i5
16 GB memory

MacBook Pro 17″
2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
6GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

OWC RAID 5 with 4TB

OS X 10.7.3
FCPX
Final Cut Studio “3”

[Fredy Schwerdtner]

Hi Thomas and you all.
I was traveling doing a job out of the country (Brazil).
Now I’m back.
I’ve been using the card a lot. It stills getting hot when it is in use and kind of warm when it is only connected.
The bottleneck still the speed of the esata regardless the thunderbolt connection on the iMac.

All the best for you all …

iMac 2.7 GHz Intel 4 Core i5
16 GB memory

MacBook Pro 17″
2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
6GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

OWC RAID 5 with 4TB

OS X 10.7.3
FCPX
Final Cut Studio “3”

[Fredy Schwerdtner]

What is a good manageable length for you ?

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6GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

OWC RAID 5 with 3TB
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Final Cut Studio “3”

[Fredy Schwerdtner]

That would be awesome !

iMac 2.7 GHz Intel 4 Core i5
16 GB memory

MacBook Pro 17″
2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
6GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

OWC RAID 5 with 3TB
(2) External HD LaCieMac (400/800 FW and USB)with 500GB -(2) USB External HD Western Digital (in cases) with 750GB
OS X 10.6.5
Final Cut Studio “3”

[Fredy Schwerdtner]

Hi Ron,
Well, I’m thinking it is working very good. You can immediately notice the difference between having your raid connected with your iMac through the Thunderbolt adapter on eSata with the Sonnet’s Tempo Sata Pro ExpressCard/34 adapter and the FW 800. Skimming on FCPX runs fantastic. Render with my Raid enclosure is much faster, also with FCP 7. But I have somethings to say about it but they don’t compromise.

1- The Thunderbolt Adapter gets pretty hot, even if you are not working with it. Just because it is cable connected, it gets hot.
2- When I used to use the Sonnet’s Tempo Sata Pro ExpressCard/34 adapter with my MacBook Pro it also used to get hot but at least, its “drive” or “firmware” had a little icon installed on menu bar on desktop with which I could unmount it and then it cooled. The new Thunderbolt adapter doesn’t have a way to unmount or a bottom to turn on/off. I have to unmount the whole Raid Enclosure and then disconnect the Thunderbolt cable.

Anything else, let me know.
Greeting,
Fredy.

iMac 2.7 GHz Intel 4 Core i5
16 GB memory

MacBook Pro 17″
2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
6GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

OWC RAID 5 with 3TB
(2) External HD LaCieMac (400/800 FW and USB)with 500GB -(2) USB External HD Western Digital (in cases) with 750GB
OS X 10.6.5
Final Cut Studio “3”

[Fredy Schwerdtner]

Guys, my adapter from Sonnet has arrived.
I installed it connected to my iMac via Apple’s Thunderbolt cable in one side and at the other side I have the Sonnet Tempo Sata ExpressCard 34 Adapter (https://www.sonnettech.com/product/temposataproexpress34.html) in it connected to my OWC Enclosure with 4 TB – Raid 5 (https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/RAID/Desktop/) via the esata port.
So far I could notice a much better skimming with FCPX.

iMac 2.7 GHz Intel 4 Core i5
16 GB memory

MacBook Pro 17″
2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
6GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

OWC RAID 5 with 3TB
(2) External HD LaCieMac (400/800 FW and USB)with 500GB -(2) USB External HD Western Digital (in cases) with 750GB
OS X 10.6.5
Final Cut Studio “3”

[Fredy Schwerdtner]

Nice tips on your link ….

iMac 2.7 GHz Intel 4 Core i5
16 GB memory

MacBook Pro 17″
2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
6GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

OWC RAID 5 with 3TB
(2) External HD LaCieMac (400/800 FW and USB)with 500GB -(2) USB External HD Western Digital (in cases) with 750GB
OS X 10.6.5
Final Cut Studio “3”

[Fredy Schwerdtner]

Hi David,
Long time I don’t post anything here but it doesn’t mean that I’m not reading everything you, David Lawrence, Rafael Amador and many others are saying about the great combat between 7 x FCPX.
Reading this thread makes me going back on my beginning here on CC when I was confused about fps, frame sizes anamorphic or not, progressive and interlaced and etc… .
You know what ? Thanks to FCP 4.5 , 5, 6, 7 (those I’ve worked with) and all of you guys here who understands the tech problems, I’m a better editor. Not because of an answer you or any other gave me but because the answer made me look more deep on the question, no matter if it was here on CC or anywhere else around the internet or in the books I’ve bought. Do you believe that now I’m also directing ?
Well, I waited 3 months to install FCPX. Before that I read, read and read about it, here in CC.
My last job I edited all of it in FCPX but now I’m with another one inside FCP7. What I’m doing ? Before start the editing I decide what I want to do with all those clips and then decide where I’m going to work. If I will need some plugins and a monitoring, I go for 7 if not I’m taking the X.
Since the videos I work with do not run for an Oscar in Hollywood or for broadcast around the whole country and also I do not have the latest and modern facility full of optical fibers and arrays with many HDs looking like a wardrobe, FCPX is doing a very good job for me.
Do you remember when in a thread you came on my help saying to the others: “Hey guys, Fredy just want to see what he is doing with the clips and not be waiting for render to see the results.” And you came with a good solution for me.
Now, FCPX makes it possible fast and easy. I’m really enjoying it ! But 7 is just beside for many helps … lol.
Greetings and thanks for all ….

iMac 2.7 GHz Intel 4 Core i5
16 GB memory

MacBook Pro 17″
2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
6GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

OWC RAID 5 with 3TB
(2) External HD LaCieMac (400/800 FW and USB)with 500GB -(2) USB External HD Western Digital (in cases) with 750GB
OS X 10.6.5
Final Cut Studio “3”

[Fredy Schwerdtner]

Dear fellow,
Thanks for your interest in helping me.
Looking carefully on the Inspector window and selecting 1 clip on timeline, it shows 1440×1080 29,97 fps — 1080i HD — codec HDV 1080i60 (25 mb/s) Linear PCM. I’m trying to post a pic here ….

You said: “but because of the aspect ratio of the pixels it comes in as 1440. Changing the pixel aspect ratio to square should result in a 1920×1080 file, if FCPX doesn’t do it automatically. “
I guess FCPX, by Inspector, did not change automatically … If it is so, I will have to change the pixel aspect ratio and I could do it in Compressor, right ?

Thanks again ….

iMac 2.7 GHz Intel 4 Core i5
16 GB memory

MacBook Pro 17″
2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
6GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

OWC RAID 5 with 3TB
(2) External HD LaCieMac (400/800 FW and USB)with 500GB -(2) USB External HD Western Digital (in cases) with 750GB
OS X 10.6.5
Final Cut Studio “3”

[Fredy Schwerdtner]

thanks for your answer.
I did as you said before I’ve received your answer.
I ingested or imported, I don’t know anymore the nomenclature …lol, I did the editings, color correction, “shared” exporting movie (prores .mov) and then sent to Compressor to get the Motion Jpeg codec (as asked by the client) but I had to use the Compressor 3.5 because Compressor 4 does not have that codec. There I changed the size to 1920×1080, progressive (the original material was 60i) and also tweaked a little with Frame Controls pushing the Anti-Alias to 35.
The result was not fantastic as it could be if the clips were shot in native HD but they look ok.

iMac 2.7 GHz Intel 4 Core i5
16 GB memory

MacBook Pro 17″
2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
6GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

OWC RAID 5 with 3TB
(2) External HD LaCieMac (400/800 FW and USB)with 500GB -(2) USB External HD Western Digital (in cases) with 750GB
OS X 10.6.5
Final Cut Studio “3”