[Hilary Koob-sassen]

Dear Sir,

could you complete the clarification and tell me if the 32 gig sxs will work with the EX1 (original model not R) with firmware 1.11_0531?

A rapid response would be most appreciated!

HKS

[Hilary Koob-sassen]

Ah! I thought you meant stripe size… yes have been running the test with a 4gb file…. the disk is wicked fast 720 MB/sec in raid 6!!! but it is the frame size/codec thing, i think…

I am anxious to try your frame sequence test towards previewing full res/25fps…

I export a series of stills frm FCP timeline at 3840×2160
export to what format, please?
I bring this sequence into AE 3840X2160 (8bit only)…and render as…?
or RAM preview?
Just clue me to basic moves and settings and formats please and I try with AE5.5 tommrrow…

Very greatful,
Hilary

[Hilary Koob-sassen]

Dear Gary,

Thanks for that clear suggestion. I will try to up it from 64 (current) to 128 (yikes i think the max block size!)

see if it plays a few more frames.

all the best,
H

[Hilary Koob-sassen]

Thanks Gary,
I am curious about the possible disk bottlenecks other than disk throughput speed.
the AJA whack test shows easily enough disk throughput to handle 604MB/sec, do you think that AE “animation render” or YUV would playback on my desktop for checking, ie that it is a codec issue?
would that be the same animation codec that fcp uses? Then I would test that codec…
apple uncompressed 10 bit 4:2:2 won’t play more than 3-4 sec.

re rendering: It is ok on the quadcore… i just keep working on another computer/file. most of the work happens lower res.

re image sequence: I would like to understand the issue more before I do too many tests…I feel someone knows about this/
has done those tests already.

my problem is not editing and rendering of which I will d a variety of methods, but rather what hardware/codec etc. to render TO….how to see it,
1/2 or 3/4 scale or actual scale (partial)
on my 30″ desktop
so I can check composition…

thanks,
Hilary

[Hilary Koob-sassen]

Ah, so no rendered video file playback of that size possible…mmm
yikes…

[Hilary Koob-sassen]

Hi Gary,
thanks for that,
best to think data visualization..
some of that wll be for compositing and motion purposes, checked at 1/2 and actual size (partial/piecemiel) on 30 inch mac monitor for now,
then down to dvd, etc. AND onto some very fanciness itself for a traveling installation. and probably a couple of version with synced projectors…
“left….left…doh! RIGHT…ok left left….” : )

Do you see any other potential bottlenecks for watching such video? would this be playing within AE? What codec or none?

I can just about edit (slowly via keyframes w.o. playback) and renders no problem that size in FCP… would rather prep materials in FCP than relearn premiere…
Thanks for your help,
Hilary

[Hilary Koob-sassen]

Dear Russ,
just to clarify, I am aware of the tools available in AE and Premiere, I don’t mean to ask about that,
I would love to know if you have had experience with such a frame size in those programs, or of any bottlenecks elsewhere in a system you could identify playing forth such frame size.

greatfully,
Hilary

[Hilary Koob-sassen]

Hey Russ,
thanks for that.
I know it gets complicated predicting the future,
but you think AE (will 5.5 do it?) will let me edit (slowly), render, and <<>> through my graphics card 7800Gt256 G5 quad 8 gig, video of that frame size from the ProRX?
So you think the ‘bottle neck’ does indeed reside in quicktime.
Can you predict any other—AE—or Mac bottle necks?

Thank you for your help,
Hilary

[Hilary Koob-sassen]

[Hilary Koob-sassen]

Dear Chris and Craig,

I forgot to ask: what operating system and quicktime do you use
I forgot to tell: The powerbook G4 in question is 1ghz and 1 gig ram

I thank you, Hilary