Jaime Quintana
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You wrote:
you do understand that you will need to get a fibre card for EVERY computer that is on your network, and copper to fibre transceivers for EVERY computer on your network (for each fibre card).
I do understand this. I guess my main question is: Why go for a 4 port card when a 2 port is considerably cheaper? What is the advantage of having four ports as opposed to two?
What is your server – the G5 ? Are you running OS-X server ? Do you know how to configure a QLogic SanBox ?
We are slowly building this facility. I had been working at a botique type post facility over the last two years where we have a Q-Logic SANbox configured with a PC. Two suites with Avids are hooked up to a 5.6 TB X-Raid which we manage with Commandsoft’s Fibrejet. This has worked for us very well and I wanted to bring this to my current place of employment. We currently have three suites. The idea is to use one computer as a digitizing station and the other two computers would have access to the digitized material on a G-Speed FC 24 TB drive. Am I at least on the right track? What would be your main concerns with such a set-up? As always, thank you.
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Ok…alas the gods have smiled upon me and i have been given a budget to set up a new fibre network with new drives. I am in the process of formatting the Apple X-Raid and looking to replace it with the G-Speed FC 24 TB 4gb/s. The plan is to get a Q-Logic fibre switch and have this connected to 2 other suites. In reference to the x-raid, will I be able to hook up a 2gb/s drive to this network of 4gb/s? Might seem like a dumb question, just weighing all my options. If not, is there a way to do this? The idea is to get as much storage as possible for editing and still be able to use the storage we have for archiving. I am open to any suggestions. Thanks.
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Thanks….I’m still not getting playback. I checked my settings in FCP and still nothing. I also configured the AJA settings to 720p60. Don’t know what else to do.
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I was using that because otherwise the timeline will not play out of the AJA into the monitor (via SDI)…I only get a freeze frame
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Yes, I thought of that but I double-checked and everything was brought in as it should’ve been. Maybe it was from switching setups?
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Well, I’ve been compressing HDV files straight out of FCP and I’ve found the files, which range about 2 mins, are usually in the neighborhood of 350 MB which works for our asset transfer system. I was using motion JPEG-B because somewhere someone said that compression is used for interlaced video and photoJPEG is used for progressive scan stuff. My clients were told this and know swear by it. If I do compress an HDV file out of FCP, it actually makes the file bigger (using both sorenson and compressor).
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We have a VAC BBG-2 nine output generator.
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Thanks Bob….So I promise to run around the block a few times this week and cut back on the meals. What’s strange is that I took the blackburst generator off the matrix and plugged it into a monitor with a videoscope. I only got black and no video hit. I’m guessing its still the blackburst. I guess I’ll have to look into a new one. AJA gen 10 is mustard you say? Thanks again. Jaime Quintana
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Thanks for the info. I set the sync to internal. Only problem is I am outputting to a Sony BVW-75 and I am getting synch problems. Any thoughts on how to get around that?
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You can either transcode or just recapture using an EDl. It really is a pain to have to transcode because it will take up double the space on your drives and more time depending on the size of your project. I have always found it easier to just recapture.
Your problem is because of bad in-points. Your in-points probably landed on duplicate frames causes a stutter, right?