Jason Jenkins
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[David Roth Weiss] “RAIDs are not just for massive HD, they have huge performance benefits for video editing at every level.
As you’ve found, drives have little impact on render speed and times, where they benefit the editor is via the extraordinary improved realtime performance and playback capabilities they allow, enabling the realtime playback of layers and layers of video and audio, and the luxury of deferring renders to a more convenient time that is dictated by the editor rather than by the limitations of his/her computer hardware.”
Thanks for the elaboration, David. I haven’t used RAID since the advent of SATA. If I’m working with more than two or three layers of video, I’m usually doing it in After Effects. You’ve got my interest piqued, though -I may have to try RAID again and see if it has any benefit for me. It is nice having the whole project nice and tidy on just one drive, though. Project files and raw footage are backed up in other locations, of course.
Jason Jenkins
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I recently upgraded my Mac Pro system drive to an SSD from OWC. While it doesn’t make a bit of difference render-wise, it boots way faster, apps open faster and everything feels nice and snappy. It breathed new life into my 4 year old Mac Pro. I love it, and no, I don’t work for OWC! Buying a massive RAID system is worth it if you are editing uncompressed or high bitrate video, but for those of us who aren’t, it won’t make rendering any faster. Only higher clock speed will do that. I actually tried setting scratch to my SSD just for kicks. Even though is more than twice the speed of my SATA drive, it made no difference in render time.
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Flowmotion Media
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You answered your own question. Yes, it is hard to track a moving subject. That’s why filmmakers use actors who hit their marks and focus pullers who know their craft and lenses that cost more than my car…
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The HVX does have a time&date function under menu>display setup>date/time. There is a date/time button on the remote as well. I don’t think it burns the info into the recorded image, but the information is there when you play back. At the very least you could play your footage back from the camera with the time&date displayed and capture it analog to your NLE.
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I can’t tell you what you should charge, but I would charge about $4k for something like this.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “So go shoot tape?”
No thanks! Thank you for the help, though.
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I installed the P2 drivers for Snow Leopard and the new version of P2CMS and now I’m getting transfer at about 2.6 minutes per GB –which is closer to what I was getting on Tiger. However, it is still only slightly faster than a real-time tape transfer.
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Flowmotion Media
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The Panasonic HVX is not very good in low light. If you were to use an HVX, you would definitely need a good on-camera light and a couple of 64GB P2 cards to make sure you have enough media. The Canon 5D, coupled with fast lenses is amazing in low light because of the large sensor, but there may be limitations on the record time.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “Did you do a fresh install of snow?
Are you sure your Sara card is Snow compatible?
You shoul most definitely install the snow leopard p2 drivers.”
Yes, a fresh install on a brand new Solid State Drive. eSATA card is working perfectly –105 MB/s write & 112 MB/s read from a single drive.
Should I install the P2 drivers meant for Panasonic’s pricey P2 card readers?
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[Jeremy Garchow] “This is a new computer?
Did you install the proper p2 drivers for snow leopard?
What esata card do you have?”
This is a Mac Pro 1,1 that I’ve been using for four years, but I recently upgraded from Tiger to Snow Leopard. According to Panasonic, no P2 drivers are required when using the HVX200. I’ll be happy if that is wrong and all I need to do is install some drivers! It is a Firmtek eSATA card with the latest drivers –no problem with the speed there.
Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
Video production… with style!