Jeff Bernstein
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As a Steely Dan fan, I like their pronounciation.
Incidentally, a little trivia, each letter of the company stands for each of the names of the owner’s kids. Good kids, too!
Jeff Bernstein
Digital Desktop Consulting
Apple Pro Video VAR
XSAN Certified323-653-7611
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Please note that there were MAJOR changes to Edit To Tape for FCP 6.x. One of them was to pass timecode off to the video card/driver to ensure accuracy.
Those of use who have experienced hair loss laying off to HDCAM SR and D5 can now cancel their appointments at the Hair Club for Men.
The key is making sure your Deck Presets in FCP are correct. As you pointed out, FCP really needs a template system for decks just like an Avid. Thus, you are forced to test your config ahead of time. But once you have it dialed in for your deck, it now stays consistent.
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For starters, you can’t run Avids on XSAN. They need either NTFS or HFS+. This is why MetaSAN makes for a great fit for both Avids and FCP. There are even Unity features for PC-based Avids. MetaSAN is also a file-based SAN which will give you the flexibility you are looking for. Check it out at https://www.metasan.com
Jeff Bernstein
Digital Desktop Consulting
Tiger Technology Master Reseller
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Buy your Apple stock now. It doesn’t look like Apple will bother optimizing the codec for PowerPC…
https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305582
Jeff
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John,
I will need your email address. It is not listed in your profile.
Jeff
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Easy sailor. My point in checking out Barefeats is comparing raw performance between the processors. Again, without optimization for a processor, you need to throw more processors at the problem. Considering the installed base of perfectly fine G5’s, YES, Apple should optimize the codec.
Jeff Bernstein
Digital Desktop Consulting
Apple Pro Video VAR
XSAN Certified323-653-7611
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Repost from FCP Forum…
Woe Nelly! Let’s keep everything in perspective here. If we look at raw performance numbers, take a look at barefeats, the computational power between a PowerPC Quad and an Intel Quad is VERY close. Moreover, the Intel chips lack the killer Altivec processor of the G5. While the Intel chips have SSE2, it pales in comparison.
Thus, one would have to presume that Apple has NOT bothered to optimize the codec for the PowerPC. A codec is usually a perfect candidate to have its math vectorized. This is what Altivec does.
I would recommend sending “feedback” to Apple to get the codec optimized for PowerPC. Otherwise, one could call this “forced obsolescence”.
Jeff Bernstein
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Woe Nelly! Let’s keep everything in perspective here. If we look at raw performance numbers, take a look at barefeats, the computational power between a PowerPC Quad and an Intel Quad is VERY close. Moreover, the Intel chips lack the killer Altivec processor of the G5. While the Intel chips have SSE2, it pales in comparison.
Thus, one would have to presume that Apple has NOT bothered to optimize the codec for the PowerPC. A codec is usually a perfect candidate to have its math vectorized. This is what Altivec does.
I would recommend sending “feedback” to Apple to get the codec optimized for PowerPC.
Jeff
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As if what Bernard said was not enough, they even have outstanding support!
Jeff Bernstein
Digital Desktop Consulting
Apple Pro Video VAR
XSAN Certified323-653-7611
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We have SANs as large as 30 workstations. It works quite well. Space quotas are not a feature. Speed quotas for both minimum and maximum are, however. Permissions can be handled in a variety of way, R/W Everyone, Volume Permissions, or File Security through either Active Directory or Open Directory.
Facilis is also a good system, but it is a volume-based SAN.
Jeff Bernstein
Digital Desktop Consulting
Apple Pro Video VAR
XSAN Certified323-653-7611