[Jim Curtis]

Yes, that’s what I’m saying.

When I upgraded my BRU PE software to version 2.2.0, some of my catalogs were read as being damaged or missing information, and this tool allowed me to rebuild them by inserting the tape in my drive.

Jim Curtis
jamesphilipcurtis.com

MacPro (Harpertown-Early 2008) 2×4 3GHz; 32G RAM all the same brand; 10.6.3; QT 7.6.6; FCS3; Kona LHi in PCI slot 3 (8.1.1); Primary display: 30″ ACD; Monitoring: Kona LHi SDI to AJA HDP2 converter to HDMI on the HP DreamColor.

[Jim Curtis]

You said: “I have to have the catalog files to restore from a tape…would love to know anyway around this.”

There is no way around restoring without a catalog AFAIK.

The app I mentioned will build a catalog, if you don’t already have one from the tape. Then you can restore from the tape.

If that’s not what you were asking, then I don’t know.

Jim Curtis
jamesphilipcurtis.com

MacPro (Harpertown-Early 2008) 2×4 3GHz; 32G RAM all the same brand; 10.6.3; QT 7.6.6; FCS3; Kona LHi in PCI slot 3 (8.1.1); Primary display: 30″ ACD; Monitoring: Kona LHi SDI to AJA HDP2 converter to HDMI on the HP DreamColor.

[Jim Curtis]

Write to tech support and ask for the BRU Tape Import Tool 2.2. Why they don’t post this on their site for customers to download without asking for is beyond me. But, that app will read your tapes, and build a catalog you can restore from. I did it once, and it worked.

I’ve suggested that they build this function into the BRU PE software. Seems like it would make sense to do so.

Jim Curtis
jamesphilipcurtis.com

MacPro (Harpertown-Early 2008) 2×4 3GHz; 32G RAM all the same brand; 10.6.3; QT 7.6.6; FCS3; Kona LHi in PCI slot 3 (8.1.1); Primary display: 30″ ACD; Monitoring: Kona LHi SDI to AJA HDP2 converter to HDMI on the HP DreamColor.

[Jim Curtis]

Merge Clips isn’t working for some reason, but Link Clips is, and that’s actually what I wanted to do. I must have had a brain lapse. I know about Link Clips, but I guess I was thinking that it only worked for AV clips that had the audio and video together, and it was a method of unlinking them.

Anyway… thanks for your reply, John. It jump-started me where coffee did not.

[Jim Curtis]

Hi Michael,

Yes, I’ve read superlative things here on the CC about Cache-A. But, that price is a talk-to-the-hand for my two-bit operation.

Most of my peers are getting by with a stack of drives for backup. I’m getting by with BRU PE 210 and a drive they stopped supporting after I’d already bought their software. That makes me nervous, but so far, it’s working, with a simple interface, and I plan on sticking with it until one of my components breaks or becomes obsolete by a future upgrade.

And with Lion and FCS6 supposedly around the corner, that could be sooner rather than later. Hence, my curiosity about the next greatest thing.

Thanks again,
Jim

Jim Curtis
jamesphilipcurtis.com

MacPro (Harpertown-Early 2008) 2×4 3GHz; 32G RAM all the same brand; 10.6.3; QT 7.6.6; FCS3; Kona LHi in PCI slot 3 (8.1.1); Primary display: 30″ ACD; Monitoring: Kona LHi SDI to AJA HDP2 converter to HDMI on the HP DreamColor.

[Jim Curtis]

Hi Mark and Michael,

Thanks for the heads up about DNA Evolution. I browsed the site, and I have to admit that all the gobbledy-gook makes my head swim. I’m not an IT expert, just a Sole-Proprietor video Editor who needs to archive terabytes of footage. Michael, if you want to entice customers like me, you need a separate dumbed down page, IMO, that speaks to prospects who don’t know the lingo.

I may have jumped the gun on my OP. I have since learned that LTFS only works on firmware enabled LTO5 drives. IOW, it’s not likely to be supported on LTO4, which I own. I guess it’s possible that Quantum will make a firmware update available, but that’s just dreaming out loud.

Notwithstanding that, further reading – and I haven’t been able to find very much – seems to support your conclusion, Michael, that it’s “wonky.”

I’ve learned also that Quantum and HP sell LTFS-capable LTO5 drives, and offer free software for OSX. What I still have yet to learn is how people in my business, at my skill level with IT stuff are getting along with it.

I’m not scared at the prospect of buying a new LTO5 drive, but the hardware isn’t the bugaboo. I’ve encountered issues with Retrospect and Tolis, and not sure open-source is a solution either. But, the notion of simple Finder-like interaction with a virtual mounted disk is appealing.

So, I’d still love to hear from some users about it, if there are any.

Jim Curtis
jamesphilipcurtis.com

MacPro (Harpertown-Early 2008) 2×4 3GHz; 32G RAM all the same brand; 10.6.3; QT 7.6.6; FCS3; Kona LHi in PCI slot 3 (8.1.1); Primary display: 30″ ACD; Monitoring: Kona LHi SDI to AJA HDP2 converter to HDMI on the HP DreamColor.

[Jim Curtis]

Thank you, Tony. Probably as you were taking your valuable time to write your post, I figured out another way to do it.

Since I’m having a post house do the Capturing for me, I wanted to provide them a Batch list. So what I did was export my captured clips to a Batch file. Start New Project. Import that batch list. Select all. Right click to Item Properties. Change the audio track settings. Export a second Batch List.

I’ll be able to give the post house my tapes and the second Batch list, and as long as they select the “Use Logged Clip Setting,” I should be good to go.

Again, I thank you Tony, for your generous assistance.

Jim Curtis
jamesphilipcurtis.com

MacPro (Harpertown-Early 2008) 2×4 3GHz; 32G RAM all the same brand; 10.6.3; QT 7.6.6; FCS3; Kona LHi in PCI slot 3 (8.1.1); Primary display: 30″ ACD; Monitoring: Kona LHi SDI to AJA HDP2 converter to HDMI on the HP DreamColor.

[Jim Curtis]

I figured it out. I imported the same media onto my MBP, from the FW800 drive. It plays smooth there. (I’m playing it from a RAID 0 on my desktop.)

So, this led me to believe that my Kona card was causing this, even when it’s disengaged.

BTW, playback was jerky using the Kona for playback as well.

A respected colleague just informed me (on another FCP list) that this is a known issue with XDCam EX, introduced with the latest ProKit Update.

I didn’t have the latest AJA LHi driver installed when I first posted. I do now. It fixed the issue.

It’s seems strange to me that the driver causes problems with playback even with the card bypassed. But, that seems to have been the case. Sorry for the false alarm. I should have checked the AJA site before I posted.

Jim Curtis
jamesphilipcurtis.com

MacPro (Harpertown-Early 2008) 2×4 3GHz; 32G RAM all the same brand; 10.6.3; QT 7.6.6; FCS3; Kona LHi in PCI slot 3 (8.0.1); Primary display: 30″ ACD; Secondary: HP LP2480zx DreamColor (A) via AJA HDP2 SDI to HDMI converter and (B) DVI from MacPro.

[Jim Curtis]

[Marianne Souliez] “even while preserving the 720×576”

So, this is PAL? If not, use 720 x 480 in MPEG Streamclip. To preserve quality, export as Animation 100% or ProRes HQ. Enable Lower Field first, and leave the other settings alone.

You didn’t say, but if this is a DVD with Macrovision, that could account for the “dreadful” results.

Jim Curtis
jamesphilipcurtis.com

MacPro (Harpertown-Early 2008) 2×4 3GHz; 32G RAM all the same brand; 10.6.3; QT 7.6.6; FCS3; Kona LHi in PCI slot 3 (8.0.1); Primary display: 30″ ACD; Secondary: HP LP2480zx DreamColor (A) via AJA HDP2 SDI to HDMI converter and (B) DVI from MacPro.

[Jim Curtis]

Thanks!

Jim Curtis
jamesphilipcurtis.com

MacPro (Harpertown-Early 2008) 2×4 3GHz; 32G RAM all the same brand; 10.6.3; QT 7.6.6; FCS3; Kona LHi in PCI slot 3 (8.0.1); Primary display: 30″ ACD; Secondary: HP LP2480zx DreamColor (A) via AJA HDP2 SDI to HDMI converter and (B) DVI from MacPro.