[John]

william

another option

why not wait until the new M100 Software only version is released commercially (its in beta release now and you can download from M100 site) which we expect to be firewire native i/o and use that?

it would give you hundreds of improvements from Vers 5 and you would also get the latest speed bumps. of course you’ll need a G5 and it will rob M100 of a DV option sale but to get the best bang for your buck (i am allowed to say that) i would wait

john – buck
velocite.net

[John]

try downloading this and see how you go
https://www.geethree.com/downloads/StealthTiger.html

john
velocite.net

[John]

greg, as floh rightly points out, there are a few technical hurdles to jump in order for sw to work for you but i have filed tested hw on a laptop and it worked really well.

the two things to watch are min 1GB ram in laptop and having to digitse using a firewire app like imovie or fcp. oops make that three – no BOB for monitoring – so you need to play to tape for screening

once sw goes commercial i believe the firewire i/o will be sorted.
all you need to do then is convince your client to buy M100 HD and you’re set!

john

[John]

an ironically – or not? – the M100 Software only trial flash right there, f
ighting for your loyalty

[John]

ashley

before steve jumps in – permit me to offer my spin on your question.

i was there at vers 2.6 too.

if you’re angry about what’s been happening, fair enough .

if you flick back thru the postings i think i may have matched your fury at some time last month.
all i can offer to you as an equally loyal and ‘pissed off’ user is to plan all your moves around any system that returns your investment without stretching you.

if you want to know months in advance what is going to happen with NLE’s have a quick look around at what FCP and Avid have promised and how long it takes them to deliver it. Big gap. And in Apple’s case most is based on another company’s innovation – Sony or Panasonic. So M100’s future road map is as uncertain as the others, its just that Apple’s PR juggernaut rolls out good stories while we are stuck back here in bad news land.

If you can afford the G5 M100 HD system and pay it off without needing a dividend from Optibase – do it. It is a great system. if you just want to use it with an expansion chassis with your G4 there are plenty of tips to do that on the Cow.

But is there a 2006 for Optibase and Media 100?.
I’m sure steve and tim and amir would love to know the same answer.

The remaining team at M100 are trying to make do with the best they have.
But the shift at the end of 2004 hasnt played out completely.
“Cut costs and make money on the Mac product line” went out the call.

When it became apparent that the costs of simple things like the consumer advocate were too surplus to core business for the new owners i think all us users, unknowingly entered a new phase.

Ironically if we reward the new owners with our loyalty and buy new systems then Media 100 as a unit of Optibase will make some money and a smaller but equally talented M100 may still thrive.

In fact this scenario of an unknowing NLE future with optibase is probably no different to where we were under John Molinari. Loyal customers like you and me paid platinum subs that bank rolled Pegasus and then 844.
No-one complained about the uncertain future because no-one knew! If you are looking for features in M100 Mac that arent there maybe drop John a line 🙂

Anyway, bottom line – we are not in kansas anymore. it stinks but it’s where we are at.

I have pasted below the roadmap and company outline given by the CEO, of course it makes for unpleasant reading if you are an 844 and Mac system owner -like me. but there it is.

in winding up, all i can say is that i have edited on the SW version and it is great. when it “productises” in a few months i will add it to my tool set at velocite. It gives you extra technical abilities, some overdue stuff of course but there is zero learning curve. Open a program and off you go.

Will the G5 be cool or quiet enough by the time SW ships or when you decide to buy HD?
Who knows but i guess the writing is on the wall if the IBM chips are jammed into the MS Xbox 360. Blast Apple over that.

Floh is a great user advocate for the Mac product and he is hugely knowledgeable on the products current abilities and user problems. I would say his input in the last few months outweighs almost makes up for the loss of Marianna and Scott.

It’s still possible to make a good living and edit well with Media 100.

John
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From the desk of Uzi Breier CEO, Optibase, Inc.

Dear Valued Channel Partners:

[John]

two things

yes the sw version it is waiting on getting native DV input.
when that happens it will be cool. but the full version is also worth checking out

in the media settings try motion jpeg 2 (apple M)
this seems to import fcp files quicker but yes there is a lag in import generally-

are you on a G5?

john

[John]

tony! and rich – checked out a long time ago

maybe ron can take their mugs down?

floh is the star of course, so make sure you archive search for what he thinks about adobe/roxio

john

[John]

to quote marshall

The Media 100 HD supports both standard SD and HD video editing. It is an excellent SD editor.
In SD operation I can play up to 8 uncompressed video streams (layers). The software version supports all the features of the hardware version with the exception of I/O.

With the software build you can open all Media 100 i and Media 100 HD projects and perform all your editing functions. After editing the program you can export the program with the Media 100 i CODEC. This exported file can then be played back in 8.2 on the P6000 program.

The software version will never be able to directly support the P6000 hardware because of CPU performance limitations and the need to compress all video data prior to playing the video stream out of the P6000.

[John]

fwiw mike
from another board

I spoke to M100/Optibase sales folks last week about this issue and I was told that their first priority was to get the HD product working on Tiger and that there was no testing being done on the M100i products currently. The person I spoke with could not say that they definitely will be testing M100i under Tiger and would not say that there definitely will be a Tiger version of 8.2.2, or whatever it would be called

john

[John]

greg

just drag down ‘go’ from the finder menu top of screen on macosx
then ‘idisk’
then ‘other users public folder’

john