[John Heagy]

Are you looking for a library solution or single drive unit? For single drive it’s hard to beat Cache-A. For libraries there are many things to consider.

[John Heagy]

30p is fine and you’l have no issues with broadcasting it.

30p… the new 24p!

[John Heagy]

[Rolf Howarth] “The work queue keeps a list of files it has processed for 14 days or more “

Thanks Rolf,

So does this list prevent files in it from being run again? This might explain some behavior I’m seeing. Just did a few tests… it looks like files make it into the list once Worker first sees them appear in a watch folder. I would prefer they not make the list until they are completed. It’s not uncommon for someone to submit a bunch of files then realize something is wrong with them… delete them before Worker starts… fix the issue… then resubmit with the same names. The 14 day list would prevent them from being done… correct?

I just Noticed the Delete button in that Tasks widow. That does what I need to running and cued tasks.

Thanks
John Heagy

[John Heagy]

[Jon T Foster] “More cores will be helpful on the transcoding or encoding side of things, otherwise, faster disks, RAM and clean network is the priority.”

This is why I’m interested in using a Mini with a screaming fast Thunderbolt SSD for DB access… to leave Worker work alone.

John

[John Heagy]

Hi Rolf,

I can get two commands to run in a shell script but the CatDV variables are ignored. Are you suggesting I set the variables somehow 1st? Wouldn’t that require yet another command?

I did manage to do what I wanted by using the 1st execute command in “Conversions” then the 3rd in Post-Processing”

Doing it via a shell script would be great if the CatDV variables expanded.

Thanks
John

[John Heagy]

[Matthew Stamos] “Would adding the out markers and converting to sub clips help?”

Yes… but how to do that automatically, given just the selects in the catalog, is the trick. I’m basically looking for a “produce un-maked media list” process.

May be a job for Bouke of Videotoolshed.

[John Heagy]

Hi Matt,

We’re not marking the “outs” at all so they’re not in the catalog. We have a long master clip and the selects in the catalog. We’d like to derive the outs so in the end we have the entire master clip broken down for archive. It’s no fun restoring a 70min ProRes file just to get one 6 sec shot. Data granularity is an issue when restoring from LTO short of the Unicorn that is ProRes partial file restore.

John

[John Heagy]

CatDV Enterprise from Squarebox has Tape management. It will require CatDV Server.

https://www.squarebox.co.uk/tour12.html

[John Heagy]

Thanks for posting this James!

We are experiencing the same thing as I type. We found a different temporary solution: Move the project and sources from our 8 core 8Gig of RAM Xsan attached MacPro, to a two year old iMac with 2Gig of RAM and a FW 800 drive.

The seq consisted of lots of 10 cam multi-clips with 8 ch of audio on each. Just like you it started out fine but as the timeline grew so did the frequency of crashes. We figure the iMac worked because it presented a smaller playing field, resource wise, and never let FCP get behind the curve RAM wise.

Deleting all but a single segment per project did not work. The original project was 240MB… after deleting all but one seg the size increased to 275MB??? We had to create a new empty projects and paste each seg into it. We are off the iMac now and editing on solitary timelines in 6 projects.

FCP’s ancient code base really showing it’s age in this case!

Thanks
John Heagy

[John Heagy]

Hi Julian,

If the clips you’re referring to have broken TC then you cannot concatenate them and maintain the TC. FCP will not accept a clip with broken TC. You would have to reset the TC of the single clip to make the TC continuous. If the clips are Rec Run then you can combine them maintaining the org TC. CatDV can export a selection of clips from the catalog as a single clip. With Square Box’s Worker you could automate this via watch folders.

Combining multiple takes into one is asking for trouble in my opinion, especially when it comes to restoring media. With small takes/files it’s quick to restore just what is needed. If the day’s shoot is combined, then restoring just a 3 sec shot would require restoring the entire combined clip.

Maintaining a tape like approach to things will be like pushing water up hill in a file based future.

John Heagy