[Lisha Rigney]

Hi Bob,

Thank you so much for the detailed explanation!!!! It was a breath of fresh air to read!

In Oct of 2005 we purchased a G5 and RAID to accommodate a shoot using DVCPro50 and multi-cam/16-up. Moviola in Los Angeles provided the gear for the shoot, pushed the DVCPro50, AND suggested 2 outside techs to help set up the system. One of the techs convinced me that CAEN had the best product for the dollars. That’s how I ended up with the RAID… 🙂 I hate the thought of buying a new RAID after purchasing one 2 1/2 years ago. Or is that par for the course?

At one point I took my entire system to the CAEN office and set it up. After watching it crash while transferring files, rendering and during general editing they said it was a bad drive. As I mentioned in my first post, we purchased all new drives based on CAEN’s diagnosis. Since then, I’ve complained and they’ve told me they can’t do anything else/don’t know what else to do. When you say “comprehensive test with the chassis”. Can you give some examples?

I really appreciate your input!!!!!!!! Again, thank you so much!

Peace,
Lisha

[Lisha Rigney]

…and the system crashed earlier today while opening FCP. I shut down the computer by holding down the power button and then turned off the RAID. Went to lunch, came back turned on the RAID, restarted the computer and the RAID will not show up on the desktop. I’ve restarted the system 4 times and the RAID will not show up on the desktop.

Peace,
Lisha

[Lisha Rigney]

OS 10.4.11

[Lisha Rigney]

Thanks Nathan. I’ve tried capturing from my DSR-11 deck, the camera AND I had a post house make copies of the original tapes using the camera for playback. Footage still has dropouts. 🙁 The tapes from the post house have the least drop outs and noise.

[Lisha Rigney]

Exactly! That’s how the footage came off of that particular camera. The other camera looks fine, aside from the color, which I will color correct.

There is a QuickTime Sharpen filter in FCP. I tried using that today to sharpen the picture and it helps a little. I’m still concerned about the “noise” by the arm, on her hair and around her head.

The noise is not constant, but during a couple of the exercises it is throughout the entire exercise. Then some of the exercises there is no distortion on the video at all.

I’m leaning towards telling my dear friend that she will have to cut her yoga video down drastically. I can’t imagine fixing all of this footage in AE. 🙂

Thanks for looking at this everyone! Still interested in any other suggestions. I guess I’m looking for the rabbit to come jumping out of the hat! LOL!

Lisha