Mark Raudonis
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I can tell you that we use X-SAN and render to PROres all day long and aren’t seeing this issue.
Trouble shooting something like this is a PITA, but my suggestion is to start at the begining with a clean project, a sample of what you’re trying to accomplish and see if you can repeat the problem. Renders
can get lost, but it’s usually due to moving projects, systems, or a change in the “render” folder.I don’t think someone is going to solve this with a post on this forum. You really need someone sitting on your system to take a close look at what you’re doing and track the results.
Wish I had an easier response…
Mark
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Wayne,
I’m not clear on what you’re trying to do here. Can you explain it in a bit more detail?
Mark
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[Craig Seeman] “Again subjective but I am NOT yet confident in the long term support for XDCAM disc.”
Geez Craig, I think you’re a “glass is half empty” kind of guy!
Nothing is for certain in this life. That is for certain.
We can argue semantics, but I’d say that Xdcam is a good bet for the long term. Sony has proved throughout my career to consistently have the technology and corporate will to create formats that
last.Mark
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Sean,
Think of your workflow this way: What would you do if you had to go out to tape for a DaVinci session? How would you handle the changes then? That’s basically how you should look at the Color to FCP workflow… it’s mainly a one way street. While it is possible to deal with minor changes within the process, if you start throwing a huge amount of changes into the round tripping, I guarantee you something will go wrong. What ever happened to “Locking Picture”?
Mark
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[walter biscardi] “MTV”
Hey Walter, stop picking on MTV or I’ll start picking on the food network.
Mark
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[Michael Slowe] “I am concerned with archiving finished productions rather than camera media.”
Go to video tape. Specifically: HDcam or HDCAM sr. This will give you the widest range of professional options for future use. Sony has a very good record of making future formats play nice with old legacy formats. For example, the Digibeta decks that we have can play back just about every form of Beta ever made. Our HDCAMsr decks can playback the lower quality HDCAM format. For masters, I say you want to be on tape.
Makr
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[Liam Morgan] “the camera assistant only copied the folders with the video files off of the sxs card on to a drive. “
That should read: The “recently fired” camera assistant…
Mark
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[Craig Seeman] “or maybe just disagree.”
I agree to a point. I’m saying the PDW-U1 is cheap enough and durable enough to keep with your archive. If, as you point out, the playback device is as crucial as the medium, then the PDW-U1 is a good candidate for a long term option. It’s independent of the computer, USB connected, and has very few moving parts to maintain.
Mark
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With FCP, I would personally want to have the “latest greatest” version. Now Ver 7 requires a minimum hardware config (intel based), but at the very least, I’d upgrade to the highest “six” level.
To answer your question… maybe. It really depends on your workflow.
Mark
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Which version of FCP are you on. You say “6”, but if you’re not on 6.05 or later, I’d suggest that
you upgrade.Mark