Mark Raudonis
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…and the wheat from the chaff.
Mark
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further complicating your decision is “Color”. If you expect to use Color, you should check with folks in that forum about their experiences.
Mark
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[Kaveh Pourshahidi] “Xsan users out there, are you still happy with your choice or do you wish you had gone different way? “
Yes, I’m happy. We were an early adopter (Over three years ago) and I don’t regret it at all.
Do you need such an expensive system? In a word, YES! Do your research. If you’re even asking this question, you don’t know enough to make a decision. Full resolution bandwidth with that many stations will require a fibre connection. There are some gigE solutions out there, but I doubt that you would be happy with their performance in your situation.
When it comes to a reliable, capable SAN installation, there are no shortcuts. Don’t even think of trying to do the installation yourself. Contract with a reputable installer.
Good luck.
Mark
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Which is why I’m NOT a fan of subclipping.
Seems to me it’s easier/faster to scan a long clip than click and load many, many individual clips. I recognize that there may be some kinds of work where this may make more sense, but for the kind of work I do, I find subclipping to be a waste of time… both to create and to use.
I’m sure others will disagree.
Mark
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Paris… Which Apple used as home base over the past couple of years.
Mark
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Drives are drives…
A bigger implication for most people here are things like “spotlight search” on an x-SAN volume, and “Multi-SAN” which enables you to connect two different SANs via fibre.
These kind of improvements have MUCH more impact than what kind of “Box o drives” you have in the back closet.
Mark
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Think of it this way: Broadcast safe = $$$$.
If you are delivering videotapes for broadcast, then the broadcaster will give you a document outlining their “delivery specifications”. Amongst the many requirements will be something like, “Must conform to SMPTE 259”. This spec essentially outlines what a digital signal is and therefore, if you have to conform to this definition, anything “out of spec” is “out of broadcast safe”. How does this translate to $$$$? Well, most networks maintain large “QC” departments that pore over every submission very carefully. If your program varies outside of the specs, they will reject it, and ask that you resubmit a corrected master. This will cost you money to fix. So, if it’s your butt on the line guaranteeing network acceptance, then you’ll pay careful attention to things like Chroma, Luma, and blanking. Don’t forget VITC, closed captioning, and audio considerations.
A broadcast safe filter is essentially an “easy” button that supposedly guarantees that your output will pass muster. Don’t count on it. There have been numerous posts about sequences getting kicked back EVEN THOUGH the broadcast safe filter was applied.
Bottom line, if you’re distributing to any major broadcast or cable network, you will need to know about the technical aspects of the video signal you’re delivering.
Good luck.
Mark
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Luke,
Do a forum search on “Time lapse” recording. There’s been a fair amount of discussion about it.
To summarize: A plain speed ramp will work, but you’re quite likely to encounter drop frames as the system tries to access that large of a file so quickly. “Bake it in” by creating a separate, independent Quicktime of your effect and move forward with that, leaving the original files behind.
Advise your client that they are using “old school” methodologies and that there are plenty of new cameras that are capable of doing timelapse recordings without just rolling hours of footage. One of my favorite techniques is to NOT use a video camera, but a digital SLR. In connection with certain software, you can create outstanding work that is much easier to deal with in post. The frame sizes are 3-5 times BIGGER than 1080 HD, and that allows you to “pan and scan” within the frame, creating push ins, repos, etc. It’s a great trick.
mark
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[Michael Garske] “My old project files are having difficulty reconnecting files”
What do you mean by “Difficult”? If it’s only doing one at a time, then yes, others have reported that problem.
MARK
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Or… if you have an Avid near by…
Import the EDL into Avid’s “EDL Manager”, and use it to create a c-mode list.
Mark