Michael Todd
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Bob,
You should mention that Facilis is not only fibre, but also 1 and 10Gb ethernet.
The problem with going ethernet based is the limitation of your client connection.
A single 1Gb connection may not have enough bandwidth to supply the stream count you need.
4Gb fibre seems to be the right speed for a lot of clients. Avid’s dual connecting 1Gb ethernet (ISIS 5k) seems to produce adequate bandwidth to the client, but their overall chassis performance is slower than most. 10Gb ethernet will be great to a client, but the price is still prohibitive. When 40Gb ethernet switches are the norm and you link your client’s with 10Gb connections, then I’m all in with ethernet based SANs. -
Do you have enough connection licenses?
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Stop spreading your propaganda. Avid wasn’t purposely making the Mac an inferior box…Apple was. And I guess you think the only reason for Apple to switch over to Intel was because IBM couldn’t keep up with demand! Stop drinking the Kool-Aid!
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Actually, the 16 bay chassis is from Promise, the 5 bay is a generic box, could be the same as what Bob Z linked to. I believe the 5 bay has no on board RAID ability, that’s all achieved from the PCIe card or Mobo.
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I know most people will think it’s opinion, but I think it’s fact. You will get more editing done on an Avid verses FCP. In the early days of DNA hardware on Mac’s that wasn’t true. Especially in the past year it has been very solid. Avid on PC has been pretty rock solid for several years, minus a few little glitches along the way.
Find a local reseller who is willing to let you use the software for a few days/weeks, if you do like it, make sure you buy from them, it’s only fair. Or rent the dongle from them or someone else. Take it for an extended test drive. Make sure you have access to someone that can get you started. The way the timeline works is a little different than FCP. In the end that difference makes you faster.
Check this out:
https://www99.epinions.com/reviews/Avid_SOFTWARE_MEDIA_COMPOSER_7500_20000_01 -
You might want to go here for a little guidance:
https://blogs.avid.com/blogs/training/archive/2008/01/28/302579.aspx -
Make sure you have the EXACT file path correct for the media that has been moved to the new system.
{drive letter}:\Avid MediaFiles\MXF\1 for MXF media
{drive letter}:\OMFI MediaFiles for OMF mediaThen pull the transfer drive off the system and then see if it shows up after launching the avid software. If it doesn’t then try to relink leaving the transfer drive off.
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Yes, you can add stills and pan/zoom on them in both Xpress Pro and MC. I’d wait till the NAB Avid announcements before I’d purchase anything. Just over a month away.
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Was the footage captured on tape or on P2. If it was tape it is defiantly DV25 resolution on the tape. So 1:1 and DV25 captures will look the same. I would set up the clips horizontally, not vertically, to view one right after another. Keep your eyes on a high detailed area. You should see a shift in the image quality.
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I can only guess that you shot this in DV format which is DV25 native compression. Which means your 1:1 capture and your DV25 capture would look almost indistinguishable. As for the 10:1, make sure you viewing it as 16:9 not 4:3 on the Sony monitor? You should be able to tell a difference in 10:1 and DV25. Any high detail areas should tear up pretty good with 10:1. What kind of connection is going to the Sony monitor…SDI, Component, etc.?
Also, are you playing them back-to-back? This is the best way to see a difference. If you just click back and forth you are only seeing a single field which is technically half the resolution.