[Paul Kondo]

That is pretty slick. At first, I couldn’t figure out what I was watching for on that movie because I don’t know what P2 Flow is. But then watching it all the way through, I was pretty amazed.

I have a 2 x 2.66 Dual Core machine. But I’ll probably get a Matrox MXO2 Mini with MAX on it so I don’t need this Elgato thingy.

I’m almost tempted to buy this thing though just to carry it around from job to job and impress the client!

Paul

[Paul Kondo]

Jeremy,

I had heard from a friend that had the Elgato that oddly, the better the machine, the less impact it has. Interesting to hear your comment. That’s good to know. I wonder where the break-even point is. Time for me to do some research!

Paul

[Paul Kondo]

If you’re doing a lot of h.264 encoding, then you could also consider something like the Elgato Turbo encoder or a Matrox CompressHD card.

https://www.elgato.com/elgato/int/mainmenu/products/Accessories/Turbo264HD/product1.en.html

https://www.matrox.com/video/en/products/mac/compresshd/

I don’t have either of these but I’ve been doing a lot of research in the past week that includes this type of functionality. You can find a bunch of reviews on both and they seem to be highly regarded.

Paul

[Paul Kondo]

Thanks for all the help. Much appreciated (even as I was being called dumb and stupid). I can go back to the powers that be and tell them no such thing exists.

Paul

[Paul Kondo]

I edited my original post so some of it became unclear. I’m basically re-evaluating my rate after a few years of the same rate.

But your point is well-taken. Thanks for the reply.

Paul

[Paul Kondo]

I just rented from Abel Cine Tech for tomorrow. We’ll see how it goes.

[Paul Kondo]

I just spoke to BM. I asked them the specific question regarding the RT Effects info on their site. The guy knew exactly what I was getting at and almost didn’t let me finish. It’s all marketing speak. It does nothing to enhance RT Effects – it’s just an I/O card.

[Paul Kondo]

Thanks for the feedback. When BM opens later today, I’m going to give them a buzz. I’ll post back on what I hear.

[Paul Kondo]

Thanks for the follow up. I’m going to contact Promise tomorrow and hopefully pull the trigger on one of these soon.

[Paul Kondo]

Oliver,

Thanks for the info. That’s helpful. The reason I’m interested is that 1) I’ve got a backup system in place with the Raid and 2) I’ve got a lot of storage in one place. I’m used to using FW800 drives so something faster than that is good.

If you don’t mind, can I ask you:

1) What kind of drives are you using?
2) What esata card are you using?
3) Are you running Snow Leopard? I know there are some cards that don’t work with SL.

Thanks for your help.

Paul