Portland Animator
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Thanks guys, I will continue to resist buying a deck. I like the idea of chaep Firwire storage drives, I will likely do that. And I also like the idea of renting a Digibeta.
Thanks for the reponses, I knew I would get a boatful.
Ed Anderson
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Well, don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t say “poor” I really am pleased with the performance – for the price, ($1 a Gig, can’t beat that for this kind of speed). I have a config exactly like you described, two drives, striped 0, and am using a Firmtek Seritek 1VE4 Card with 4 ports (I plan to add two more SATA Drives in Spring), and they really are more than sufficient for DV, but I am concerned about my upcoming film project, which will be 8 bit RGB 1080. (See my speed test)
So how do I know if the data rate on these drives is fast enough for RGB 8bit? Speed Test tells me fps, but not data rate.
Ed Anderson
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Yes, as stated in this thread, your card does need analog video outs to connect to an analog monitor. I’m not familiar with what card you are using, but I think the basic card does not have Analog V. out.
Ed Anderson
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I have a dual display Card in my Mac, and I had a third display also using my analog NTSC monitor. I disabled the desktop feature, as i didnt really need it, (My studio NTSC monitor is only 14″) But I believe it should work the same for you, of course if you have a 3rd monitor connected.
Ed Anderson
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I don’t know the brand, can’t tell, its got onboard power for both cards, which is nice, but I don’t like having to use the 100mhz slot to use it.
As for crashing during sleep, I have noticed that lately as well, it started after I installed my SATA card as well. It has happened three times.I ordered a Firmtek card, the FT1005 – Seritek/1VE4. I hope that will work with the Decklink HD card in Slot 4, if it doesn’t, Im going to chuck it, and chuck the External SATA drives along with it, I haven’t been impressed with the speed of those drives anyway.
faster storage solutions that don’t break the bank are not easy to find.
Ed Anderson
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Thanks for the weigh in. But I’m not convinced i can wait long enough for the software to catch up to the “MacTel” chipset. I dont think that it will be less than a year for the apps I use to be natively fast in the Mactel environment. And i must say, if I do upgrade, I don’t believe in half measures, its costly and it’s a hassle, and i go as far up as I can, to avoid doing it more than every three years.
Ed Anderson
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Have you selected “Enable 4:4:4 mode” in the BMD system prefs?
Ed Anderson
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Thanks- and I got a response from BM tonight, which has confirmed my fears. It won’t work. Since I just got this Deckink card, upgrading it doesn’t feel right, I didnt forsee this one as I wasn’t planning a CPU upgrade this soon, too bad BM doesnt have an upgrade program…
So no new Mac for me, not for a while anyway.
Bad news for the Studio, good news for the wallet.(dreams of Quad G5 fading away…)
Ed Anderson
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Yes, I am trying to use the SATA card that shipped with the Lacie SATA ext. drives.
Figures, the cheap solution never works out.Ed Anderson
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OK, So it works, as I said, but so if I want to use the SATA card I have to relocate the BMD card?
Ed Anderson
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