Hi Rob,

transcode your 1080 files to ProRes422 with 30 f/s.

cheers

Rainer

Hi Jared,

why don’t you hire Bob and let him earn some bucks.
This is not so easy as it seems.
Plus you will learn a lot

cheers

Rainer

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Rainer Wirth
phone_0049-177-2156086
Mac pro 8core
Adobe,FCP,Avid
several raid systems

Hi folks,

a H264 codec is basically a non editing format. The better codec is ProRes.
But the ProRes is far bigger than the H264.
As you have analog Material, the quality of the H264 is fine.
For archiving you can use the H264. When you have to edit something you can convert the H264 into a ProRes file. When you have the ProRes file you… Read more

A disc failure happens from time to time.
For that reason you have a redundant system,

cheers

Rainer

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Rainer Wirth
phone_0049-177-2156086
Mac pro 8core
Adobe,FCP,Avid
several raid systems

Hi Nathan,

defragmentation on a Raid doesn’t make sense. What would be the order of the defragmentation, when you use 4 HD’s and all the data is written over it?

cheers

Rainer

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Rainer Wirth
phone_0049-177-2156086
Mac pro 8core
Adobe,FCP,Avid
several raid systems

Hi Anuk,

the Raid has a thunderbolt 2 connection. Is your macbook on thunderbolt 2 or 3.
If it is thunderbolt 3 you need a thunderbolt 2 to thunderbolt 3 adapter.

cheers

Rainer

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Rainer Wirth
phone_0049-177-2156086
Mac pro 8core
Adobe,FCP,Avid
several raid systems

Hi Robert,

we have had several failures. It happens from time to time. No problems so far with Raid6.
With Raid5 we have had one total data loss in 15 years. We back up all files twice, plus on the raid.
This is pretty safe. We have also got a USV in case of power failure.
For every raid there is a drive compatibility list. All drives used… Read more

Hi Jenn,

you need to buy a NTFS driver for mac.
This let you read and write NTFS formated drives and of course the Mac formatted drives.
We use NTFS formated drives all the way even on older macs – of course with a NTFS software package. For example Paragon, around 20 bucks.
cheers

Rainer

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Hi Nick,

first of all – Catalina is a pain in the ass. You are screwed when you did the upgrade.
I think within a year or two all third party developers will be able to provide support for Catalina and co. PRP is not out of businees and I think they will move on to 64 bit.
Or Apple will move on and provides support for 32bit… Read more

Hi Meghna,

Raid 5 is a good balance between rudundancy and speed. The same with Raid 6 with an even better redundancy. With Raid 1 you have the perfect redundancy (100%) but no speed.
With just 4 drives within a Raid the only wise option is raid 5.
The best speed is raid level 0, but no redundancy. So Raid 0 is no… Read more

Hi Meghna,

The minimum drives in a raid are 4 drives. With raid level 5 the amount of storage is the amount of 3 drives, the fourth drive is for redundancy. These raids usually come equipped with drives and usually the controler is within the drive chassis.
When the raid has 6 or more drives I would go for Raid 6 level, which means that two… Read more

Oh Bob,

I love your dry humor. The humor was the reason, I studied in England.

cheers

Rainer

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Rainer Wirth
phone_0049-177-2156086
Mac pro 8core
Adobe,FCP,Avid
several raid systems

Hi Bob,

there was Isis 5000 and 5500 and 7500, before it became Nexis. This was in times of the Apple Raid.
and of course you are right, 2TB drives are still produced, but not the types certified with Isis 5000.

cheers

Rainer

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Rainer Wirth
phone_0049-177-2156086
Mac pro 8core
Adobe,FCP,Avid
several raid systems

Hi Robert,

it is an old, but a rock solid piece of equipment.
Due to the fact that 2TB HDs are no longer produced, it is dying slowly.
So, in case you cannot replace the fan or repair the contacts in the enclosure, it is gone.
I would try to clean the contacts of one fan module, or try to switch all of them several times.
If this does not… Read more

Hi folks,
first question:
Do you have a proper monitoring?
If you don’t have at least a class 2 monitor with a breakout card you just do not know what you are doing. A computer monitor, except an expensive calibrated eizo monitor, will not show you an exact picture.
second question:
Which color space are you working in?
cheers
Rainer… Read more

Hi folks,
yes you can. A VHS recorder has no FW400 in-output. So you need a converter from FW400 input onto an anloge composite output into the VHS recorder. Best thing is to buy used euipment via ebay.
I still have all the equipment here, but this is Germany. The box I have is a data video yuv to DV DAC-2 converter. I think that blackmagic and… Read more

Hi James,
FPS has no influence on a cinematografic look. The things important are:
A proper lighting, using large camera sensors (super 35, micro4’3, fullframe 35, middleformat), using fixed lenses.
In the postproduction: Intensive Colour correction.
Don’t mix framerates. And don’t mix 24, 25, 50 fps with 30 or 60 fps. You don’t want to shoot in… Read more