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Rainer Wirth
July 17, 2020 at 12:20 pm in reply to: Can a Pre Roll Post tape archive be opened with any other software?

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 applications.
cheers

Rainer

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Rainer Wirth
phone_0049-177-2156086
Mac pro 8core
Adobe,FCP,Avid
several raid systems
Rainer Wirth
July 13, 2020 at 11:02 am in reply to: G – Drive to RAID or not

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 option.

cheers

Rainer

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Rainer Wirth
phone_0049-177-2156086
Mac pro 8core
Adobe,FCP,Avid
several raid systems
Rainer Wirth
July 11, 2020 at 12:54 pm in reply to: G – Drive to RAID or not

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 drives can have a failiure without data loss.
If the raid has more than 8 drives I would go for raid6 level plus one spare.
If you set up a Raid of your own, all drives within a raid must be the same and the HDs must meet the specs of the compatibility list, which exists from any manufacturer.
G-Tech or Sonnet or Promise or any other Raids are good invests.
Generally speaking I have never regretted the most expensive Hardware. I have always regretted the cheap ones.
Most of the modern raids work with thunderbolt 3, which is pretty fast.
What computer do you have? Does your computer has Thunderbolt 3?

cheers

Rainer

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Rainer Wirth
phone_0049-177-2156086
Mac pro 8core
Adobe,FCP,Avid
several raid systems
Rainer Wirth
July 10, 2020 at 10:59 am in reply to: G – Drive to RAID or not

Hi Meghna,

when it comes to editing especially in 4k a raid is always a good invest.
It is much faster than any HD as a stand alone.
You have to format as Raid5 minimum. Raid6 is even better.

cheers

Rainer

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Rainer Wirth
phone_0049-177-2156086
Mac pro 8core
Adobe,FCP,Avid
several raid systems
Rainer Wirth
July 4, 2020 at 12:27 pm in reply to: Avid ISIS 5000 fan problem

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
Rainer Wirth
July 3, 2020 at 10:45 am in reply to: Avid ISIS 5000 fan problem

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
Rainer Wirth
July 2, 2020 at 10:28 am in reply to: Avid ISIS 5000 fan problem

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 work, I would try to buy a spare fan module via ebay.
If this does not work, I would retire the Isis.

cheers

Rainer

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Rainer Wirth
phone_0049-177-2156086
Mac pro 8core
Adobe,FCP,Avid
several raid systems
Rainer Wirth
June 22, 2020 at 11:12 am in reply to: Best FCP settings for slo-mo footage (for commercial)

Hi folks,

the more frames per seconds you shoot, the better slomo you get out. Another plus is the shutter.
The more shutter you use the better it is, but you loose the light capability of the camera.
The editing software is secondary. I would shoot at least with 120fs, 1/250 shutter and a proper lighting, plus a large camera sensor (Super35). Varicam for example.

cheers

Rainer

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Rainer Wirth
phone_0049-177-2156086
Mac pro 8core
Adobe,FCP,Avid
several raid systems
Rainer Wirth
June 14, 2020 at 1:55 pm in reply to: Archiving video from PC to VHS using Firewire.

Hi folks,

you are right,

cheers

Rainer

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Rainer Wirth
phone_0049-177-2156086
Mac pro 8core
Adobe,FCP,Avid
several raid systems
Rainer Wirth
June 10, 2020 at 11:02 am in reply to: Archiving video from PC to VHS using Firewire.

Hi Sebastian,

you definitely need a breakout card or box.

cheers

Rainer

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

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