[Ri Stewart]

Thanks for writing.

Yes, we’re shooting at 24p, and keeping all of that the same. We have also tried the automatic gamma on/off.

When compressor is working, it’s awesome. I hate to think it’s not working and go to another solution.

BlueDot Productions
https://www.bluedotproductions.org

[Ri Stewart]

I too have found these files, but my question is… Why are they there? I have my settings set to write the files to a different drive, and yet they often show up here.

Very strange.

BlueDot Productions
https://www.bluedotproductions.org

[Ri Stewart]

Thanks for your brutal honesty.

I thought it may be a cheaper solution for a low budget film maker like myself. I thought the bottle neck would be the card or the drive, not the port multiplier!

Looking initially at a $3k raid, I had to figure out how to build one, and did so for under $1k. Once again, it appears we get what we pay for.

Perhaps on the next project, eh?

BlueDot Productions
https://www.bluedotproductions.org

[Ri Stewart]

Thanks for your assistance Bob.

The Mac is a 2.8 8 Core. 6g ram
The card is a Sonnet E4P.
The enclosure is a Sansdigital TR8M.
The drives are (2) sets of Western Digital 750gb/7200 rpm WD7500AAKS
They are striped in Mac Disk Utility as a “striped raid”.

Aja System Test (with 720p 10 bit/128mb)
Array 1 w
124.3/s Write
126.7 mb/s Read

Array 2
102.9mb/s Write
104.6 mb/s Read

BlueDot Productions
https://www.bluedotproductions.org

[Ri Stewart]

Just 50, 59.4 and 60 are available in HDTV output.

[Ri Stewart]

Yes, there is no 24p timeline for the BlackMagic Intensity Pro.

It’s kind of a funny thing, as really… inputting via HDMI on anything shot to tape will have no better color space than the HDV codec. Why input with the BM card then, unless in a studio?

I find I bring in my HDV, change it to Prores, and then edit. Prores in the timeline too, but there is no 24p output for the BM card.

Damn, I just wish it’s outputs would work. That’s what I picked it up for, to send component to an HD TV. It showed up today, and none of the component outs are showing picture.

I’m seriously thinking of returning it for the Kona LHe.