[Robert Depalma]

Once again, thanks for the reply.
I’m running footage on DVCPro HD codec, so it’s not “true” uncompressed HD. I’ve run this footage off of a single external SATA II drive, as well as a 5-bay RAID at apx. 125 Mb/s. I’ve run into the drive speed issues in the past, but this is definitely not the issue here. All of the footage moves perfectly except for the AE movie, and I even tried compressing it down as you suggested.
It just comes down to finding the correct values for the expression, or do what I did, which was to make the move slower. It’s a pretty crappy solution, but I’m not experienced enough to make it any better right now.
Hopefully, in the near future I’ll be able to play around with it some more and come up with a smooth moving image.
Thanks again!!!

[Robert Depalma]

Well I appreciate the post, but for now, expressions are a bit out of my league. I’d love to know more about it though.
As for the other replies, I’m playing back a movie that I rendered with no field dominance on a timeline in FCP5 with no field dominance. The hard drives are SATAs, so speed should not be an issue. I guess I’ll try the vertical blur and see what happens.
Once again- thanks for the suggestions!

[Robert Depalma]

Well thanks for the suggestion, but it actually looks like both a horizontal and a vertical issue. The image is scaled down to 35%.Doing a slower move helped a little, but nothing like what I expected from AE.
Please let me know how I can post an image for you to take a look at. I’m stumped on this one and the project needs to GO!
Thanks again.

[Robert Depalma]

Thanks for the suggestions. This is why creative cow rocks!
I’m going to try the hardware test first and proceed from there. I’ll post results for future interest with similar problems.
Thanks again!!!

[Robert Depalma]

thanks for the reply! I guess it’ll work for non-mobile setups.
Looks like a Firestore is in my future for the rest.

[Robert Depalma]

Thanks for the info. Now that I know, maybe I’ll wait to check out my options.
Best, Robert

[Robert Depalma]

Can someone provide a link to the HVX Resources page? I looked around, but couldn’t find it.
Thanks,
Robert

[Robert Depalma]

This may be a late response, but for all of those searching for answers in the future, this may be one:
I had the same warning and I didn’t realize that under “Capture Settings” tab in the Log & Capture box, I didn’t check the Anamorphic box. When I checked it, the warning didn’t pop up. Of course, I’m working with anamorphic footage, so it applies.
Hope this helps someone!

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[Robert Depalma]

OK-So I just got the Sonnet Fusion 500, 5 400gig Seagate Sata II drives and the Sonnet express34 for my MacBook Pro. Hooked everything up and after having to remove and re-insert one of the drives, they all came up under Disk Utility in Mac Os 10.4.8.

Now I just have to figure out how to stripe three or four of them and leave one or two for a backup destination.
Any suggestions on how to stripe these bad boys??? I temporarily striped 3 of the 5 drives using the Disk Utility Raid option and just to provide some data #’s as promised:

The following data was obtained using the AJA KONA System Test 2 which I downloaded from https://www.aja.com/html/support_kona3_swd.html

First I tested the RAID drive using the DVCPro HD 720p60 setting and a 512MB file size, I got a write speed of 75.7 MB/s and a read speed of 93.9. Using the 256MB file size, I got a write of 83.5 MB/s and a read of 93.1 MB/s.
I then tested the individual drives that were not striped together and the 512 file size had a write of 66.1 and a read of 75. The 256 has a write of 71.1 and a read of 74.2

I decided to run the same tests using a 1080i60 setting and got the following results on the RAID drive:
256MB file size yielded a write of 90.6 MB/s and a read of 104.6. The 512MB file size yielded a write of 91.5 and a read of 104.3.
The NON-STRIPED drives yielded about the same as they had for the DVCPro HD setting, give or take a couple of MB/s.

I hope this helps anyone researching the units that I bought. If I decide to stripe all 5 drives and do another test, if anyone is interested, I’ll post the speed test numbers.

Please keep in mind that these numbers are from brand-new EMPTY drives. Once there is data on these drives, the numbers are sure to decrease a bit.

??? If anyone has a suggestion on what software to use to strip 3-4 of the drives together as a RAID 0, I’d appreciate it.

Thanks!

[Robert Depalma]

Well I have to say that was a very informative reply-Thanks!

I’m glad you mentioned DVC PRO HD CODEC because the footage I’m concerned about editing was shot on an HVX200 in 720_30P and I can’t offord to drop frames while editing and previewing with a client. I think I’m going with one of the latest Sata II enclosures, 4-5 500gig Hitachi, Seagate or Western Digital drives, Raid 5, and a Sonnett Express card with port multipliuer for my MacBook Pro.

I’ll put up a post with data-transfer speeds as soon as I get it up and running.
Please let me know if you have any further info I might need for the setup

Thanks again.

Robert