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Scott Francis
February 13, 2011 at 6:13 pm in reply to: Small Form Factor Editing Machine

Check you MB specs first…perhaps it is the same as sata, I would just research before you assume…I learned the OPPOSITE way…unfortunately!!

Take Care!

Scott Francis
Mind’s Eye Audio/Video Productions
Scott Francis
February 13, 2011 at 4:13 pm in reply to: Zooming a title

I don’t know….maybe check on youtube….good luck!!

Scott Francis
Mind’s Eye Audio/Video Productions
Scott Francis
February 13, 2011 at 4:12 pm in reply to: Small Form Factor Editing Machine

One would wish that were always the case. If you can check you MB specs, a lot of time they put the esata later in the hierarchy, around where the USB controllers and such are. That is my experience. So NO it is not just a connection difference. I HAVE run eata off of an internal sata port and just purchased a sata to esata adapter that sits on the back of the case as if it where a slot. Then the speeds would be the same (theoretically, it also depends on your esata case and HD). As I said before I found all this out recently when I purchased a GRAID and used my onboard esata port, speeds were slower than internal so I went with an internal raid.
You would be wise to check the flow chart for data flow in you MB manual and see where the esata ports sit….you may have the same issue I did, or perhaps not. I am using a high end Gigabyte MB (next to the highest for AMD (I have a Phenom II X6). In any case I would at least check it out….have fun!!

Regards

Scott Francis
Mind’s Eye Audio/Video Productions
Scott Francis
February 13, 2011 at 3:41 pm in reply to: Small Form Factor Editing Machine

I would use the external sata (esata) as render TO, on-board esata is not as fast as internal (which I just recently found out the hard way with a GRaid)so I use my esata as render to since it is not accessing my source files and speed is not as important. If you are using a PCIe esata card, speeds my be the same or better for esata, then either way is fine. I use a Blackmagic intensity pro card and use their software to test the throughput of my hard drives. If you are using uncompressed files (HD) than speed is very important for your source files…. Good luck!!

Scott Francis
Mind’s Eye Audio/Video Productions
Scott Francis
February 13, 2011 at 3:37 pm in reply to: Zooming a title

If you are looking to have some FX on the event….use track motion…you will need to keyframe the movements. If you start far out (small) and zoom in (large) set the smallest size, set a keyframe and then the largest size (later on the timeline) and set a keyframe.

Scott Francis
Mind’s Eye Audio/Video Productions
Scott Francis
February 13, 2011 at 2:51 pm in reply to: Intensity pro general problems

Check and make sure you are plugged into the audio in cables not out (I know seems basic but I have done it). If you are try switching them, they may have been incorrect from the factory. Can you capture INSIDE FCP? I use Vegas and can capture inside of that without needing to use BM’s capture software….

Scott Francis
Mind’s Eye Audio/Video Productions
Scott Francis
February 13, 2011 at 2:48 pm in reply to: Small Form Factor Editing Machine

I run a 60GB SSD main drive as well and put other files elsewhere, no problem here so far. If you have esata, I would recommend using it as a “render too” drive, I keep all my source files on one drive and do renders to another and have seen better speed that way, also if you can afford it a Contour Design Shuttle Pro is a REALLY nice extra controller. I got one for Christmas and love it! Under $100 USD!

Scott Francis
Mind’s Eye Audio/Video Productions
Scott Francis
February 10, 2011 at 7:37 pm in reply to: How do I just increase the width of the video without affecting the height?

Where are you doing this? Pan/crop or Track Motion?

Scott Francis
Mind’s Eye Audio/Video Productions
Scott Francis
February 10, 2011 at 6:01 pm in reply to: Another Hard Drive

I did not post anything directly about building the PC. I have probably built 20-25 computers over the years for my audio and video needs. Not really all that hard, but if you are unsure, it may be better to go to a place that does custom building. There can be a few things (such as bios) that can really be confusing. Hope all goes well!

Scott Francis
Mind’s Eye Audio/Video Productions
Scott Francis
February 8, 2011 at 1:43 pm in reply to: Another Hard Drive

AMD Phenom II X6 is a great chip as well…it is about as fast as an i7 930…and A LOT cheaper!! I have that and I am glad I didn’t spend the extra $ at this time for an i7, with motherboard, ram and chips so much more, I saved about $300 over getting an intel. I have other intel chips but this time AMD was the way to go!
As far as hard drives, I have an SSD main drive, two that are for project files and two for rendering to…this has been a great workflow for me!HD’s are so cheap, there really is not reason not to have several. I just got 2-1tb 6gb (sata 3) drives for $75 each!

Scott Francis
Mind’s Eye Audio/Video Productions

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