Sean Meredith
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I was beginning to think that was the case. I wonder if there’s something that
can pull the timecode out of the SDI, and turn it into the 422 signal.Or maybe I can create Timcode with a generator that outputs to the
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I’m working with a new 2.3ghz G5 and the Sonnet External 8 port card. I’m using the MacGuru’s 8 drive hot swap tower with eight Seagate 7200.8 400GB drives (and the BM HD Pro card). I have two 4 drive RAIDs set up, I’m getting about 250MB for reads and writes. The drives are striped with SoftRAID. They’re great and super fast. I’m just in test mode now – getting ready to edit a HD feature in July that’s 720p 10-bit 4:2:2 at 23.98fps. So, 250MB/sec is more than enough. I’m doing tests with converted DVCPro HD footage. A little different than the DV workflows that I’m used to, but it’s coming along. My one problem is that FCP 4.5 freezes up the drives when I wake from sleep. This doesn’t happen when I’m using the drives and not FCP. But hopefully this will clear up very soon with FCP 5. Oh, the Burly Box was a good deal and easy to put together, but the three fans are pretty loud. I have to work on a sound proofing solution. I went with the 2.3Ghz, since it didn’t have liquid cooling, which I’ve been hearing rumors about potential leakage.
Sean Meredith
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If you’re looking to put together a RAID, find out how many MB/sec you need and start building from there. Using SoftRaid and four 400GB Seagate 7200.8 SATA drives, I get about 250MB/sec. So, even a two drive RAID could possibly be enough for your purposes.
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That’s what I figured and hoped, but since 24p with the Varicam is pretty common, I was surprised that it’s never mentioned. Nice to know for sure.
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Why does the Black Magic website list support for many many frame rates including 1080p/24,
but doesn’t list 720p/24? I’m about ready to buy, but I keep getting nervous due to lack of documentation.