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Steve Ogden
October 3, 2009 at 2:45 am in reply to: how do I play xdcam footage

I have this prob too, but note that the discrete open source codec only kinda works. I’ve been getting bad frame glitchiness when viewing in quicktime or working with in after effects. fine great for normal viewing. I’m going to try trashing prefs.
Steve Ogden
May 14, 2009 at 4:37 pm in reply to: Help selecting External HD – Raid/Array

I too had been searching for a fast and cheap RAID system for the last couple weeks. I do mostly After Effects motion graphics and also needed uncompressed HD capturing direct from my camera via my Blackmagic Intensity card. Found several thorough reviews on AMUG – Arizona Mac Users Group. They led me to getting DAT Optics Q-box-M 4 disk raid enclosure and a highpoint 2314 card. I stuffed it with 4 reconditioned 500MB Seagate ST3500320NS-R (Enterprise Series). I assembled it last night in about 10 minutes, and if my Blackmagic Tests are correct, I’m pulling 400MB/s read and 370 MB/s write!
This is in RAID-0 mind you (non-reduntant, i.e. fast but not safe), but at that speed I can probably go RAID-5 and still get the 220MB/s needed for capture. Best of all, under $600 total.