Zane Barker
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[Robin Plomp] “We tested in ProRess HQ”
ProRes HQ is usually overkill, plus for good performance with it you need a fast raid.
Have you tried just using regular ProRes.[Robin Plomp] “The specs of our existing MacPro are not relevant because we’re willing to invest in a hole new setup that meets our demands. “
I disagree, with out knowing what your current specs are nobody here can even say if it is worth buying a new computer.
You yourself admitted that you are new to HD. Working with HD video is a bit different, and one of the most common things I see with people making the move to HD is that they base there speed expectations off of old SD practices. You cant do that with HD. I honestly have a suspicion that your machine will handle HD video just fine but your expectations for how long things may take with HD may be a bit off. When you said you are using ProRes HQ, that reconfirmed to me that you don’t fully understand the HD world.
So help us help you, a little info and we can say how well your current system can cut HD compared to a new system. Your money may be better spent investing in a few minor upgrades. Especially with out knowing what your media drives are they may be your biggest issue.
What type of HD footage are you working with? – you said Pro Res HQ – I suggest just using Pro Res
What type of “tests” did you do?
What are the specks of your MacPro?
What were the speed results?
What type of drives are you using for your media drives?
How are your media drives?There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
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In the time machine preferences you can specify things NOT to backup. THat is really all you can control.
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[Robin Plomp] “Now we want to move to HD. Did some tests on FCP on our MacPro, but with disappointing speed results.
Any suggestions? “
Well we cant really suggest anything with out some more info. At this point its hard to say is what you are experiencing is really slow or if its just your expectations are unreal and that the speed is normal.
What type of HD footage are you working with?
What type of “tests” did you do?
What are the specks of your MacPro?
What were the speed results?
What type of drives are you using for your media drives?
How are your media drives?With some more info I think the Cow here get you going.
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[Jack Dee] “1. Where would these captured quicktime files be found? “
That depends on where you set your scratch disks to.
[Jack Dee] “2. Does it matter what version of FCP you use to capture the media?
i.e. If captured on FCP 6, would the material still work with previous versions? “That depends on the format of video you are capturing.
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[John Ranta] “I will be looking at Final Cut Express for 2/3s of the systems, but I want to get 1/3 of the systems with Final Cut Studio for my Advanced Production students”
Keep in mind that projects from FCP cannot be worked on in FCE, and once and project from FCE has been opened and saved in FCP it cannot go back to FCE.
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In system preferences under keyboard & mouse go to the keyboard tap and uncheck the box that says use f keys as standard keys.
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[Ken Jones] “[Richard Walton] “Apple’s internal RAID solution is a $700.00 card.”
You don’t need to buy a $700 card. The Mac Pro already has all the connections you need to slide in 3 more hard drives. “[Ken Jones] “You would use the application “Disk Utility” to create a RAID”
Sure you can just raid them using disk utility, thats perfectly fine, however you should understand what it is that that raid card will do for you.
A raid can be done in 2 ways via software or via hardware. One vary big advantage with a hardware raid is that it is much more reliable, they also are a bit faster. A software raid is just the opposite not quite as reliable and a little bit slower.
So that raid card apple sells will let you build a hardware raid, while disk utility will only let you build a software raid.
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Does the camera record to tape or hard drive? If it records to tape how was the footage captured onto the computer?
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You would have to archive and install the system, however archive and installs and pro apps like FCP, or Adobe software do not always play nice together. Those pro apps put some components into the OS and when you archive and install you loose those components.
So if you have pro apps then it is probably best to just wipe it and start over.
Why do you want to go back to 10.5.5?
You do know that 10.5.7 is out right? I there are no problems that I have seen with it.
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Adapters should work fine. Or there are also 400 to 800 Cables there, you can also get 4pin to 800 cables.
There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
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