Zane Barker
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[Dave Brandt] “Both USB and Firewire are adequate”
WRONG, firewire is ok depending of the format of video, but USB is NOT.
USB works in bursts of data where firewire is a constant stream. Not having a constant stream of data will be vary problematic for video.
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[Barry Bishop] “purchased a Drobo pro and am gonna TRY iSCSI (using the Ethernet)”
Drobos are built for data redundancy not for speed.
[Barry Bishop] “What is the best codec for me to encode in, if I cant record uncompressed”
Capture Pro Res.
[Barry Bishop] “What is the best Firewire 800 drive that’s Fast and Affordable”
They are all extremely similar so its not going to make a huge difference on choosing one over another. However that said I would make sure it is at least a 2 drive raid. I myself have been looked at the CalDigit VR mini for a nice portable drive.
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What are your time line settings?
What format is your video captured to?
How are you viewing your edit?With some more info from you we might be able to get you an answer.
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[Ed Keane] “I shot on a 7d canon still with video capablilty”
If the 7D probably records the the same format as the 5D Mark II, which is H.264 and H.264 is NOT an editing codec it is a delivery codec, you need to convert to the footage to a proper editing format.
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While tape is a good way to go, there are other GOOD options.
From the description or your set up a Drobo may be a good option. The Drobo is more then just a hard drive, it offers data redundancy on the device as well as the option to expand the drive capacity at a later time. In addition when compared to other raids you do not have to use the same make and model drive in every drive slot.
The regular Drobo and the Drobo Pro are both great options for safe data storage.
As was mentioned it is also good to have a copy of everything at another physical location, the Drobo also makes this quite simple. When combining the Drobo with the Drobo Share and then using the Drobo App Drobo Rsync (yes the Drobo can actually run special apps on the Drobo) and a second Drobo with Drobo Share at a Off-Site location you can sync the two Drobs. With a set up like that everything you put onto your Drobo is also safly stored at another location.
Unfortunately the data rates of the Drobo are not quite up to the speeds needed for proper video editing performance they are built for smart redundancy not for supper speed. BUT THEY ARE BREAT FOR SAFE DATA.
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[Kit Carruthers] “I recently imported the H.264 clips directly into FCP”
H.264 is a delivery codec NOT a editing codec.
[Kit Carruthers] “In the future we will be converting to pro-res for the edit”
Good thats exactly what you should do. Editing will be so much easier.
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What frame size and frame rate is the material you are editing and how many streams in your multi clip?
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[Sean McCulley] “I reinstalled my operating system but had no luck”
Archive and install or erase and install?
Quicktime is a core component that some parts of will not be effected by an archive and install.
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What type of media drive are you using and how is it conected?
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[Rui Coutinho] “I think this error is related to Misfire Vignette, I used this effect on my clips I render all the sequence, after I’ve send my sequence to compressor and the after some time of process it suddenly give this error message”
Only way to tell is remove the effect and try again.
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