I can't wait for Mac AdrenalineHD so I'm gonna...
by scimmy
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Mar 11, 2005 at 5:24:17 am
I'm going to install a Kona2 card in an empty PCI slot and run FCPHD on the same peripherals as the Adrenaline uses, including capture & playback of AJA HD codecs using my Avid MediaDock UL3D for storage (I will put a FCPHD "Capture Scratch" Folder alongside the Avid "OMFI Media" Folder). I haven't found any techs who say it can't be done, so here I go. If anyone knows of any conflicts in this marriage, speak now or forever hear me whine. Thanks,TS
Re: I can't wait for Mac AdrenalineHD so I'm gonna... by Oliver Peters on Mar 12, 2005 at 3:27:15 am
[r lague]"....and have a better computer......running and ducking!"
Except that Kona2 supports all HD flavors, DVCProHD, 8-bit and 10-bit uncompressed. Having spent some time with FCP/Kona2, I can vouch that it's pretty solid. I would be a bit concerned whether your drives can support uncompressed HD. They are probably fine for DVCProHD.
Sincerely,
Oliver
Oliver Peters
Post-Production & Interactive Media
Orlando, FL
www.oliverpeters.com
Re: I can't wait for Mac AdrenalineHD so I'm gonna... by scimmy on Mar 12, 2005 at 4:40:26 am
The whole idea is to NOT switch to a PC.I use After Effects with Auto Duck, author DVD's and create Photoshop stuff all on one box, using Quicktime Reference to move media around. It works better than any system Ive used in 16 years of editing, 11 years NLE By the way, Avid is GIVING an HP workstation to Mac Adrenaline users who buy the HD expansion & "trade across" to the PC side. Thats funny, no? Thanks for the feedback, everybody. TS
Re: I can't wait for Mac AdrenalineHD so I'm gonna... by scimmy on Mar 19, 2005 at 2:56:02 am
I installed UL4D card(a HiDef must have) today and now have a ten-way stripe in my Mediadock piped in at 320mps instead of the 160mps UL3D that I was forced to buy as an early Adrenaline adopter. I will have the Kona2 the end of next week so I will have the results posted soon thereafter. With the UL4D, the Adrenaline is noticeably quicker to respond to commands. I'm sure I'll get more RT layers too, but I haven't tested it yet. I want to edit on the Adrenaline or my XPro/G4 setup when I can, so I plan to get both the AutoDuck plugs needed to go both ways, Avid to FCPHD and vice-versa. Hoped for results would be: capture & downconvert HDCam to DVNTSC in FCP then immediately bring media into Avid MC or XPro to cut into final sequence, then re-import OMFI composition to FCP for HD conform. If that trick is as smooth as I hope, a $10,000 Avid HD card is going to be a hard sell at my place. The only prob with AutoDuck is that 24fps isn't supported in those plugins. Interesting thing about FCPHD versus AvidXpro on my old G4DP500, FCPHD needs to be tuned to prevent ANY real time fx that were doable on earlier FCP versions. It will crash or quit constantly if you let it try to handle the fx processing. On the other hand, XPro runs like a champ while allowing more real time stuff on the desktop. Apple sure knows how to move the new hardware, eh? TS
