This was the promise of GPU processing and I'm glad someone is taking it seriously.
John McClary
--- On Mon, 11/9/09, Dom Q. Silverio <domqsilverio@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Dom Q. Silverio <domqsilverio@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Red Rocket Cine-X information
To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, November 9, 2009, 4:38 PM
Nice work Job!!
Thank you
Dom Q. Silverio
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Job ter Burg (L2B) <Job_L2@terburg. com> wrote:
>
> Since it turned out to be pretty hard to get decent and comprehensible info
> on the current state of Red Rocket and Rocket Cine-X, I thought I'd compile
> what I could gather so far:
>
> Required Hardware
> These are the minimum hardware requirements that the computer system has to
> meet if you want to use the RED RocketTM board.
>
> - PCI-e x16 physical slot providing at least 8 lanes (x8) - 2048 MB RAM
> Supported Operating Systems
>
> The RED RocketTM board can be used with the following operating systems:
> - Mac OS X 10.5 - Windows XP SP2 or later (Vista coming soon) - Linux (Red
> Hat)
>
> MXF files are now supported in RocketCine-X with DNxHD 36-220. Burn is will
> add to the transcode times, but the increase in transcode time is not that
> significant. Processor, Ram and Drive speed will increase help increase
> transcode times, however the RED Rocket will be doing almost all the work.
>
> Metadata (through ALE or AAF) is very complete when using RCX to create
> DNxHD MXF Avid media.
>
> Reduser forums suggest that Rocket Cine-X software will turn multiple clips
> into a single MXF file, which I don't get, but could probably live with.
>
> The two ports on the back aren't DVI ports, they're DMS-59 plugs. They go to
> two breakout cables included with the Red Rocket that give you 4 dual-lnk
> DVI outputs for realtime playback of Red R3D files to a 4K monitor or
> projector. That makes me think that the card is not a replacement for an
> NVIDIA card. If that were the case, I'd be interested to know if MC-Soft
> would run on it.
>
> For (especially European) film folks, it is good to note that currently,
> there appears to be an issue with 24.000fps footage. You may not create
> DNxHD 24.000p media with Rocket Cine-X on the Mac, but this is supposed to
> work on PC. From what I hear, this all should be resolved very shortly. See
> http://www.reduser. net/forum/ showthread. php?t=35172& page=2 for details.
>
> Note that Michael Phillips mentioned in this thread that Avid will shortly
> be posting a step-by-step guide for Rocket Cine-X for Avid workflows.
>
> Have ordered a Red Rocket today, will try to update this info once the item
> arrives.
>
> Job.
>
>
>
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