[Avid-L2] Re: Avid cloud

I have HughesNet and I can tell you this will NOT work with satellite. The variable speeds and latency would be totally unacceptable for editing over the "internets". FIOS is another story.

However I am interested in the "local cloud" theory for academia and larger installs. I can see that working at the university I teach at as a way to go all-Avid. It's gonna be a fun week in Vegas...

sw

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, David Dawkins <dawk2@...> wrote:
>
> If you are using satellite latency is huge and impractical AFAI can see
> but I have been wrong before. If you are using a ground feed it is
> minimal and can be resolved using offsets much like the Grass
> controllers used for video tape. For news this will be a pain at each
> new location but for any plant based operation and sporting events like
> the Olympics it should end up as set it and forget it.
>
> It would seem to me once your links are established a simple ping and
> entering the value into the Avid client should be enough.
>
> I reserve my right to be totally OTL on this.
>
> DD
>
> Wilson Chao wrote:
> >
> >
> > Philip,
> >
> > Yes, I'm OK editing with a low-res proxies, which as you
> > correctly note requires but modest BANDWIDTH. But when I mark in on
> > the fly, I can't tolerate much LATENCY, which you've not mentioned.
> > If the "cloud" is on a fast local network, fine. But this is
> > difficult over the internets from the other side of the globe.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Wilson
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 3:00 AM, Philip Hodgetts
> > <philip@...
> > <mailto:philip%40intelligentassistance.com>> wrote:
> > > They're relatively low bandwidth compared with the actual signal -
> > source and record monitors don't have to be full quality to be effective.
> > > (once upon a time Avid considered a 160 x 120 pixel 4 bit (16 gray)
> > to be acceptable. That was Media Composer 1 and 20 years ago, but
> > still... :)>
> > >
> > >
> > > On Apr 10, 2010, at 11:31 PM, Christopher Pitbladdo wrote:
> > > > Yes, you're only sending control info out the way, but you've got to
> > > > get sound and vision back to you.
> > >
> >
> >
>
> --
> David Dawkins
> 780-905-9121
> dawk2@...
>
>
>
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>

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