Saturday, November 5, 2011

[Avid-L2] Re: BMD Resolve on Avid DX Hardware

 

Nothing I hate worse then a badly edited message.

Cheaper is not always better. Yugo ain't around any more as a car company for a reason. Lack of features will not overcome a low price point.

JDS

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Bogdan Grigoresco <bogdan_grigorescu@...> wrote:
>
> Thes are all good points, however, I need to clarify a couple of things:
>
> --- On Sat, 11/5/11, Job ter Burg (L2B) <Job_L2@...> wrote:
>
> From: Job ter Burg (L2B) <Job_L2@...>
> Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] BMD Resolve on Avid DX Hardware
> To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Saturday, November 5, 2011, 1:17 PM
>
>
> DX hardware still offers some bonuses.
> The following are NOT supported with Open I/O:
>
>     • Ancillary Data
>     • LTC I/O (Timecode over RS-422 is supported)
>     • Audio Punch-In
>     • Full Frame Stereoscopic 3D Simultaneous Capture/Digital Cut
>     • Hardware Codec Encode/Decode
>     • Multiple I/O Hardware Support in CPU
>     • Universal Mastering
>     • Thin Raster Timeline Modes
>
>
> And in the words of Shane Ross, the DX advantages are:
>
> - HD-RGB capture through dual link
> - DNxHD encoding (dual stream) Hardware encoding, built into the box
> - AVC-Intra encoding (dual stream), hardware encoding, built into the box
> - Both DNxHD and AVC-Intra encoders in the box at the same time
> - Full frame stereoscopic (3D) capture/monitor/output
> - Thin raster format support (meaning that it takes the burden of stretching out anamorphic footage to full screen off of the computer and shoulders the task itself)
> - Dual live sync
> - Always active analog and digital audio monitoring
>
>
> On 5 nov. 2011, at 21:10, Bogdan Grigoresco wrote:
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> > Try to compete with BMD DeckLink HD extreme (995$), even when Nitris DX is down to 5,500.
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[Avid-L2] Re: Now: MC to Symphony upgrade now Dual Boot Adobe Activation?

 

Yes it would- it would NOT however allow you to pop the drive into another CPU and use the activation there.

JDS

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Terence Curren" <tcurren@...> wrote:
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> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "johnrobmoore" <bigfish@> wrote:
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> <<So if I had a fully functional avid boot drive with software activation for the Avid and everything is working fine with all my apps if I clone that drive if I had a drive melt down then I could put in the cloned boot drive and Avid would still work, right? This would prevent the catch 22 of a drive melt down with software activation.>>
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> I don't know for sure as I have dongles. Everything else that is activated, Windows, MacDrive, Adobe, etc. works on the cloned drive.
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Re: [Avid-L2] BMD Resolve on Avid DX Hardware

 

Thes are all good points, however, I need to clarify a couple of things:

--- On Sat, 11/5/11, Job ter Burg (L2B) <Job_L2@terburg.com> wrote:

From: Job ter Burg (L2B) <Job_L2@terburg.com>
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] BMD Resolve on Avid DX Hardware
To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, November 5, 2011, 1:17 PM

DX hardware still offers some bonuses.
The following are NOT supported with Open I/O:

    • Ancillary Data
    • LTC I/O (Timecode over RS-422 is supported)
    • Audio Punch-In
    • Full Frame Stereoscopic 3D Simultaneous Capture/Digital Cut
    • Hardware Codec Encode/Decode
    • Multiple I/O Hardware Support in CPU
    • Universal Mastering
    • Thin Raster Timeline Modes

And in the words of Shane Ross, the DX advantages are:

- HD-RGB capture through dual link
- DNxHD encoding (dual stream) Hardware encoding, built into the box
- AVC-Intra encoding (dual stream), hardware encoding, built into the box
- Both DNxHD and AVC-Intra encoders in the box at the same time
- Full frame stereoscopic (3D) capture/monitor/output
- Thin raster format support (meaning that it takes the burden of stretching out anamorphic footage to full screen off of the computer and shoulders the task itself)
- Dual live sync
- Always active analog and digital audio monitoring

On 5 nov. 2011, at 21:10, Bogdan Grigoresco wrote:

> Try to compete with BMD DeckLink HD extreme (995$), even when Nitris DX is down to 5,500.

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[Avid-L2] Re: Now: MC to Symphony upgrade now Dual Boot Adobe Activation?

 



--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "johnrobmoore" <bigfish@...> wrote:

<<So if I had a fully functional avid boot drive with software activation for the Avid and everything is working fine with all my apps if I clone that drive if I had a drive melt down then I could put in the cloned boot drive and Avid would still work, right? This would prevent the catch 22 of a drive melt down with software activation.>>

I don't know for sure as I have dongles. Everything else that is activated, Windows, MacDrive, Adobe, etc. works on the cloned drive.

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[Avid-L2] Re: Now: MC to Symphony upgrade now Dual Boot Adobe Activation?

 

That's great so by cloning, Adobe among other apps don't look at any unique aspect, whatever that would be, of the boot drive and it only takes one activation. That's a great bit of knowledge, thanks for sharing. That's too simple for me to think of. ;-) So if I had a fully functional avid boot drive with software activation for the Avid and everything is working fine with all my apps if I clone that drive if I had a drive melt down then I could put in the cloned boot drive and Avid would still work, right? This would prevent the catch 22 of a drive melt down with software activation. I know I'm stating the obvious here but I'm trying to understand if any unique aspect of a drive itself is involved with software licensing. Moving that drive to another computer wouldn't work because the mac address and other things about the computer itself would not match properly. Does this all seem correct or am I missing something that could bite me in the arse?

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Terence Curren" <tcurren@...> wrote:
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> I install and activate everything. Then I clone that drive for both FCP and Avid. This way I actually have everything I need on both drives, but I can do updates to the FCP drive for example without fear of screwing up my Avid drive.
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "johnrobmoore" <bigfish@> wrote:
> >
> > As much as I believe in the safety of dual boot how do you handle Adobe's activation and others. Does it require activating on both startup drives separately? I'd hate to have to burn up two activations on the same computer. Hope I'm wrong about this.
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Roger Shufflebottom <rogershuff@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Living dangerously here: Media Composer 5.5, FCP 7, FCP x and Premiere Pro CS5 on the same drive. I switch happily (well, sometimes more happily than other times) between them.
> > >
> > > On 5 Nov 2011, at 05:18, Greg Huson wrote:
> > >
> > > > Screw Terry and his secure dual-booting. Live life on the edge! Wanna spend the weekend in a panic like me? Put it all on the same drive! What are you going to do when it all goes up in flames? Call Terry! That's what I do. Hmm. I wonder why he never calls me back anymore.
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> > > With best wishes,
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> > > +44 7973 543 660
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Re: [Avid-L2] DVD Authoring Software Recommendations for Mac

 

We were using squeeze for Hulu- got the best results with mixed-format sources. Not working for that particular client lately. Is squeeze multithreaded? For review and approval movies we use Elgato turbo 264.

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On Nov 5, 2011, at 4:50 PM, "zachscott776@yahoo.com" <zachscott776@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Same here. Squeeze does the trick for me except I have educational bundle so I can't use 360 or any mpeg codecs.
>
> -----Original message-----
> From: Steve Hullfish <steve4lists@veralith.com>
> To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sat, Nov 5, 2011 23:36:48 GMT+00:00
> Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] DVD Authoring Software Recommendations for Mac
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> I'm a Squeeze fan.
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> Steve Hullfish
> contributor: www.provideocoalition.com
> author: "The Art and Technique of Digital Color Correction"
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> On Nov 4, 2011, at 3:22 PM, Greg Huson wrote:
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> > We're transitioning away from ANY FCS applications to Adobe applications. Still hooked on compressor…
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Re: [Avid-L2] DVD Authoring Software Recommendations for Mac

 

Same here. Squeeze does the trick for me except I have educational bundle so I can't use 360 or any mpeg codecs.

-----Original message-----
From: Steve Hullfish <steve4lists@veralith.com>
To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, Nov 5, 2011 23:36:48 GMT+00:00
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] DVD Authoring Software Recommendations for Mac

I'm a Squeeze fan.

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On Nov 4, 2011, at 3:22 PM, Greg Huson wrote:

> We're transitioning away from ANY FCS applications to Adobe applications. Still hooked on compressor…

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Re: [Avid-L2] DVD Authoring Software Recommendations for Mac

I'm a Squeeze fan.

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On Nov 4, 2011, at 3:22 PM, Greg Huson wrote:

> We're transitioning away from ANY FCS applications to Adobe applications. Still hooked on compressor…


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Re: [Avid-L2] Re: MC 6 plug in compatibility?

 


I previously claimed:

> 'MC v5.0.x cannot use ANY 3rd party hardware; it can only use Avid
hardware (or none at all).

On Nov 5, 2011, at 2:33 PM, Bogdan Grigoresco wrote:

> Actually, MC v5 can use the Matrox MXO2 mini as I/O interface. See
original release(5.0) readme file: http://tinyurl.com/43dts3f , page11

I now say:

Really? I must have missed that. Yes, it's true. I had thought all
the 3rd party HW came with MC v5.5. But as I recall, MXO2 Mini WAS
the only 3rd party hardware interface at the time and it was only
capable of use as an output (display) device. No video/audio capture
capability.

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Re: [Avid-L2] Re: MC 6 plug in compatibility?

 


On Nov 5, 2011, at 1:55 PM, blafarm wrote:

> I have one more "if" to add to your list.
> "If" you've been running MC on Windows7/64-bit for the past couple
of years (as I have) -- none of that applies.

I say:

Understood. I was only referring to Mac installations of MC.

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Re: [Avid-L2] Re: What should we do with our dongles! will mac 32bit kernel run mc 6 at 64?

 

But this is Mac OS X, so everything you've been told is wrong. In OS X, 64-bit applications can run on the 32-bit kernel and still run as 64-bit, and use all your memory (up to 32 GB). From Snow Leopard onwards, Mac OS X will run any 64-bit-capable app in 64-bit mode regardless of the boot kernel.

K

On 5. nov. 2011, at 22.27, namrbius wrote:

> I'm pretty sure that you can't run 64-bit applications in a 32-bit operating system without VM software/emulation. I've been told that the way the OS and application handles addressing the memory is fundamentally different. You can emulate a 32-bit application to run in 64-bit mode while in a 64-bit OS, but you wouldn't be able to do it the other way around because there isn't a big enough pipeline to send information to the RAM... so I've been told.
>
> But other posts suggest that you'd just have to update your dongle when you get MC6 and you'll be fine running in the 64-bit kernel.
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> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Knut A. Helgeland" <knut@...> wrote:
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>> On 5. nov. 2011, at 20.16, johnrobmoore wrote:
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>>> If booted in a 32bit kernel will the mac still know to boot mc6 as a 64bit app?
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>> Yes.
>>
>> K
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[Avid-L2] Re: What should we do with our dongles! will mac 32bit kernel run mc 6 at 64?

 

I'm pretty sure that you can't run 64-bit applications in a 32-bit operating system without VM software/emulation. I've been told that the way the OS and application handles addressing the memory is fundamentally different. You can emulate a 32-bit application to run in 64-bit mode while in a 64-bit OS, but you wouldn't be able to do it the other way around because there isn't a big enough pipeline to send information to the RAM... so I've been told.

But other posts suggest that you'd just have to update your dongle when you get MC6 and you'll be fine running in the 64-bit kernel.

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Knut A. Helgeland" <knut@...> wrote:
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> On 5. nov. 2011, at 20.16, johnrobmoore wrote:
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> > If booted in a 32bit kernel will the mac still know to boot mc6 as a 64bit app?
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> Yes.
>
> K
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[Avid-L2] Re: BMD Resolve on Avid DX Hardware

 

> Posted by: Knut A. Helgeland
> Also, Resolve is very specific about its hardware needs.
> Blackmagic video card only, and a few select Nvidia GPUs.

Resolve will work fine with the newer ATI cards for display. The NVIDIA cards are needed for the second GPU card to get CUDA acceleration. With only a single GPU card (ATI or cheaper GeForce card) you won't get true real-time playback and will have to render. Same as with Color. You do need the BMD card for video I/O, although you can run it just from the desktop display without any I/O card.

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