I'm running MC6.5 on a rMBP with a Matrox MXO2LE via thunderbolt and LaCie 2big thunderbolt raid drives (4Tb & 8Tb) Its been a rock solid set up for me.
Gregg Foster
Technical Supervisor
Editor / Producer
Remote Production
www.greggrfoster.com
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On May 28, 2013, at 6:09 AM, "superhorschd" <acsr-elite@web.de> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> an friend of mine asked me for advice, but my experience on 3rd party I/Os and Thunderbolt stuff is limited, therefore this posting:
>
> For a longform doc film a "not too expensive" Mac offline editing system is needed. They probably buy a new iMac with Media Composer 6.5 and want to connect via Thunderbolt:
> - a media drive (for DNxHD 36 / XDCAM EX Media Files)
> - a 3rd party Interface to connect a large screen to it
> - a second Display
>
> As I've heard about problems with 3rd party I/Os I'd like to hear what works best with MC 6.5 or what problems exist. They're thinking about a box from Blackmagic but I really like AJA stuff in general (an personally never would buy something that has to do with black magic!).
>
> I wonder how many Thunderbolt devices play nicely together..
> As the drives they want to buy have both Thunderbolt and USB 3 they can use to USB if needed. Well, our students edit on USB 3.0 drives quite often and it works very well for them..
>
> Any experiences, advices or ideas greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Ben
> --
> Benjamin Schreiber
> ACSR Elite
>
>
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