This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] SCSI flashback

Saturday, November 9, 2013

Re: [Avid-L2] SCSI flashback

Hey Terry,

If you do, just let me know. Happy to help any way I can. Just drop me a line at jamie at beedy.me and let me know what you need.

Jamie

On Nov 9, 2013, at 12:46 AM, tcurren@aol.com wrote:

I made need that Jamie as the client is most interested in the audio. This was an MC 5 (the old 5 obviously).

---In avid-l2@yahoogroups.com, <avidlist@...> wrote:

First thought that popped into my head is SDII Audio?? I vaguely recall having a problem using media from an old project a couple of years ago that was SDII audio. I've got a meridian Symphony sitting in back if that's any help at all.

jamie

On Nov 8, 2013, at 12:29 PM, tcurren@... wrote:

Update. I got a cable but no terminator. I took the Ultrawide SCSI out of the Avid case and was able to terminate it via a jumper. (Remember those?) Hooked it to the EVO W8000 running Windows 2K (Yes, it booted!) and MacDrive. The drive showed up and I was able to copy everything off.

I created a new SD 24 frame film project. The bins opened (once I added the AVB extension). Now, they trick is the media. I changed project media type to OMF. Imported a graphic to create an OMFI folder. Tried dragging a media file from the original project in... and nothing. Tried adding the OMF extension... and media quarantine.

So... any ideas? The media was created in 2002 so I am assuming it was Meridien based by then.

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

That's an interesting observation. Trying to figure out codec incompatibilities and level shifts and QCing file based material seems much more confusing than adjusting the tracking and skew on a VTR to me. Perhaps that's just because that was mandatory and ingrained in the early time in my career.

What do you think about this? Would the newer generation of editors that grew up in a digital age of firewire without training in those crop circle thingies, a.k.a. vectorscopes, have a harder time learning the stuff we learned early on, or is it harder for the dinosaurs to adopt the new technology?

For me I feel like I use to be able to get under the hood and sort out problems with the big iron but now it's just a reboot or reload of software to rectify many problems. While a reboot solves many a problem there is a part of me that feels like I'm just glossing over the issue. If I had the computer chops to examine the break point traps etc.... then I'd feel closer to the days of yore. In my experience the newer crop of editors tend to lack the trouble shooting experience and as a result often don't even realize there is a problem. By and large they don't know what they need to know on the technical side to analyze and correct issues. Certainly not true in all cases but all too prevalent for my taste.

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Mikeparsons.tv" <mikeparsons.tv@...> wrote:
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> What these things generally show is how much less you need to know these days. So it all evens out.
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> > On 8 Nov, 2013, at 7:57 am, "johnrobmoore" <bigfish@...> wrote:
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> > "This is doing two things, showing how much I have forgotten over the years,..."
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> > I am reminded of this on a daily basis but as time progresses I find my increment of time has shortened. I regularly see how much I've forgotten just in the course of the day. ;-)
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> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, <tcurren@> wrote:
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> > > Thanks for all the leads. I may have one coming, but if not I'll ping Dave and Greg.
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> > > This is doing two things, showing how much I have forgotten over the years, and reminded me how painful SCSI was. :-0
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> > > ---In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, <mactvman@> wrote:
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> > > I should have the cables you need. How many of each?
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> > > I have 4 ATTO to ultraWide, and 1 UltraWide to UltraWide, and one terminator.
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> > > I can get another UltraWide to UltraWide, but don't know about more terminators. Do you know if the two drives are an array that needs to be mounted simultaneously, or can they do one at a time.
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> > > Dave Hogan
> > > Burbank, CA
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> > > ---In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, <tcurren@> wrote:
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> > > Client came in with a couple old Avid Ultrawide SCSI drives that we need to get a project off of.
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> > > I have an old W8000 with a built in Ultrawide connector but I don't have the cable to connect it. And I don't know if that will work anyway. I also don't have the requisite SCSI terminator.
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> > > So, are there solutions to go from SCSI Ultrawide to IDE / USB / Firewire, etc.?
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> > > Any other great ideas for getting the data off these drives?
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