I'm confused. By digitize do you mean copy the file or is the XDcam source being converted to say prores? If you do two at once do you use two different apps one for each digitize?
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "markraudonis" <markraudonis@...> wrote:
>
> Here's a little known fact:
>
> If you're using an NLE that DOESN'T tie the media to the project (FCP), you can connect TWO PDW-U1's to one computer and digitize two discs at once. Double the fun! Theoretically, you can triple the fun, but you reach a point of diminishing returns as the USB bus gets saturated. Two drives work great though.
>
> I'm a huge fan of the PDW-U1's and the XDcam disc based format. Using this little workhorse and file based ingest has been the only way that we can stay ahead of the
> ever increasing mountain of media coming in the door.
>
> Mark
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Ross Flint <rossf@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > If you use the PDW-1500 in File Access Mode it should be quite a lot
> > faster than a PDW-U1, because the 1500 has two lasers to read the disc
> > with and the U1 has only a single a laser. The speed isn't quite
> > double, but the difference is easily measurable.
> > The PDW-U1 has been solid in my experience though, and you have to be in
> > a real hurry before the speed boost alone is worth extra expense. On
> > the other hand, if you already have the PDW-1500 you can turn on File
> > Access Mode (FAM) in one of the menus.
> >
> > Ross
> >
> > On 02/06/2011 13:50, Scott Carmichael wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On Jun 1, 2011, at 12:42 PM, Greg Huson wrote:
> > >
> > > > Anyone using the PDW-U1? We normally sublet a VTR-style unit when we
> > > get XDCam discs, but we're seeing them often enough that it might be
> > > better for us to buy the disc reader - the VTR-style is less
> > > necessary, now, too, because we're using AMA most of the time. Please
> > > share opinions and other options for XDCam workflow, if you have them.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
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