Thanks, Bouke,
Unfortunately, the stations are not accepting FTP'd files for
deliveries... physical disks only, so I need the transcode & copy
time to disk. (The transcode would be going from DNxHD145 to
XDCAM HD, right?)
Tim Selander
On 12/22/11 1:10 AM, bouke wrote:
> You don't even have to copy to an actual XDcam disc, just put the contents
> of an empty disk on a harddis, and avid will use that.
> Then FTP the file.
> It's faster than RT this way. Not sure how long it takes if you do copy to a
> 'real' XDcam disk. The U1 is fast, but i think transcoding time is longer
> than copy time.
>
> Bouke
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tim Selander"<selander@tkf.att.ne.jp>
> To:<Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 4:52 PM
> Subject: [Avid-L2] Export to XDCAM device times
>
>
>> We tend to have a mix of DVCProHD, AVC-Intra and AVCHD in our
>> program, transcoded to DNx145 and digital cut to HDCAM tape for
>> delivery to 13 stations. (Adrenaline Bobs, MCS 5.5 on 8-core
>> Nehalem MacPros)
>>
>> I have just learned today that most of our stations will also
>> accept delivery of the program on XDCAM HD disks.
>>
>> Have never used XDCAM... how fast does exporting to an XDCAM
>> device (say, a PDW-U1 or U2 drive) from Media Composer happen? If
>> it is faster than real time, it may well be worth switching to
>> XDCAM for those stations.
>>
>> Have searched the archives and googled, but not found any
>> references to the speed of exporting to devices...
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tim Selander
>> Tokyo, Japan
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