Marcel,
When you say "Transcoding is quick and clean" how quick do you mean? I just tried doing this with 3 1/2 hours of R3D footage on a 2.4GHz Mac 12 core, running Symphony 6 on Lion 10.7.4 and it took all night to transcode to DNxHD36.
That doesn't seem "quick" to me. Am I just expecting too much?
The advertized AMA functionality was that you could work with the files natively in Symphony, but I'm rapidly finding out that that is not true, at least for the software only version.
Anyone else trying this workflow? Anyone have suggestions for best practices?
I'd love to hear any advice.
Thanks.
--David Franklin
www.artisanaltelevision.com
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Marcel B." <bncrcaxlr@...> wrote:
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> Jason,
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> I have two 12 core 2,66 and Media Composer/Symphony 6 work fine with Red. You need to download and install the Red Ama plugin from Avid and off you go. Transcoding is quick and clean.
> Take the plunge. Buy a refurbished 12 core 2.66 from the Apple Store and save $700+. Crank up the Ram to 24 or 32 and never look back.
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> Marcel
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> On 20/06/2012, at 7:09 AM, Jason wrote:
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> > Hi all,
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> > I still at this point have not had much experience with Media Composer and R3d files. I have a client who needs to put together a system that will be used for to cut Red footage that will be mixed with other typical sources. He wants to make sure the system can handle that footage properly.
> >
> > I was looking into one of the new 6 cores and upgrading his system to MC 6. He does not want the ability to use a client monitor so I'm looking to keep this software only. He's hoping that he can work with AMA and then transcode to DNXhd.
> >
> > What is the right system for this. Can this be done with out issues on the software only software? (I'm assuming it can just want to confirm)
> > Storage for him would be standard eSata unless there is a reason not to.
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> > Thanks
> >
> > Jason Gillet
> > Editor/Engineer
> > Gillet Productions
> >
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