#1 - No hardware accelerates Avid. Not the Nitris, not the Mojo...not the new Avid DNxIO. None of the third party cards either. Nothing accelerated like the Adrenaline, and I found that questionable...personally.
#2 - What the IO cards/devices add is video monitoring to an external monitor...as well as tape capture. So, you may not need tape capture, but to get quality video out to a client monitor, you need that IO.
#3 - Sorenson is the only compression app that you can SEND TO from Avid.
#4 - Any local storage that connects via Thunderbolt or USB3 will work. RAID storage...mainly found in Thunderbolt options.
From: "Chris Learmonth chrislearmonth@googlemail.com [Avid-L2]" <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
To: avid-l2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, November 25, 2016 10:32 AM
Subject: [Avid-L2] Mac Pro (cylinder) Avid setup questions
I've not used an Avid for over 5 years, but looks like i'll be switching from good ole Final Cut 7 to an Avid on a Mac Pro (cylinder) in the very near future. (the Mac was bought early 2015).
I'm a little rusty on Avid developments though, so have a few questions.
The last Avid system I used was hardware based (Adrenaline)
This Avid system is a MacPro cylinder with Media Composer software only.
Assuming the 6-core 32GB cylinder will be way more powerful than anything i've had before, so will there be any need for an additional hardware accelerator (Mojo or Nitris). I wont be needing any tape input or output, so what would i gain from the Mojo or Nitris?
Dumb question - How do get video output from the Mac Pro? I see there's an HDMI port on the cylinder? Or do I need a Mojo or Nitris for video output options?)
Is sorenson squeeze still the recommended third party application for background batch exporting?
Finally, i've always used local raid storage, but looks like the move onto this system involves ditching the local storage and doing everything over the network (10gig fibre channel).
In theory this should work, but any reason why this is a bad idea?
Finally, are there still London user group meeting, (or failing that, anyone willing to give me a quick 10min run-through on the main software advances in the past 5 years?)
I'm looking forward to getting back into Avid. I guess you never forgot the first system you learnt on.
Many thanks for taking the time to read.
Cheers,
Chris
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