Friday, August 23, 2019

Re: [Avid-L2] Re: good RAID enclosures?

 

Will do.  I've got drives here waiting for it to arrive.  Will post a quick review of it once I've got it all set up.

Mark

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On 8/23/2019 10:10 AM, roberto@puregrain.com [Avid-L2] wrote:
 
Sounds promising, Mark, and what I'm looking for as well. Can you let us know how quiet or loud the fan is--noticeable or not? Some reviews on Amazon said it was louder than expected.

-Roberto

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[Avid-L2] Re: good RAID enclosures?

 

Sounds promising, Mark, and what I'm looking for as well. Can you let us know how quiet or loud the fan is--noticeable or not? Some reviews on Amazon said it was louder than expected.

-Roberto

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[Avid-L2] Re: good RAID enclosures?

 

Thanks, Wilson, those look interesting.


I see that Akitio was acquired by OWC earlier this year.  I guess there really isn't that much competition with these inexpensive direct-attached RAID enclosures.  Even less if looking for a thunderbolt interface.

Cheers,
--Michael

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Thursday, August 22, 2019

Re: [Avid-L2] good RAID enclosures?

 

I've got two of the 8-bay Arecas 8050-T2. Both have been solid.

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Re: [Avid-L2] good RAID enclosures?

 


I literally ordered the Akiito Thunder3 Raid Station earlier today.  Should have it tomorrow.  It's Thunderbolt 3 and they included the dock in the unit - so display port, usb, ethernet, card reader.  I have high hopes.

I didn't need a 4 bay or raid 5 so as a Raid 0/1 unit it seemed to be exactly what I need.  Looked at usb 3.1 gen 2 devices, but the cost was about the same for less features. 

Mark

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On 8/22/2019 12:46 PM, mbrockns2@yahoo.ca [Avid-L2] wrote:
 

What do people like for a 2-bay (and/or 4-bay) RAID enclosure, apart from OWC?


Thanks,

--Michael Brockington

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Re: [Avid-L2] good RAID enclosures?

 

I had an Areca SAS raid and controller about 10 years ago. Didn't last long. I don't know if it was a power supply problem or a cooling problem, or what, but it crapped out in under 3 years.

I only had the one, so take my comments with a grain of salt, but I wouldn't buy that again.

Why not use a QNAP? Then you can add another sharing with another bay whenever you need it.

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> On Aug 22, 2019, at 3:01 PM, RRF Avid rrfavid@hotsprocketfilms.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> How about 6 bay RAID enclosures? Anyone have experience with Areca?
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> https://www.areca.com.tw/products/thunderbolt_8050T3.html
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> How about 12TB drives for the RAID?
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> Thx.
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> - Rich
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>> On Aug 22, 2019, at 2:46 PM, Wilson Chao wilsonchao@gmail.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> Back in 2014 I bought eight RAID enclosures made by Akitio for use as media drives on Avids; their current slightly-updated version is here:
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>> https://www.amazon.com/Akitio-NT2-U31C/dp/B079STYXDT/
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>> They have been running RAID 0 flawlessly ever since. Highly recommended if you only need two drive bays..
>> Akitio also makes 4-bay RAID enclosures but I've not tested them.
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>> On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 3:59 PM mbrockns2@yahoo.ca [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> What do people like for a 2-bay (and/or 4-bay) RAID enclosure, apart from OWC?
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>> Thanks,
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>> --Michael Brockington
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Re: [Avid-L2] good RAID enclosures?

 

How about 6 bay RAID enclosures?  Anyone have experience with Areca? 



How about 12TB drives for the RAID?

Thx.

- Rich

On Aug 22, 2019, at 2:46 PM, Wilson Chao wilsonchao@gmail.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


Back in 2014 I bought eight RAID enclosures made by Akitio for use as media drives on Avids; their current slightly-updated version is here:


They have been running RAID 0 flawlessly ever since.  Highly recommended if you only need two drive bays..  
Akitio also makes 4-bay RAID enclosures but I've not tested them.

On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 3:59 PM mbrockns2@yahoo.ca [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
 

What do people like for a 2-bay (and/or 4-bay) RAID enclosure, apart from OWC?


Thanks,

--Michael Brockington




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Re: [Avid-L2] good RAID enclosures?

 

Back in 2014 I bought eight RAID enclosures made by Akitio for use as media drives on Avids; their current slightly-updated version is here:


They have been running RAID 0 flawlessly ever since.  Highly recommended if you only need two drive bays..  
Akitio also makes 4-bay RAID enclosures but I've not tested them.

On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 3:59 PM mbrockns2@yahoo.ca [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
 

What do people like for a 2-bay (and/or 4-bay) RAID enclosure, apart from OWC?


Thanks,

--Michael Brockington

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RE: [Avid-L2] good RAID enclosures?

 

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What do people like for a 2-bay (and/or 4-bay) RAID enclosure, apart from OWC?

 

Thanks,

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[Avid-L2] good RAID enclosures?

 

What do people like for a 2-bay (and/or 4-bay) RAID enclosure, apart from OWC?


Thanks,

--Michael Brockington

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Re: [Avid-L2] Resolution of Filler

 

Thanks for the reply Benjamin.

The format setting is 1080p. How should I interpret the Filler label of 3840x2160? As nonsense to be ignored? 

On Thu, Aug 22, 2019, at 12:51 PM, Benjamin Hershleder wrote:


The setting in the Format Tab is the arbiter of the raster of the file that's either input or output.

HTH,
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On Aug 22, 2019, at 11:50 AM, 'Dan McCabe' danlist@bestmail.us [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Dear Avid Mavens,

Working in MC 18.12.3

I am working in a 1080 sequence. 

I added an extra video track to the top layer. I added a TC burn-in. The text of the Filler says DNxHR HQX (3840x2160). The video on the lower levels is all DNxHD 220x (HD1080p). 

Media Creation settings are all set to DNxHD 145. Under the Render tab, "Same as source" is deselected.

If I render that upper track, will it render at (3840x2160)(which would a waste of space)?

What controls how the Avid assigns the resolution to the filler track?

I was recently working with DNxHR HQX (3820x2160) bringing those clips into the project. What is making it stick?

Thanks!

D.



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The setting in the Format Tab is the arbiter of the raster of the file that's either input or output.

HTH,
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On Aug 22, 2019, at 11:50 AM, 'Dan McCabe' danlist@bestmail.us [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Dear Avid Mavens,

Working in MC 18.12.3

I am working in a 1080 sequence.. 

I added an extra video track to the top layer. I added a TC burn-in. The text of the Filler says DNxHR HQX (3840x2160). The video on the lower levels is all DNxHD 220x (HD1080p). 

Media Creation settings are all set to DNxHD 145. Under the Render tab, "Same as source" is deselected.

If I render that upper track, will it render at (3840x2160)(which would a waste of space)?

What controls how the Avid assigns the resolution to the filler track?

I was recently working with DNxHR HQX (3820x2160) bringing those clips into the project. What is making it stick?

Thanks!

D.


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[Avid-L2] Resolution of Filler

 

Dear Avid Mavens,

Working in MC 18.12.3

I am working in a 1080 sequence.

I added an extra video track to the top layer. I added a TC burn-in. The text of the Filler says DNxHR HQX (3840x2160). The video on the lower levels is all DNxHD 220x (HD1080p).

Media Creation settings are all set to DNxHD 145. Under the Render tab, "Same as source" is deselected.

If I render that upper track, will it render at (3840x2160)(which would a waste of space)?

What controls how the Avid assigns the resolution to the filler track?

I was recently working with DNxHR HQX (3820x2160) bringing those clips into the project. What is making it stick?

Thanks!

D.

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Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Re: [Avid-L2] Improving old footage

 

If you want all the glory you saw in Jackson's work, you need an HDR workflow. More important than the resolution.

Scaling video is difficult as there is simply not much information to begin with compared even to HD, much less 4k. Most video in the 60's started as film and if you can get back to the film, that's ideal.

That said, your biggest problem with video is the de-interlacing. Scaling is relatively easy once the interlacing is removed, but scaling will magnify any deinterlace artifacts many times over. The method that you use to deinterlace depends greatly on the nature of the footage, particularly the nature of the motion in the footage. Personally, I prefer to work with the interlaced material and deinterlacing shot by shot in mastering rather than converting my sources.

Some people swear by methods that involve separating the fields, scaling them independently, and then "deinterlacing" at scale. I've never tried this. Usually using After Effects.

In software, I've had the best success with After Effects (sometimes), JES Deinterlacer, and believe it or not, Handbrake, particularly using YADIF method. The very best deinterlacing is hardware based. This requires a post-house with a skilled operator and even then it's hit or miss.

Scanning film is much more successful, though much 16mm is still very low quality. Even HD frequently exceeds the grain resolution in a lot of 16mm. Fortunately grain is analog and scales nicely, and scanning will capture far more contrast and color information. 

Cheers,
            tod

On Aug 20, 2019, at 3:08 PM, Lou Wirth loutv@mindspring.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

It seems lately there has been a lot of attention on improving the quality of archival footage with Peter Jackson rising to the pinnacle with his colorization and uprezzing of WWI footage.  I recently say immigrant footage from the 30s that looked amazing at 4K.


I am working on pre production of that doc that has hours of video from the 60s and lots of him from the 40s.  My question is….what are some of the options to get this material to 4K.  Producer is pushing for this so I wanted to know if there is software for some of this or is it all out-house to a a company with the heavy gear and expensive price tags.

Any ideas would be helpful.

Thanks 

Lou


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