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132624Re: [Avid-L2] Hardware Recommendations

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  • John Beck
    Oct 7 3:26 PM
      I know this isn't the answer you want nor is it a good answer but could
      you just capture to another codec?  --J.B.

      Rebecca Duge editthis58@... [Avid-L2] wrote:
      >
      >
      > Hi Dave,
      >
      > Thanks for the recommendation. I’ve been unsuccessful in remedying the
      > issue by deleting the database files creating new users and new
      > projects. I’ve reboot the Mac, removed the power plug for a bit and
      > still 99% of the time the issue occurs. This is something 100% foreign
      > to me as the system it is occurring on has always been the most
      > reliable of my Mac setups.
      >
      > Do you by chance have any external hardware recommendations for
      > Capturing from tape to external drive/raid setup? All my captures
      > usually go to a secondary hard drive within the Mac (I have two old
      > Mac Pro Cheese Graters as my main workhorses) but with the trashcan it
      > looks like I’ll have to use an external option as my capture drive.
      > This is completely new to me so any ideas would be beyond helpful.
      >
      > Thanks,
      > Becki
      >
      >
      >
      > On Oct 7, 2018, at 12:34 PM, Dave Hogan mactvman@...
      > <mailto:mactvman@...> [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
      > <mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>> wrote:
      >
      >> I have encountered a strange bug in the past, which which may be
      >> related...
      >>
      >> When capturing within a project that had previously used a different
      >> i/o appliance I will get a system crash when using the VTR.  This
      >> actually is more common doing tape outputs.
      >>
      >> This happens where I work when switching between Nitris appliances,
      >> Aja IO appliances and newer Blackmagic ones.  This also includes
      >> going between older DX appliances and newer ones from AVID, made by
      >> blackmagic.
      >>
      >> The solution has always been to use a new project, created on the
      >> system with the IO appliance you are going to use.  I have also had
      >> luck deleting the project settings, (and in shared projects, the sub
      >> folders for each bay).
      >>
      >> Good Luck,
      >>
      >> Dave Hogan
      >> Burbank, CA
      >>
      >>
      >>
      >> On Saturday, October 6, 2018 6:44 PM, "John Beck
      >> jb30343@... <mailto:jb30343@...> [Avid-L2]"
      >> <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>> wrote:
      >>
      >>
      >> All those Sony decks have been pretty bulletproof for me.  Since you
      >> were using Digibeta when the problem happened, I wonder if it might have
      >> been related to capturing a SD signal.  I usually use a HDW-M2000 and
      >> let it upconvert if I'm capturing from Beta SP or Digibeta.
      >> --J.B.
      >>
      >> Rebecca Duge wrote:
      >> > HDSR; HDCAM; Beta SP; DigiBeta; these are our most used  tape decks.
      >> > The one I was using when I started encountering the issue was the
      >> > DigiBeta.
      >> >
      >> >
      >> > On Oct 6, 2018, at 4:43 PM, Jb <jb30343@...
      >> <mailto:jb30343@...>
      >> > <mailto:jb30343@...>> wrote:
      >> >
      >> >> What tape machine are you using?  JB
      >> >>
      >> >> Sent from my iTelephone
      >> >>
      >> >> On Oct 6, 2018, at 6:19 PM, Rebecca Duge editthis58@...
      >> <mailto:editthis58@...>
      >> >> <mailto:editthis58@...> [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
      >> <mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
      >> >> <mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>> wrote:
      >> >>
      >> >>>
      >> >>>
      >> >>> Hey Gang,
      >> >>>
      >> >>>
      >> >>> Because I haven’t been able to figure out a fix for the issue of
      >> >>> Avid crashing when choosing a ProRes Codec in Capture tool, I’m
      >> >>> having to switch machines.
      >> >>>
      >> >>>
      >> >>> Therefore, can anyone tell me a good external setup for capturing
      >> >>> (tape to file) on a Mac Pro Trashcan. I don’t have any experience in
      >> >>> capturing to external sources (drives/RAID setups) so I can use a
      >> >>> ton of advice as to how I should go about this and what y’all find
      >> >>> works best in your own setups.
      >> >>>
      >> >>>
      >> >>> Thanks in Advance!!!
      >> >>>
      >> >>> ~ Becki
      >> >>>
      >> >>>
      >> >>> *SPECS:*
      >> >>>
      >> >>> Mac Pro (Late 2013)
      >> >>>
      >> >>>    2.7 GHz 12 Core Intel Xeon E5
      >> >>>
      >> >>>    32GB 1866 MHz DDR3 ECC
      >> >>>
      >> >>>    AMD FirePro D500 3072MB
      >> >>>
      >> >>> Blackmagic Ultrastudio 4K
      >> >>>
      >> >>> Yosemite 10.10.5
      >> >>>
      >> >>>
      >> >>>
      >> >>>
      >>
      >>
      >>
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