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Today's Topics:

   1. A SAN workflow from SpectSoft (Rob Lingelbach)


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Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:55:09 +0200
From: Rob Lingelbach <roblingelbach at gmail.com>
Subject: [Tig-announce] A SAN workflow from SpectSoft
To: tig-announce at colorist.org
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Mike most was kind enough to share some info on how it all fits  
together for
them and why.

The Cineworks workflow - in a nutshell
"In the past, we were using another product to ingest the dual link  
video from
an SR deck", comments Mike Most, Chief Technologist at Cineworks. "We  
wanted
to streamline this workflow for a number of reasons. Efficiency was one
primary reason, but we also wanted to eliminate any video compression if
possible, even though the compression used in the SR format is very  
light and
has very minimal impact on the image itself. We also wanted to be  
able to
share the files for things such as visual effects and title work,  
something
that we were finding ourselves doing more and more of. It was clear  
that a
high performance SAN was a central part of the solution, but we also  
needed a
device that would work with our DaVinci based telecine controllers  
and allow
the dual link video to be converted to a DPX sequence on the fly  
under the
DaVinci TLC editing control. It was vital that the device look like a
standard VTR to the DaVinci, but actually function as a real time DPX
recorder. Ideally, the device could also be set up as a client on the  
SAN,
allowing us to go directly from telecine to the SAN, writing the DPX  
files
with proper time code embedding directly to a SAN volume.

"The RaveHD and BrightDrive systems support the Quantum SNFS client,  
which
makes it completely transparent across multiple operating systems.  
This was
critical for us, as we use both Windows PC's and Apple Macintosh  
computers,
and it was critical for operation of the RaveHD, which is a Linux based
device. The BrightDrive system is designed specifically for dealing with
large file" sequences and is "sequence aware," allowing for  
optimization and
maximum performance for things like the DPX file sequences that are  
at the
heart of our workflow. In addition, the RaveHD has 6 TB of its own local
storage, allowing us to use it as a standalone VTR replacement as  
well as a
gateway to the SAN. When space on the SAN needs to be conserved, we can
record to the Raves local storage and do a very fast copy to the SAN  
volume
when needed. And finally, the RaveHD can be used to play back  
sequences that
are stored on the SAN, giving us another way to record rendered  
sequences
from projects to tape without having to use other systems and  
applications".

" The combined efforts of SpectSoft (RaveHD), Cinesys (integration,
installation, and support of the SAN and all connected devices), Bright
Systems (SAN supplier), and Quantum  made this workflow possible for  
us".

Comments provided by Mike Most for a recent press release.

Cheers,
Ramona
Co-Founder of SpectSoft.
-- 
Ramona Howard

SpectSoft, LLC
593 Hi-Tech Parkway Suite B
Oakdale, CA 95361
Phone: 209.847.7812 extension 104
Fax: 209.847.7859
http://www.spectsoft.com

RaveHD - Changing the way you think about uncompressed

--
By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in  
touch with the ignorance of the community.
--Oscar Wilde
Rob Lingelbach   http://www.colorist.org 50?28'26.55"N
30?30'33.93"E




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