So christian, what kindof hard disc system does the profile use?Originally Posted by litemover
For the record.
Richard
So christian, what kindof hard disc system does the profile use?Originally Posted by litemover
For the record.
Richard
The standard SD 4 channel profile uses SCSI Ultra 120 harddrives, 5 (to 8 on different systems) of them, i think one for boot and operating system and 4 for content. It runs on Windows 2000 and has a very archaic GUI. Can be controlled by 3 different controllers, all of which have switchers in them. It can control decks which is mainly how they push HD.
Profile can record, edit, and playback video and has 4 channels of sound. Profile uses 2 codecs, Mpeg II streams and the more prefered Photo Jpeg.
Allen Wells of Fontastics.com has developed a device that he calls "Elvis" that interfaces with profile, decks, switchers, scalers, colorcorrectors, and DVE's. It's basically a way to have a very very expensive cue based system much like catalyst. It takes up the size of their own truck and costs an unbelievable amount of money to rent. He is a Nazi towards the idea of Catalyst.
Most of the truck guys think it sucks because it is so old and archaic but still fetches $4900/week for just the Box! They love the idea of some new technology, a fraction of the cost taking over.
The only reason I know about all of the EVS and Profile stuff is i have an anonymous east coast Profile operator friend who isn't part of the LA video mafia who gives me the lowdown on these systems whenever I see him. He actually taught me how to record a sequence, edit it, add a matte and fill over it and play it back on Profile.
There are many different configurations and hybrid Profiles with up to 8 scsi drives, don't know if they've made the leap to u320 yet.
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