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How Big Is A Movie File?
Video file sizes can be huge – but just how big are HD and 4K files? Use the FileCatalyst comparison chart to see just how big your video files are. Source: How big is a movie file?
Watch: Detailed Sony FS5 Presentation by Alister Chapman
Alister Chapman is one of the foremost authorities on Sony’s large sensor cameras. He is a Sony Independent Certified Expert (ICE) and runs the excellent XDCAM user blog. He is also one of the few people in the world to have worked with the upcoming PXW-FS5. via Dan Chung at […]
Watch: Tiger Series Overview Video
Get an introduction to the advanced yet simple to use Tiger Series, a range of shared storage workflow solutions that enable end-to-end pipelines for content-centric production. Easily share storage, manage users and workspaces, and backup and archive your material. Tiger Shared storage lets you use Ethernet and/or Fibre networks, and […]
The Simple Archive Solution
The Simple Archive Solution As data transfer rates increase and storage becomes cheaper, one of the biggest hurdles for editors, producers and IT staff is finding an affordable and end easy way to protect valuable media. While external drives are a quick fix, there are risks backing up and archiving this way. Hard drives corrupt, […]
Remote Desktop Support at Z Systems via Teamviewer
Z Systems has been offering remote desktop technical support for years. It is a great complement to telephone and on-site assistance and really shines for customers that are far away or have just a ‘quick question.’ We use Teamviewer to do this and have been really happy with the productivity […]
DDP (Dynamic Drive Pool) by Ardis: A reliable SAN.
DDP is one of my favorite shared storage solutions. One reason I like DDP is because it’s built upon a very stable platform. The hardware consists of a fine quality rack-mount server as good as any of the more expensive SANS. Underneath it’s built on a Linux core with little […]
Sony4K Workflow
(last updated 4-22-14) Workflow Articles for the F5 / F55: An interesting article on the new SLOG3 Gamma Curve: Understanding SLog3 by Alister Chapman A discussion thread about SLOG-2 vs. SLOG-3 Sony Forum Discussion Thread SLOG-2 vs SLOG-3 Sony’s Cine Alta workflow guide: Sony’s 4K Workflow Guide (version 2.0) A […]
