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From: "Stephen van Vuuren" <stephen@sv2studios.com>
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Subject: RE: [AE] New MacBook Pro
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 16:10:58 -0500
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> Looked at cinemartin... whats the deal with it ? how much ? no mention on
their site.

It's not in huge letters but on the page it's released freeware.

> I went thru OS resintalls, every config imaginable and win 7 just refuses
to network discover correctly.

That's a weird problem - don't think 3com switches are likely the issue
although it's not impossible if some kind of TCP port blocking is in place.
It's possible you have some other device on your network (printer, media
streamer etc.) - some of those devices screw with networking in general.

XP had a much simpler and more insecure network stack - thus less prone to
issues.

stephen van vuuren
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Subject: Re: [AE] New MacBook Pro


On Feb 5, 2013, at 12:11 PM, Stephen van Vuuren <stephen@sv2studios.com>
wrote:

>> that "other than a few codecs" is a HUGE problem for me. not being 
>> able to
> write prores is a real show stopper.
> 
> There are several FFMPEG and other solutions out there - including this:
> http://www.cinemartin.com/cinec/ just released.

I've been aware of the FFMPEG thing, but its just not a terribly practical
tool for everyday use. Looked at cinemartin... whats the deal with it ? how
much ? no mention on their site. I saw another ProRes encoder but it was
rather pricey. Cineform is too expensive per seat to consider ( free ver
doesn't do alpha channel last time I looked ) and just not used widely
enough with the people I have to deal with.... and if they spec ProRes HQ
thats what they want. 

while workable for final delivery, not sure about everyday work as
intermediates in the process where you are doing updates on something all
day long.


> 
>> then there are the win7 networking problems
> 
> You must have a setup issue. I have Linux, Mac (Hackintosh) and 
> Windows 7 all happy together and networked - critical part of my 
> workflow. As long as you don't turn Homegroup on, life is good. Linux 
> is an Unbuntu box. Like any cross-platform setup some easy 
> configuration is needed - but nothing beyond some basic settings in the
GUI.

its entirely possible that the 3COM switches I have are the problem. I've
considered that but don't have an option for the moment to change them out
to see if thats the problem. 

I went thru OS resintalls, every config imaginable and win 7 just refuses to
network discover correctly. the work around was to do a direct open of the
share via smb/IP and make shortcuts on the desktop. that usually worked. its
when something new shows up you have to track down the IP of the new thing.
Also odd bits - discovery did work for one day, then never again. never
figured out how that happened. win7 does see 2 enet printers and the router.
I never had these problems with XP.


> 
>> too many workflow stoppers
> 
> I'm not actually aware of single workflow stopper other than if you 
> have apps or hardware that simply won't function on anything but Apple 
> and the cost of replacing them is too high.


well the problems I've had resulted in huge amounts of wasted time with no
resolution. I spent more time messing around than doing real work.

S
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