Hard Drive Requirements for capturing with Intensity Card at DVinfo.net

James Huenergardt · August 15th, 2007, 11:52 AM

Hi,

One more question I couldn't find any posts on.

I'm thinking about going with the Black Magic Intensity Pro card to capture from my Z1U and my friends V1U.

I will be using either Prospect HD or Aspect HD.

I have two 500GB drives striped together in RAID 0.

Will this be enough 'bandwidth' to capture using the Cineform codecs?

What kind of bandwidth/throughput does one need to capture using the Intensity cards?

Thanks,

Jim

David Newman · August 15th, 2007, 12:08 PM

Yes that is plenty of bandwidth. The disk speed is needed for multi-layer editing, not so much for capture, which is always a single stream. As very detailed picture from HDMI, or pre-compressed component will be peak around 20MBytes/s for FilmScan 1 -- very high quality. So a single drive will do it.

David Parks · August 15th, 2007, 03:47 PM

So I can get this straight.
So a single 7500rpm SATA drive will capture with Cineform NEO HDV through an Intensity card? With audio and extraction?

David Newman · August 15th, 2007, 03:51 PM

Yes, a single average drive will be fine, even a fast notebook drive or flash device.

David Parks · August 15th, 2007, 04:01 PM

That is amazing. Thanks.

August 15th, 2007, 11:52 AM	#1
James Huenergardt Major Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Chehalis, WA Posts: 513	Hard Drive Requirements for capturing with Intensity Card Hi, One more question I couldn't find any posts on. I'm thinking about going with the Black Magic Intensity Pro card to capture from my Z1U and my friends V1U. I will be using either Prospect HD or Aspect HD. I have two 500GB drives striped together in RAID 0. Will this be enough 'bandwidth' to capture using the Cineform codecs? What kind of bandwidth/throughput does one need to capture using the Intensity cards? Thanks, Jim

August 15th, 2007, 12:08 PM	#2
David Newman CTO, CineForm Inc. Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California Posts: 8,095	Yes that is plenty of bandwidth. The disk speed is needed for multi-layer editing, not so much for capture, which is always a single stream. As very detailed picture from HDMI, or pre-compressed component will be peak around 20MBytes/s for FilmScan 1 -- very high quality. So a single drive will do it. __________________ David Newman -- web: www.gopro.com blog: cineform.blogspot.com -- twitter: twitter.com/David_Newman

August 15th, 2007, 03:47 PM	#3
David Parks Major Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Houston Posts: 789	So I can get this straight. So a single 7500rpm SATA drive will capture with Cineform NEO HDV through an Intensity card? With audio and extraction? __________________ David Parks: DP/Editor: Jacobs Aerospace at NASA Johnson Space Center https://www.youtube.com/user/JacobsESCG

August 15th, 2007, 03:51 PM	#4
David Newman CTO, CineForm Inc. Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California Posts: 8,095	Yes, a single average drive will be fine, even a fast notebook drive or flash device. __________________ David Newman -- web: www.gopro.com blog: cineform.blogspot.com -- twitter: twitter.com/David_Newman

August 15th, 2007, 04:01 PM	#5
David Parks Major Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Houston Posts: 789	That is amazing. Thanks. __________________ David Parks: DP/Editor: Jacobs Aerospace at NASA Johnson Space Center https://www.youtube.com/user/JacobsESCG