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Storage: Marvin<br />
Cinedeck<br />
Alan Hoff, above. Ari Presler, below.<br />
An “automatic washing machine for video data.” That’s how Russell<br />
Branch of Marvin Technologies describes Marvin.<br />
Basically, Marvin takes a RED CF card, and performs a so-called<br />
protocol. A protocol in this case, is a list of chores Marvin will<br />
perform, like copying data to the built-in RAID, verifying the<br />
copied files, processing them to Quicktime, archiving onto LTO<br />
tape, generating a report, and burning a DVD of dailies in H.264.<br />
This all happens without human interaction, so the risk of error is<br />
highly reduced. That does not mean data wranglers will be out of<br />
work in the future, it just makes their lives easier and safer.<br />
Soon, Marvin will be able to handle SxS Data, P2 Data and hopefully<br />
even more formats, including 3D—it can even sort the data<br />
from left and right eye. All you need to control Marvin is a laptop<br />
and a browser.<br />
Marvin costs about 12000 € for the 6TB version, including the<br />
LTO tape drives, and is available from Band Pro. (bandpro.com)<br />
Alan Hoff from Cinedeck calls his product an “extremely capable recorder.” A look at the<br />
spec sheet shows he’s not bragging.<br />
Cinedeck is not much larger than a 7" monitor, records to SSD or SSD RAID. With options,<br />
it can record up to 4:4:4 uncompressed, and provide ambient Timecode. The base version<br />
of the deck records Cineform, all flavors of ProRes, and DNxHD.<br />
It can pick up signals from HD-SDI and HDMI sources, has loop-through dual SDI<br />
connectors and records about every HD and SD format there is.<br />
Cinedeck has put in image evaluation tools, like histogram, waveform and vectorscope,<br />
and the reader for the SSDs is included in the base package. It’s not a replacement for an<br />
on-board mini monitor like a Transvideo, but true to its name, is an extremely capable<br />
recorder that happens to have a good interface. Since Alan is an AVID alumnus, there are<br />
rumors of potential for on-set rudimentary editing. (cinedeck.com)<br />
Cinedeck is collaborating with Ari Presler's Silicon Imaging on a portable Cinedeck SI-<br />
3D solid-state recorder. The lightweight recorder can simultaneously capture 12-bit RAW<br />
2K or HD images from two SI-2K cameras, or from the new SI-3D stereo camera. The<br />
Cinedeck SI-3D processes content for real-time viewing and storage on removable 2.5"<br />
SATA SSD drives. A single 250GB SSD<br />
is capable of storing about 30 minutes<br />
of uncompressed stereo 2K footage,<br />
including audio and timecode, or up<br />
to two hours of stereo material using<br />
the CineFormRAW QuickTime codec.<br />
It weighs 3.8 lbs and is easy to use on<br />
Steadicams and shoulder rigs.<br />
• 7" LCD HD Touchscreen (1024 x 600)<br />
• Dual Intel Pro/1000 Gigabit Ethernet<br />
• Quad Core Intel Processing<br />
• VGA or TV Output for external Viewing<br />
• 2.5" SATA SSD Drive Slot<br />
• USB (x2), eSATA (x1)<br />
• Battery Mount<br />
• 9-28V Power Input<br />
(siliconimaging.com)<br />
Dec 2010<br />
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