Portable Data Storage plays RED?

[Esteban Sosnitsky]

Hello all,
I am looking for a portable data storage device what could play .mov files, and I have found these:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FUD4EO...iveASIN=B000FUD4EO&adid=0WHP5Q05HKWB6HKXN6D9&

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000BYVR66...iveASIN=B000BYVR66&adid=19YSSHQCSYVGZ9903SMS&

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000J3YFM2/ref=noref?ie=UTF8&s=photo

Does any of you know if these players could playback the P proxy for example? How could you get the RED codec in there?
Any suggestions?
I am trying to avoid carrying a computer around just to check that the files are there. Any suggestions very much appreciated.

 

[Esteban Sosnitsky]

Am I the only one trying to use this solution?

 

[J Clark]

Esteban,

We're considering writing a utility that rips .r3d files straight to .mp4 or .wmv files for ipod and portable devices for dailies-to-go. If there's enough interest we will proceed. Anyone interested should speak up here so we can get a head count. The cost of the utility would be very inexpensive and work on both PC and MAC.

 

[Esteban Sosnitsky]

Hi Jim, my guess is that these portable back up devices already read .mov files, the only thing we need, that I dont know if the already do or could do in the future is add the red code codec to those players and voila, that would be it. What do you think?

 

[J Clark]

The .r3d files are just too large and the playback capacity on these devices are too slow, so you would have to pre-compile the movie files before transferring them onto the device. .R3D files are monsters and the QT wrapper files only decode the .R3D footage in real time, which would put a tremendous processing and bandwidth demand on the device. I can't see it working as we'd like to imagine. The best solution we foresee, for now, is to do a quick convert on a powerful box to .mp4, .mov or .wmv files and transfer to the device.

 

[Gary Ploj]

I would be interested.

 

[Chris Kenny]

Red could presumably make a pretty nice field playback device. Just take the Red Ray, drop the optical drive, and add a small screen and a battery. That's probably the most realistic hope for portable playback.