mLOGICs mLINK R thunderbolt expansion chassis for Red Rocket

[Tonaci Tran]

Designed from the ground up specifically for the Red Rocket card, check out the first look at the mLink R from mLOGIC. We got a chance to meet up with mLogic's CEO Roger Mabon and VP of Product Development Jean-Pierre Durand. If you want to pre-order this bad boy, check out the link to lock down the special introductory price of $699 until May 14th 2012: http://www.mlogic.com/mlinkR/preorder

 

[Ketch Rossi]

Reserved... Thanks buddy, missed you last night, I'll see later at NAB...

 

[Erik Vanlenten]

I love this thing, talk about mobile power!

 

[Alvise Tedesco]

Reserved. Thanks Tonaci

 

[Erich Ocean]

Reserved, thanks for the heads up!

 

[Nils Ruinet]

Awesome, been waiting for something like this for a year now !
Reserved. Thanks Tonaci !

 

[Erik Vanlenten]

Would you install this the same way you do in a tower?

 

[Justin O'Neill]

It was so cool to see this thing just work. Plug it in to a MacBook Air and you have super mobile realtime 4k. Love the low profile design too.

 

[Alvise Tedesco]

I was reading this, I think originally on Magma site:
"There is an interoperability issue with MacOS using graphics (GPU) cards externally through Thunderbolt. Unfortunately, external graphics solutions for MacOS X do not work and we do not expect a resolution from Apple in the short term".
I'm new to PCI and Thunderbolt buses/connections.


-Mlogic+Redrocket+latest Macbook17''
-Redrocket+2009 4 core Macpro


Anybody can tell me how would be different the performance of a Redrocket in those 2 options (% slower)?
Thanks

 

[Charlie Perera]

Exactly what I've been looking for. Reserved.

Alvise, I did also read on the Magma site about the lack of support for external graphics cards via Thunderbolt on Mac. I'm assuming that this is not an issue, as at this time, the internal/onboard graphics card on a MacBook will still be the primary graphics card, with the external Rocket via mLINK R (via TB) being utilised for its GPU processing (and HD-SDI out), in whatever application supports that. RCX as per the video is a great start.

 

[C.H.Haskell]

This thing could not come sooner, thanks Tonaci!

 

[Clark Dunbar]

also for Video Out via Thunderbolt - check out these little guys from AJA:
T-Tap (http://www.aja.com/en/products/t-tap/#/overview)
IO-XT (http://www.aja.com/en/products/io-xt/#/overview)

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

I need a couple of those T-Tap things yesterday.

 

[Dwain Barrick]

Are there any specs on Transcode rates with this Solution? Will the MLink-R be able to Transcode 4K material at full debayer as similar rates as when in a Mac Pro Tower?

 

[Tonaci Tran]

I only got a chance to check it out briefly in Vegas but I will ask MLogic to send me a proto to post some results. I will ask them if they have any performance numbers yet.

 

[Dwain Barrick]

I only got a chance to check it out briefly in Vegas but I will ask MLogic to send me a proto to post some results. I will ask them if they have any performance numbers yet.

That would be great. Looking forward to hearing the results.

 

[Jack Shanahan]

Will this be compatible with a macbook pro with no thunderbolt? or will i need an adapter of sorts?

 

[Bob Gundu]

Almost positive that it's only thunderbolt.

Will this be compatible with a macbook pro with no thunderbolt? or will i need an adapter of sorts?

 

[Mark Toia]

This is like a miracle ! Some one pinch me!

RED... are you watching.

 

[Shiblon Wixom]

Thunderbolt + Red Rocket

Thunderbolt + Red Rocket

Short Answer for transcoding 4kHD 8:1 to ProResHQ422 1080p, over any x8 lane pci-e thunderbolt expansion with a Red Rocket.
Macbook Pro 17" = 30 fps, uses half system resources
Macbook Air 13" = 18 fps, uses all system resources

For comparison an 8 core Mac Tower = 30 fps, uses half system resources (internal pci-e x8 lane slot). In the case of the Mac Tower and Macbook Pro 17", the limiting factor is the Red Rocket card itself. Next up is dual Red Rocket cards in the thunderbolt pci-e case.