RED Rocket update...

[Shane Betts]

You're dead right Carl, rendering out to R3D, aside from Red not allowing anyone else to write the codec, would mean a double hit at compression - and it's a big compression at that.

There is another way around this, between DPX and ProRes and that's BMD or Kona uncompressed 10 bit files. Smaller than DPX, easier to stream and playout with sync sound from a FCP timeline if you don't have a DVS or whatever. You still need a very fast array though. Let's face it, it's going to be years before anyone will be playing uncompressed 2k from their laptops.

 

[Shane Betts]

Greatest. Post. ever.

Shouldn't that read; MacBook M.I.A.?

 

[Curran Giddens]

You're dead right Carl, rendering out to R3D, aside from Red not allowing anyone else to write the codec, would mean a double hit at compression - and it's a big compression at that.

I guess you didn't see the RED Reel #400 demonstration in Vegas this year. I didn't either, but half of it was very, very big compression, and nobody could see the difference between it and uncompressed 4K.

I'm really hoping that the RED Rocket will somehow help out with the REDCode RGB compression for the RED RAY codec.

 

[JonathanF]

Well, I don't want to write to Redcode 36, but with Epic we are going to see RedCode 100, 250 and so on. Maybe I'm assuming too much in thinking that we can expect lower bit rates and thus the ability to decode-recode.

When I saw redcode 250 on the Epic X I was really excited for that very reason. Maybe it's just wishful thinking as it's needed to support the higher frame rates.

:J

 

[J Davis]

Shouldn't that read; MacBook M.I.A.?

it was a pun at pcmcia no longer being offered

 

[thomasjmikkelsen]

Awesome realy awesome

 

[Ramona Howard]

Let's face it, it's going to be years before anyone will be playing uncompressed 2k from their laptops.

Shane,

hey there, been awhile. Actually we showed this at the last demo in Burbank. YES your heard me. uncompressed on a laptop. we were showing both 8 and 10bit in realtime. Packed in a standard QT wrapper but we also do this in a DPX wrapping.

You will see buzz on this from SpectSoft over the next several months.

Cheers,
Ramona

 

[Adam Glick]

Let's face it, it's going to be years before anyone will be playing uncompressed 2k from their laptops.

The current GoBOXX 2600 mobile workstation plays uncompressed 2K DPX @ 24fps in realtime when configured with three SSDs.

 

[Ramona Howard]

The current GoBOXX 2600 mobile workstation

That would be one way. We showed this on a standard MacBook Pro laptop

Cheers,
Ramona

 

[Radoslav Karapetkov]

2K 24fps realtime on a laptop...

Omg...

 

[Roberto B]

cineform makes reference to 4k realtime on a laptop..

edit
pc side right

 

[Ramona Howard]

cineform refers 4k realtime on a laptop..

That would be compressed!

Cheers,
Ramona

 

[Bing Bailey]

yes red rocket express card will do very nicely thank you very much or a version of red ray that can plugin to the express card socket since it'll have the decoding/debayering bits also

 

[shashbugu]

okay i have been shooting at the countryside of Ghana, red rocket will be a blessing since it will be out right when i get back.

 

[shashbugu]

its everything i ever asked for from red since scarlet, i am way too excited

 

[Colin Hubick]

RED Rocket board with Quad DVI and Dual Link HD-SDI- $4750

Decode and debayer 4K R3D files realtime. Hyper-accelerated transcode to any system codec. Specs to be posted upon completion of testing.

Plays full quality realtime 4K to 4K monitor or projector from DVI output. Plays full quality 2K/1080P scaled from 4K footage out the Dual Link HD-SDI from RED Rocket card.

Plays full quality 2K scaled from 4K footage realtime through system graphics card and monitor.

Optional Breakout box with Quad HDMI and Quad Dual Link HD-SDI- $1200

Plays full quality realtime 4K to 4K monitor or projector from QUAD HDMI/HD-SDI RED Rocket breakout box output.

Delivery schedule in now 1st week of July.

Deanan will jump in to answer questions.

Jim

Hey Red,

After reading the description on the Silverado Web site for the Red Rocket Card, it sounds like there is only DVI connectors on the card, and if you want to have HDSDI connectivity, you need to purchase the break out box. Can someone at Red confirm or deny that there are HDSDI ports on the card, or if it's only DVI.

Thanks
Colin

 

[Deanan]

Hey Red,

After reading the description on the Silverado Web site for the Red Rocket Card, it sounds like there is only DVI connectors on the card, and if you want to have HDSDI connectivity, you need to purchase the break out box. Can someone at Red confirm or deny that there are HDSDI ports on the card, or if it's only DVI.

Thanks
Colin

4x DVI and 1x dual link HD-SDI output from the card.

 

[Greg M]

any details on the breakout?

 

[Gabriele Turchi]

denan what kind of quantity we should expect for july 1st?

we are talking about 100 cards ...1000 cards ready to ship?

Thanks

g

 

[Jannard]

denan what kind of quantity we should expect for july 1st?

we are talking about 100 cards ...1000 cards ready to ship?

Thanks

g

Plenty...

Jim