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RED's RED ROCKET MOBILE - Who wants one -

Mark Toia

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Ok ok, I can't help myself. Yes I like to push the RED boys for more useable tools.. so here goes.

RED ROCKET MOBILE: Who wants one. (Manufactured by RED)

Multiple Thunder Bolt, SADA, FIREWIRE ports or any pipe thats quick.
DVI-HDSI-HDMI & Thunder Bolt outputs for monitor viewing.

Since we all have know Fricken idea what APPLE are doing with the MAC TOWERS, and with MAC BOOK PRO's being super powerful these days and best of all, portable.. A RED ROCKET MOBILE like this with SSD CARD reader would be a major asset for a majority of us working on the ROAD or in home offices or small POST HOUSES.
We can backup and transcode all at the same time... Playback on set, grade on set all in realtime. All without dragging a Bloody TOWER around the world.

Transcoding RAW to DPX, PRO RES, DNxHD, Tiff, etc.. is the biggest and slowest hurdle in RED WORKFLOW without a RED ROCKET.. Smooth this part out with a small affordable portable system that can fit in your computer bag and RED just got way faster and easier !!! .

For example... I shot 6 hours of data. Laptop transcode to 4444 PRO RES HD (NO RED ROCKET) 38 hours... !!!!
Talk about do my head in... I could get film back from the lab in 12 hours. YES! thats right.
RED ROCKET Transcode for the same amount is 6.8 hours...! If I had one in that city I ws working in.
I just can't be dragging around a TOWER everywhere. A RED ROCKET mobile would save every project and make on set viewing and transcoding a dream come through.

People power will hopefully push RED to make one of these. VOTE with your posts guys, RED LISTEN.

+ THE 4k PRO RES / DNxHD MODULE is still on my RADAR - Especially with REDGAMMA 3 coming out.

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Already posted alot about this idea, red should really make this, exactly as you say, i dont have the space to drag along a big pci card, would aboslutley love this, +100.

And the prores module should just also be 1920x1080, not only 4K.
 
Max M. said:
Already posted alot about this idea, red should really make this, exactly as you say, i dont have the space to drag along a big pci card, would aboslutley love this, +100.

And the prores module should just also be 1920x1080, not only 4K.
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Did you see the pic... 4k & 2k...
 
Webster Miller said:
I love the idea of a Mobile Red Rocket! I am loading up my tower tomorrow for a road trip :(
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I used too do that... But Always something would jiggle out of alignment, RAM would falter... something stupid would play up with it then give us hell for the next few days.. TOWERS are so not made to travel.
I did a shoot in the US a year ago and the DIT had a cart with big soft tires on it and I watched the towers jiggling away as he pushed it down the road... I used to cringe..
He had a great setup.. but you were always waiting for the poor guy. I imagine if he had one of those RED ROCKET Mobiles on his trolley... he would have so much more room on it. So much easier.

Good Luck Webster.
 
Brett Clements said:
Geez Mark. With 4 EPICS, you'd be getting up there to hero status on RED alerts wouldn't you? Great idea. I'd buy one.
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Only 3.. one more coming :)

Just pushing here for a few key tools to make these cameras files easier for us all.
 
It couldn't get as small as Mark and everyone else wants but as I said before, it is totally possible to combine the I/O of the RED station with a RED Rocket, a dedicated CPU and memory, and a bunch of HDDs and put them all together in a moderately-sized chassis with Thunderbolt 2.0. Someone just has to build the damn thing with RED's assistance and technical specs. If people want such a thing, I'm sure RED will cooperate and work with a good partner to make it. Failing that, you can always put a RED Rocket into a Thunderbolt enclosure with the next RED station platform presumably hooked in via Thunderbolt as well. At this point, we may be due for another RED Rocket in the near future, so RED might have something up it's sleeve.
 
RED does need to eliminate the need for a tower. It's long overdue, actually. A mobile rocket would free up the pipeline substantially. RED might argue that one can be built with a MAXX Digital enclosure and a Rocket card. But really, an optimized, field-ready, battery powered plug and play Thunderbolt-enabled solution at a reasonable price is what is needed. The Rocket is getting a little long in the tooth relative to the camera's performance, please bring it up to speed, RED. We know you can!
 
Mark Toia said:
Yep. I didn't want the idea dying away in the forum. Once it fades away get a new one going.
This is an important tool (if we are all to use raw r3ds) So needs to be kept up front.
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Totally with you Mark.

I would say maybe the most important missing link. it's no mystery people shutter at the word "transcode" and without a ROCKET, film is actually faster.
That is an excellent point you made.

Nice rendering. I like it .

David
 
Meryem Ersoz said:
RED does need to eliminate the need for a tower. It's long overdue, actually. A mobile rocket would free up the pipeline substantially. RED might argue that one can be built with a MAXX Digital enclosure and a Rocket card. But really, an optimized, field-ready, battery powered plug and play Thunderbolt-enabled solution at a reasonable price is what is needed. The Rocket is getting a little long in the tooth relative to the camera's performance, please bring it up to speed, RED. We know you can!
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