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STORM 1.0v2 - Released

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The Foundry is pleased to announce the availability of STORM 1.0v2.

This patch release addresses a number of stability issues and also one new feature and one feature enhancement.


STORM 1.0v2 can be found here:

http://www.thefoundry.co.uk/products/storm/


New Features

  • Storm now supports the RED Rocket Breakout Box, allowing you to output 4K images to 4K monitors or projectors.


Feature Enhancements

  • Tape Name metadata is now included when you export DPX files. Tape Name information assists conforming in some 3rd Party applications.The Foundry Storm 1.0v2


Bug Fixes

  • It was possible to remove both the audio and video tracks from a clip, resulting in a blank Bin clip.
  • Overlapping multi-track Timelines were not reading tracks in the correct sequential order, from the ’top’ downward.
  • EXR and DPX exports defaulted to 8-bit precision, resulting in clipping.
  • XML files exported to Final Cut Pro did not handle multi-track audio correctly.
  • Importing and conforming XML containing merged tracks from Final Cut Pro added ’Merged’ to the file name instead of retaining the basic RED clip name.
  • Removing audio tracks from multiple Bin clips simultaneously was causing Storm to crash.
  • Grid view in the Media Pool was clipping column names in the right-click context menus.
  • Dragging-and-dropping saved Looks onto multiple clips was causing Storm to crash.

Regards,
The STORM Team
 
Damn! I fired up and pulled in a new project or reel.....automatically i saw the rocket and monitor enabled....played first clip....all went perfectly. Crossed my fingers; held my breath and double clicked a second clip (all clips 4096x2304 @ 29.97fps @ 16:9).....all rocket emblems then became disabled.

It seems to LOVE the first clip AND i can go back to the first clip and it plays with Rocket acceleration and monitor enabled ,BUT only that first clip.....any others i loose rocket accelration and monitor

I can't be the only one eh?
 
Also Dan....
....seems that ALMOST everytime i close out Storm...and I'm asked if i want to save my production....i say no....then when Storm Quits i get the Error: Storm quit Unexpectedly...send report---i choose yes....etc....Anyway, wanted to mention that since i get that error almost everytime i am quitting storm.
 
Greg M said:
still no Epic support?
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Hi Greg,

The EPIC SDK remains in beta and relies on different RED Rocket drivers. We are working closely with RED and will adopt support in the mainline STORM product when the SDK is ready.

Regards,
Paul
 
Johnny Friday said:
Damn! I fired up and pulled in a new project or reel.....automatically i saw the rocket and monitor enabled....played first clip....all went perfectly. Crossed my fingers; held my breath and double clicked a second clip (all clips 4096x2304 @ 29.97fps @ 16:9)
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Which setting in the Viewer's Monitor Output settings did you try? Can you try both DVI/HDMI and SDI and see if they both give the same behaviour?


Johnny Friday said:
.....all rocket emblems then became disabled.
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This should be the case for all Rocket icons except the active Viewer when using the Monitor Out. The icon becoming inactive in the active viewer is the worrying one.


Johnny Friday said:
It seems to LOVE the first clip AND i can go back to the first clip and it plays with Rocket acceleration and monitor enabled ,BUT only that first clip.....any others i loose rocket accelration and monitor
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It does seem odd. I would still like to get a hold of some of your footage. I spoke to Daniel in Support and he mentioned that he had had trouble downloading it. We should be able to send you a hard drive and if you could load the footage onto there that would be great.


Johnny Friday said:
I can't be the only one eh?
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Slightly tricky to say. Unfortunately I think you are possibly the only person with your exact setup at the moment. We are going to see if we can get hold of a AJA breakout/converter box. I was really hoping the 4k Red Break Out Box fix would resolve your issue. Back to the drawing board!


thanks,
Dan
 
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Hi everybody!

I ve been using storm lately and I like how it works.
There are few small bags here and there you can close an eye on, but there is one really annoying me.

Frequently when I try to import a folder storm shut down. and you have to repeat the operation till the import finally works till the end.
I would like to know if anybody else got this situation too or it's just my system.

I'm working on the last macbook pro 15" with ssd 256GB, 8GB ram, osx updated to the last one.
 
Thanks Dan,
In answer to your quesitons:

I've tried both settings: DVI/HDMI & SDI: both give me same result--play first clip i choose, then monitor rocket turns orange to white and no longer have acceleration or monitoring on my monitor out of Rocket card.

I don't think you should bother sending me an HDD....it is ANY of my footage from past 3 years (topside/underwater/build 15 to build 30+) So i think that would be a needle in a haystack that footage has anything to do with it.

I think effort and $$$ better spent connecting an AJA hi5 3g and outputting via HDMI is best. I've also tried VARIOUS settings within my AJA Hi5 and still nothing changed.

I'll get next month my HDSDI monitor back and connect direct. I WISH i could perform that test now. that would tell you that it is a problem going through a converter.

Thanks,
Johnny
 
Marco Ferri said:
Hi everybody!

I ve been using storm lately and I like how it works.
There are few small bags here and there you can close an eye on, but there is one really annoying me.

Frequently when I try to import a folder storm shut down. and you have to repeat the operation till the import finally works till the end.
I would like to know if anybody else got this situation too or it's just my system.

I'm working on the last macbook pro 15" with ssd 256GB, 8GB ram, osx updated to the last one.
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Yes, happens here as well. and for some reason second try ALWAYS gets it. NEVER has it gone to a THIRD time.....but two is the one i get it on....on about 1/3 of the time i load images or a folder rather.
 
Johnny Friday said:
Damn! I fired up and pulled in a new project or reel.....automatically i saw the rocket and monitor enabled....played first clip....all went perfectly. Crossed my fingers; held my breath and double clicked a second clip (all clips 4096x2304 @ 29.97fps @ 16:9).....all rocket emblems then became disabled.

It seems to LOVE the first clip AND i can go back to the first clip and it plays with Rocket acceleration and monitor enabled ,BUT only that first clip.....any others i loose rocket accelration and monitor

I can't be the only one eh?
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Sadly you are not the only one. I am seeing the exact same problems.
Note: I use an 11 series Panasonic monitor (10 bit, dual hd-sdi input). Without it working properly, I do not feel comfortable making many adjustments. The first clip worked fine in V1.01 for adjusting contrast however adding a look did not show up in the output monitor. After that (changing clips) nothing. In v1.02 nothing works. No output from the RR. FWIW I believe RR works when I output r3d trim or dpx sequence. It is real time or better. This is a program with great potential but the RR output via hd-sdi is a must for me and has never worked properly. I know you guys are working hard and can overcome these issues. For reference i'm using 2008 mac pro, 12 gigs ram, set up for DaVinci with nvidia GeForce GTX 285, RedRocket and Decklink HD Extreme 3D plus
 
Another weird thing I got is about the preview loading in the viewer.
With no reason the bar loading now is really slow.
Even with 1/16 quality.
If I open a new project and I import the same folder, the bar load is as fast as usual.
The problem is that I got this problem even on the Previews roll I ve imported,
in the same project... That means creating a new project and re import al the rolls...
 
A minor thing: in the downloading package STORM 1.0v2 the instructions are version 1.0v1 not v2.
 
Johnny Friday said:
Yes, happens here as well. and for some reason second try ALWAYS gets it. NEVER has it gone to a THIRD time.....but two is the one i get it on....on about 1/3 of the time i load images or a folder rather.
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Hi all,

We have managed to reproduce this error in house and this has now been logged as #17559.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Kind Regards,
Storm Support
 
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