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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Time for a RED RAY update...

I have said this before:

RED RAW is more important than RED ONE
Red RAY has the potential to be far more important than any cam RED can release

And I went into this because of codec-guru Graeme. Didn't even know who that Jim guy was, anyway. I know who he is now. Graeme is still the great motivator!

Lookin' foreward to RED RAY, in other words, but can wait till it is in early alpha before purchasing...

:)
 
Mark L. Pederson said:
I was just thinking the other day ... I wonder how much the RED Rocket™™ will accelerate encoding a file for RED RAY?
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I suspect not, but I'm not real bright.

It appears the board is based on a DVS design, and somehow I don't think that IP was there.

Final encode for disitribution I suspect will be a horsepower-hungry endaavor...

-sc
 
Someone should fix the "tm" addition routine to whenever we spell "RED Rocket" here. Ha, see! Its there again. I never typed it!

It seems everytime we quote the word, another "tm" gets added. That could get very loooong...

Just sayin...

Axel
 
Raul Gonzo said:
Was there an update for this on Oct. 31st?
I couldn,t find one....
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Nope. None that I could find/or saw. I wonder what stage of development its at right now...
 
RED RAY is coming along very nicely... We will try and add some information to the end of November announcement.
 
Jarred Land said:
RED RAY is coming along very nicely... We will try and add some information to the end of November announcement.
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Thanks, Jarred. It certainly makes one curious seeing that the 2009 date is still on RED's home page. Looking forward to hearing more about it.
 
RED RAY information

RED RAY information

More RED RAY information here - Post 4 and 5

http://reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?t=38274


Will we be able to write RRD files from R3D's only or can we go from DPX's?
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Yes, those are the two fundamental image file formats that we accept as inputs for RED RAY encoding.


The RRD format and Red Ray Pro suggests that some degree of security has been factored into the codec.
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Yes, there is media file and data link security available in the RED RAY system, but you are not forced to use those if you don't want to.
 
Stuart just for clarification:

We will be able to encode the RRD format with an application on our MAC? Something like Rocketcine or Redcine-X ? And load it then on the Red Ray Pro ? Will I be able to encode it from my finishing system?

Will the Red Ray Pro in the future be able to playback 2k and 4k DCPs as well ? If so it would be great, because we could use the Red Ray Pro also as DCP Playbackserver?
Just a thought.....

How big will the internal storage of the Red Ray Pro? So it would be interesting whats the real bandwidth of the new Redcodes. So Redcode 100 means maximum data rate of 100 Mbit/s ?

thx
rainer
 
RED RAY information

RED RAY information

Actually REDCODE 100 is more like 100MBytes/sec..

As for storage capacity, consider the average data rate of a RED RAY 4K movie is more like 10 Mbit/sec.

Encoding 4K to fit that utra-low data rate is obviously highly complex. There will be encoder details later.


Your 2K and 4K DCI playback question is an interesting one. Not sure, so I'll have pass on that for now.....
 
I doubt that RED have had the time to negotiate the political and technical minefield that is DCI. In many ways I hope they don't. I would very much like to see REDRay Pro as the 'alternative' Cinema Server - there are many uses for such a thing (advertising, indie films, concert films etc... even live feeds via ethernet) - and I think the concept would sell. All DCI installations are supposed to have direct access to the projector that bypasses the whole encryption business for just such uses.

So, we need an encoder solution (preferably realtime), a simple serial control protocol for cinema automation, an SDK for fine-grain control of the unit (inc. WiFi/iPhone?) and possibly a matched Quad DVI/SDI switcher to make installation a breeze.

For screening rooms the unit is of course a no-brainer. Exciting stuff.
 
What bitrate it will need for 1080p? Can this compression used with materials from non red sources, or it will be not effective with artifacts (film grain)?
 
Bit rates

Bit rates

We accept .R3D and 2K and 4K DPX files as encoder input, so yes the latter could be from a film scan.
 
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