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Peter Cote

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I don't normally transcode because I am editing R3D's directly in Premiere. For that reason I don't own a Red Rocket card. I need five 128 GB Redmags transcoded to 1080p H.264 files.

It's all 5K FF. Half at 96 FPS and the rest at 24 FPS.

Any idea how much transcoding this much footage would cost around LA? Ball park estimates are all I need.
 
Why not do yourself? Start the transcode now tonight in RedCine, have your footage tomorrow morning, even on the slowest computer out there.
 
It would not be ready by tomorrow morning. I was transcoding 4K footage a month ago on my iMac in RCX pro. I was transcoding to 3K ProRes 422HQ, so it's not a perfect comparison. A single 128GB Redmag took 3+ days to transcode.
 
We provide this service. Typically $125/ or 175/hr depending on what machines are involved (in your case not going to tape). With a one-hour minimum. Happy to flat bid the job- and I'll be in the office tomorrow, even though it's a US holiday. We can also do LTO, HDCam, SR- whatever.
 
David W. Jones said:
Unless you are a hobbyist, it's called business. You know, where one earns a living.
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Yes, it always pisses me off to see people who think that just because they can't or will not make $$, they expect other people not to. How would you amortize your $4000 Rocket card if you just let other people access it for $0. For that matter, why would anyone buy one from Red, and how would Red ever amortize their tech investment, if free access was available at every corner.

It's as crazy as the pro-piracy argument.
 
Use Media Encoder, works much fast then redcine x if you don't have rocket... I batched 300 gigs the other day, said it was going to take 25 hours from redcine x cancelled and pushed it into media encoder instead and bam 90 minutes later all done. After experiencing that transcode time I don't think I'll ever get a rocket...

For those curious the Computer system is a water cooled socket 2011 hyper threaded 6 core sandy bridge e 2.8 ghz (which thinks its a 12 core) with an amp II 3gb zotac GPU and 32 gb corsair ram
 
If all you need are uncorrected low-res offline files, then media encoder is great.
 
Lee Saxon said:
I can't believe people charge for stuff like this.
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They do, if you want the dailies to look reasonably good. Experience, equipment, and time all costs money. You can try to do it all yourself, but me personally, I'd always prefer to hire somebody who knows how to do this stuff better and faster​ than I do.
 
Lee Saxon said:
I can't believe people charge for stuff like this.
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because it is work?

Ryan De Franco said:
Why not do yourself? Start the transcode now tonight in RedCine, have your footage tomorrow morning, even on the slowest computer out there.
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Good advice, if you can. Bad if you cannot.

If you have some computers on a network, you could divide the job into batches with RedLine or manually with several RedCine installations.

But it will take time/computing cycles from other work, so it can be a good thing to outsource this kind of stuff to someone with a Rocket if you're in a hurry and don't have overcapacity...
 
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